UC-AFT Local 1474
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The union for University of California lecturers and librarians.
https://ucaft.org
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Toby Higbie
about 8 hours ago
Trump is demanding $1.2B from UCLA and UC leadership won't fight back or tell the public that they are negotiating in secret. Write to the Board of Regents and UC Office of the President (UCOP) demanding No Negotiation with Trump.
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Tell UCOP and the Regents Not to Negotiate! - Council of UC Faculty Associations
Send a letter to University of California President Milliken and the Regents to ask them to stand up for the UCâto provide interim funding sources and to ensure that the UC is not complying with the T...
https://cucfa.solidarity.tech/tell-ucop-and-the-regents-not-to-negotiate?r=8Qc_WZac
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UC-AFT Local 1474
UPTE-CWA Local 9119
about 17 hours ago
It is disappointing for
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
, a public institution, to engage in the kind of anti-worker rhetoric we typically see from union-busters. UPTE members ARE the union. We make decisions democratically, grounded in our daily experiences. Log off and come walk a day in our shoes.
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Caroline Luce
1 day ago
Hell yes letâs gooooooo
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California Nurses Association
1 day ago
UC nurses are joining our union siblings at
@afscme3299.bsky.social
and
@uptecwa.bsky.social
for a sympathy strike on Nov. 17 & 18. We stand united against UC's attempts to cut corners and deprive our coworkers of fair contracts. If you take on one of us, you take on all of us!
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University of California RNs announce sympathy strike
University of California (UC) registered nurses will walk the picket lines Monday, Nov. 17 and Tuesday, Nov. 18 in a sympathy strike with members of AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA.
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/university-of-california-rns-announce-sympathy-strike
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AAUP
4 days ago
More than 60 California professors say they are suppressing their own work due to Trump's looming threats over UC. The chill is affecting students 7 medical patients alike. "The purpose is censorship," said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & UC Irvine professor.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
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UC professors censor their own classes waiting for Trump's crackdown, court filings show
New court filings reveal University of California professors are altering lessons, canceling talks and avoiding sensitive topics as the Trump administration's crackdown intensifies.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/uc-professors-censor-own-classes-130015551.html
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UPTE-CWA Local 9119
1 day ago
STRIKE ANNOUNCEMENT: UPTE will be striking at all UC locations Nov. 17th & 18th in response to UC's failure to agree to a fair contract. It's time to RESET UC'S PRIORITIES. RSVP now:
upte.org/rsvp
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Following the successful faculty association lawsuit, the UC admininstration was forced to release Trumpâs extortionist demands of UCLA. Now is the time to tell President Milliken and the UC Regents to refuse any concessions. Sign it:
actionnetwork.org/letters/hold...
@uc-faculty.bsky.social
7 days ago
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Calling all UC-AFT lecturers: Join the November 14 Fall Bargaining Summit on Zoom. Weâll be discussing our contract pillars and building collective power as we move toward bargaining. RSVP now!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
7 days ago
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UCLA faculty rally against Trump administrationâs settlement demands
dailybruin.com/2025/10/28/u...
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UCLA faculty rally against Trump administration's settlement demands - Daily Bruin
The UCLA Faculty Association called on UCLA to preserve academic freedom at a Monday rally following the release of the Trump administrationâs settlement demands. Around 40 people attended the noon ra...
https://dailybruin.com/2025/10/28/ucla-faculty-rally-against-trump-administrations-settlement-demands
8 days ago
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UC-AFT Local 1474
UPTE-CWA Local 9119
9 days ago
So,
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
's fancy new $175+ million hotel is sure to help address the staffing issues hindering our research, delaying care to our patients, and enhancing the academic environment of our students, right? đ
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UPTE-CWA Local 9119
9 days ago
Today, we rallied at the Residence Inn by Marriott Berkeley to call out UCâs $175.8 million hotel splurge. UPTE members and allies showed up to say: fund people, not luxury hotels. Thatâs not public serviceâthatâs a broken priority list. UC must reset its priorities.
#UC
#UnionStrong
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âOur working conditions could be directly impacted by this proposal, and we wanted to understand exactly how.â -
@lucecaroline.bsky.social
laist.com/news/educati...
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After court forces release of Trump's billion-dollar settlement demands, UC opposition groups turn to next goals
Faculty filed a public records lawsuit to get details of a negotiation that has mostly taken place behind closed doors.
https://laist.com/news/education/trump-billion-dollar-university-of-california-settlement-details
10 days ago
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The Trump administration has demanded, among other things, that UCLA not enroll âforeign students likely to engage in anti-Western, anti-American, or antisemitic disruptions or harassment.â
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10 days ago
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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed
11 days ago
Who is Marc Rowan? Higher Ed Loyalty Oath and How We Fight Back Th, Oct 30, 7pm ET Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global, is key author of the Trump admin's compact for higher edâa loyalty oath. Open to AAUP and AFT members, higher ed and healthcare workers, union members, student groups.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Who is Marc Rowan? The Billionaire Behind Trumpâs Higher Ed Loyalty Oath & How We Fight Back. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...
Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of the private equity giant Apollo Global Management, is a key author of the Trump administration's "Compact" for higher edâa loyalty oath that would award federal research...
