Today, the AAUP Yale Chapter releases our report on The State of Academic Freedom at Yale. Uncertain that university leaders will protect academic freedom when tested, Yale faculty are managing risk alone and making changes that narrow what Yale teaches, researches, and communicates to the world.

Academic Freedom means: *Freedom to discuss all relevant matters in the classroom *Freedom to explore all avenues of scholarship & research *Freedom from censorship/discipline when addressing matters of institutional policy *Freedom from censorship/discipline when speaking as a member of the public.

The US Department of Education is currently overhauling federal accreditation rules for colleges & universities. The April 6, 2026, Proposed Changes to Initial Draft Regulations unacceptably seek to narrow & control what can be taught, learned, & researched on college & university campuses. 🧵 1

I really love this piece by @profjulies.bsky.social published in @msmagazine.com about the right-wing attack on the teaching about gender. @aaup.org Authoritarians are scared of GWSS because it "teaches students they deserve to live their true, autonomous selves." msmagazine.com/2026/04/03/t...

The AAUP is committed to a higher ed system where universities are the engines of democracy & human flourishing—not silent partners in a reckless technological arms race that burns through public resources & weakens the very institutions needed for democratic society. ➡️ www.aaup.org/news/aaup-ba...

The AAUP is proud to support the Sanders/AOC AI Data Center Moratorium Act because the future of technology must be governed democratically, sustainably, & in service of working people—not corporate profit. ➡️https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-backs-data-center-moratorium

“Red states are trying to outdo one another on who can create the most undemocratic, antifaculty legislation.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

HAPPY MAY DAY! Today, from coast to coast, higher ed workers are rising up to demand a system that serves the public good: one that is affordable, protects scientific research, free speech, & academic freedom, & strengthens our democracy. JOIN US! Find an action near you:

We are building a movement to #defendhighered & save our democracy. Join Us: Check the AAUP Starter Pack: 👇👇👇 go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k #academicsky

Today is the deadline Trump’s DOJ imposed on medical schools at Stanford, Ohio State & UC San Diego to release private data on student admissions. The AAUP is urging institutional leaders to resist these demands & prioritize student privacy & academic independence over capitulation to intimidation.

NEW today in the New York Times: In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy. Join Us!

On Earth Day, the AAUP & @aft.org requested a meeting with TIAA to discuss an immediate moratorium on all new investments in fossil fuels extraction, processing, & power generation. We need to reinvest these funds in renewable energy & climate solutions for frontline workers & communities. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The largest biomedical research organization in the world is being decimated by the Trump administration. This defunding will have a drastic impact on the health & well being of American families & deepen the crises on our campuses that carry out critical research. This is insanity. #TrumpsCutsKill

“This executive order is a direct attack on academic freedom and the First Amendment—an attempt to coerce silence by threatening faculty, students, and federal partners who confront the realities of race and discrimination.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

This isn't just about Texas; it's about the future of higher ed everywhere. @aaup.org @texasaft.org

We filed suit against the Trump administration (again) today to block the implementation of an unlawful executive order that seeks to undermine inclusion & equal opportunity, threatens government contractors w/ criminal prosecution, & chills protected speech. These are not normal times.

We’re suing the Trump-Vance admin to stop an executive order targeting federal contractors and subcontractors' efforts to promote equal opportunity. This unconstitutional EO threatens civil and criminal prosecution for contractors who don't comply with an anti-DEIA agenda. We’ll fight it in court.

"This vision for a future of postsecondary education is a recipe for mass immiseration and public disempowerment. Imagine a world where Microsoft, Google, McKinsey, et al … get to determine what and how you learn from cradle to retirement." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

The preliminary data from the AAUP‘s annual faculty compensation survey is out. Things are not OK.

“They tried to weaken higher education, but instead they built a movement to fight for the future... They can attack our institutions, but they cannot stop our movement….We will not stop until we have the higher education system and the democracy we all deserve.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

RIGHT NOW: UT Austin professors & students are marching to the Texas Capitol to demand an end to classroom censorship & course consolidation. @aft.org @texasaaup.bsky.social @utaustinaaup.bsky.social

“With this platform, the AAUP & AFT have crystallized the fight for higher education as a fight for the soul of our democracy,” said Todd Wolfson, AAUP President. “We are building a movement to transform campuses back into engines of public progress, free inquiry, innovation, & knowledge.”

