Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights. AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.

“For the first time, we are delivering a united message to the Regents: We will not accept a lack of transparency, the exclusion of faculty from decision-making, or the erosion of our university’s 156-year-old mission to educate Nebraska’s students.” – UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman

Two Florida Atlantic University professors suspended after posting comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death have been cleared and reinstated following an outside review. www.wpbf.com/article/flor...

One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.

Time after time we see that capitulation to the administration doesn’t work, but when we stand up to the bullies, we can win. This is a huge win for academic freedom and free expression. www.latimes.com/california/s...

More on the situation at #Emory, where the firing of a med school colleague & other activities by the admins appear to violate our Open Expression Policy. We either have a policy or we do not. @emoryaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #AAUP @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...

aaup-utaustin.org/2025/11/03/p... Our press release on UT’s new academic integrity statement.

For the night owls and early birds: this is a war on the American Dream. My statement on ICE’s detention of two Upstate Medical University employees on Wednesday in Syracuse. dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/server/api/c...

Open letter from many #Emory faculty re the firing of a med school colleague. We asked that only tenured faculty who are citizens sign it. Many people worked hard on our Open Expression Policy, only to have it violated at least 3x in less than 3 yrs. www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...

Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!

Higher ed's rush to adopt AI is about so much more than AI: defector.com/higher-eds-r...

Shocked reactions flooded in on Wednesday after a major university announced a deal with the Trump administration in what a college professor called "another shakedown."

3x in less than 3 years, #Emory violated Open Expression Policy. Faculty, staff, students, admins, & legal office put hours into writing/revising it. Apparently, Emory doesn't think it needs to follow it. www.emorywheel.com/article/2025... @decaturish.bsky.social @ajc.com @emoryaaup.bsky.social

And now there are SEVEN. UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact. “Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved." Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀 #DefendHigherEd

Many of us at #Emory remember Leslie Harris, who left us abt 11 years ago for #Northwestern. Here she is, speaking at a Northwestern meeting abt the University “Compact.” Still making us proud. @aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social #academicsky #HigherEd www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLs...

@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social

BOOM! After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe, UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH! ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾 M.I.T. ☑️ BROWN ☑️ PENN ☑️ USC☑️ UVA ☑️ This is People Power in Action. #DefendHigherEd

@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED! Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold. Please click below, sign, & share. #DefendHigherEd

Analysis of the latest pressure tactics the administration is applying to ensure ideological compliance on campus.

UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon. Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org www.wral.com/news/local/u...

NC ACLU preparing to take legal action against UNC Chapel Hill if Prof. Dwayne Dixon is not reinstated by the end of the week. UNC is violating Dixon's Constitutional rights, and his and his students' and colleagues' academic freedom. @aaup.org www.wral.com/news/local/a...

HIGHER ED EXTORTION: Trump offers “compact” to top universities—including Vanderbilt. Grants in exchange for: fewer foreign students, conservative gender policies, protected GOP ideology & speech limits on staff. Will Vandy to submit to bullying for a bag of cash? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Georgia AAUP president Matthew Boedy will be in town at Charis Books (Decatur) tomorrow (Tuesday 9/30 7:30 PM) for a reading of his new book.

An AAUP webinar exploring the importance of independent accreditation systems for maintaining professional standards and examining threats a politicized accreditation system poses to academic freedom. October 6 at 7pm www.aaup.org/event/politi...

Powerful piece by #Emory colleague, George Yancy. truthout.org/articles/i-a...

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

www.emorywheel.com/article/2025... Developments on firing that appears to have violated open expression policy and been undertaken due to external political pressure.

#emory students are the best. An editorial from the board of the (award-winning) campus paper, The Emory Wheel. @emoryaaup.bsky.social #GaPol @decaturish.bsky.social #ICE #DGS www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...

Our campus paper has become a very reliable source. The latest. @aaup.org #academicsky #edusky www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...

The AAUP notes with great alarm the rash of recent administrative actions to discipline faculty, staff, & student speech in the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk. 1/4

Celebrate US Labor Day - join #WorkersOverBillionaires marches 9/1/25. In Atlanta, 3:00 PM at Woodruff Park. (and if you are university faculty, join AAUP!) maydaystrong.org

Hey Emory faculty! The AAUP is fighting for academic freedom, financial support for the academic enterprise, and the freedom for our colleagues and students to work, study, and live without government harassment. Join now to support these and to protect your own career! www.aaup.org/membership/m...

“Northwestern faculty group opposes ‘dealmaking’ with lawless Trump administration”

Tae Heung Kim, 40: - Lived in US since he was 5 - Has green card - Getting PhD at Texas A&M - Researching vaccine for Lyme disease - Has 1 minor pot charge from 2011, since sealed Also: Detained incommunicado by DHS after returning from wedding in Korea www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Right-wing publications called for ousting George Mason University's president just after a federal probe was launched. “When you start seeing these hit pieces come out one after another in a matter of days, you know it’s coordinated,” said a faculty member.

Statement by faculty on forced resignation of UVA President. #academicsky www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...