We’re calling on local, state & federal candidates & elected officials to endorse this platform & commit to making higher education a central issue in the 2026 midterm elections. Our democracy depends on it.

Today, the AAUP & @aft.org launched our national policy platform to win back an American higher education system that protects the freedom to teach & learn & strengthens our democracy. Read it in full here: www.aaup.org/blueprint-st... 🧵

The Trump admin’s rewriting of rules governing college accreditation “obliterates” autonomy & is is being described as “a cluster bomb being dropped on American higher education.”

What? The WaPo editorial board is now a bastion of conservatism and misleads its readers on collective bargaining in VA? We @aaup.org know the truth...Workers deserve the right to bargain for better working conditions everywhere. @aaupmason.bsky.social vadogwood.com/2026/03/31/o...

We should probably talk more about how deeply the tentacles of neoliberalism have penetrated higher education. Of course scholars do research in the summer, but this administrative language of ever-increasing productivity is, to be technical about it, icky and alienating

So proud of @aaupmason.bsky.social for its work this session to advance collective bargaining. Still gobsmacked by lawmakers who don’t seem to understand how bad working conditions are…Asking @abigailspanberger.com to amend the bill, help us fight back! www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

“Higher ed workers & students together are becoming a new political force in our society.” —Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

"If you want a strong university that can protect itself against political attacks, you want a strong faculty... And that means collective bargaining." –Tim Gibson, Virginia AAUP President @aaupvirginia.bsky.social

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@abigailspanberger.com: amend VA's collective bargaining bill to include faculty & grad workers. "If you want a strong university that can protect itself against political attacks...that means collective bargaining." — @tim-gibson.bsky.social , @aaupmason.bsky.social & @aaupvirginia.bsky.social

Our members deserve a voice at their workplace and the only way to do it is through collective bargaining. @aaup.org www.whro.org/2026-03-17/g...

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Governor Spanberger has the ability to amend the bill & add professors & graduate students, allowing them to engage in collective bargaining. She has four weeks to make a decision, & then the General Assembly will consider any changes she proposes in April.

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“The VA General Assembly voted to give over half a million public sector workers collective bargaining rights. But not me. I'm an adjunct faculty member who was just left behind to endure the exploitation of higher education.” @abigailspanberger.com, please correct course & add us back in.

As the great Houston Oilers coach once said, this year we knocked on the door. Next year, we'll kick the door in! We won't stop until all faculty and graduate workers have collective bargaining rights and the protection of a union.

Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday: “I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”

As the great Houston Oilers coach once said, this year we knocked on the door. Next year, we'll kick the door in! We won't stop until all faculty and graduate workers have collective bargaining rights and the protection of a union.

Whenever universities are attacked, faculty and students rise to its defense. Collective bargaining gives us the power we need to repel the Trump admin's bid to bring higher ed under his control. Help us save our universities! @vademocrats.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com

The growth of access to higher ed in the 50s & 60s aimed to produce “a well-informed & democratic citizenry, w/ people who understand the need to participate in society.” The Heritage Foundation is attempting to reverse this. Fighting back is essential, & requires using every means possible.

Home care workers need CB rights ✊ Higher education workers need CB rights ✊ ALL state workers need collective bargaining rights ✊ @vademocrats.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com Don't cut us out!!

We ❤️ @aaup.org We ❤️ faculty and student power We ❤️ the university and its mission We NEED collective bargaining rights to protect our campuses from Trump's ideological attacks! @abigailspanberger.com @vademocrats.bsky.social

🚨Mason Nation! Sign the petition!🚨 Who cares about the university? Faculty and students! If you want a university that focuses on the MISSION and not politics, empower faculty and students. This means collective bargaining rights for all! @vasenatedems.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com

Reinstate the Fired Six at VSU! Six tenured & tenure track faculty members were abruptly fired at Virginia State University without cause or any semblance of due process. Sign this petition to demand their reinstatement & a public commitment from VSU to honor tenure & end arbitrary dismissals.

Virginia campus workers rally to end union restrictions rooted in Jim Crow: vadogwood.com/2026/01/22/v...

photos.app.goo.gl/EHqciRWug6sL... I say “union”, you say, “now”! UNION NOW! @donscott757.bsky.social @ssurovell.bsky.social @aft.org @aaup.org @ucwva.bsky.social @aaupmason.bsky.social

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