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yFyZZqUHQmeeD1_6MWui7Q?link_id=6&can_id=e972e8ef063f789a4a73e56cee5de123&source=email-upcoming-trainings-and-webinars-for-aaup-members&email_referrer=email_2936409&email_subject=upcoming-trainings-and-webinars-for-aaup-members&&#/registration
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UC-AFT Local 1474
UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
11 days ago
The UC had to be compelled by the Supreme Court of California to release this proposal, the culmination of a lawsuit filed by
@uc-faculty.bsky.social
. Now the public gets to see the absolute extortionist tactics the Trump administaration is posing to UCLA.
www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-r...
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UC releases $1.2 billion DOJ settlement proposal with UCLA
On Friday, the University of California publicly released the $1.2 billion settlement proposal document that the U.S. Department of Justice, or DOJ, sent to UCLA on Aug. 8. This comes
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-releases-1-3-billion-doj-settlement-proposal-with-ucla/article_62cf6f94-91e1-4743-bfb0-1bce67bb433b.html
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CalMatters
12 days ago
At a planned rally today at UCLA, faculty associations of UCLA and the wider UC are taking a victory lap and urging Gov. Newsom to join their fight against President Donald Trumpâs demands for a $1.2-billion settlement with the renowned public university.
bit.ly/48KnvXW
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Kendra K. Levine
12 days ago
Hey academic
#LibraryWorkers
: Join us next week (11/5 at 4pmPT) for another Library Workers Organizing Meeting & Strategy Session hosted byt
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Let's collectively fight for better libraries!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Library Workers Organizing Meeting & Strategy Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
HELU is bringing together library workers across the country to strategize against threats to higher ed library workersâ livelihoods. We will come together to meet and set our agenda, then we will br...
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ixx6NIGNReOZDKWKT15REA#/registration
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Veena Dubal
14 days ago
At long last, after costly litigation in which UCOP refused to make public the Trump demand letter to UCLA â here it is!!! Many thanks to CUCFA for their appeal of the PRA denial. Here is to shared governance and academic freedom! @aaup
ucop.edu/communicatio...
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https://ucop.edu/communications/_files/confidential-rule-408-communication-ucla-08-08-25.pdf
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UC-AFT Local 1474
Jaweed Kaleem
14 days ago
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-24/uc-publicly-release-trump-ucla-1-2-billion-settlement-offer
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Mikhail Zinshteyn
14 days ago
NEW: The CA Supreme Court rejected the University of California's appeal to block a ruling forcing the UC to share the Trump settlement demand of $1.2 billion. UC faculty sued to have the letter released in an effort to make it public. To date we've known limited elements of what Trump seeks.
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UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
15 days ago
âFor many years, I thought we didnât need a union,â says Walter Leal, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Davis. âNow, I believe the only way out is if weâre effectively unionized, which is a very dramatic change.â
www.science.org/content/arti...
@uc-faculty.bsky.social
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University of California faculty push back against Big Brother cybersecurity mandate
School officials defend software as bulwark against ransomware, but professors fear potential surveillance of their devices
https://www.science.org/content/article/university-california-faculty-push-back-against-big-brother-cybersecurity-mandate
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UC-AFT Local 1474
Timothy Vollmer
15 days ago
Insane stance for the UC to take. Faculty, workers, and students are the ones protecting our academic communities. And we deserve to know what the adminstration is negotiating with Trump behind closed doors.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@uc-faculty.bsky.social
@ucaft.bsky.social
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UC asks California Supreme court to block release of Trump's UCLA settlement offer
UC on Thursday asked the California Supreme Court to block the release of a UCLA settlement proposal sent by the Trump administration in August. It outlines a $1.2-billion fine and vast campus changes...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-23/judge-orders-uc-to-go-public-with-trump-ucla-settlement-proposal
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Toby Higbie
16 days ago
UCLA must release Trump's extortion demands. Courts side with UCLA Faculty Association to force release of public documents. The 28 page letter should be released by Friday. Big victory for
@uclafa.bsky.social
, all faculty, students, parents, and Californians
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Judge orders UC to release Trump UCLA settlement offer at the center of private negotiations
A judge ordered UC to release the settlement proposal sent by the Trump administration in August. It outlines a $1.2-billion fine and vast campus changes.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-23/judge-orders-uc-to-go-public-with-trump-ucla-settlement-proposal
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AAUP
17 days ago
The resistance to Trumpâs âloyalty oathâ compact is growing and growing! â MIT â Penn â Brown â UVa â Dartmouth â USC â Arizona đŠ Vanderbilt đŠ Texas Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
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UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
17 days ago
âStay Out of the Bayâ â Emergency Mobilization Call tonight (Oct 22, 6pm). Click to RSVP for the Zoom.â
actionnetwork.org/events/stay-...
@ucaft.bsky.social
@cftunion.bsky.social
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âSTAY OUT OF THE BAYâ â EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION CALL: Know Your Rights. Build Community Solidarity. Mobilization Plans.
The Trump administration is escalating its crackdown on dissent, and reports are mounting that ICE may be deployed to the Bay Area. But in the Bay Area we are also ready to stand up for our communitie...
https://actionnetwork.org/events/stay-out-of-the-bay-emergency-mobilization-call-know-your-rights-build-community-defense-mobilization-plans
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UC-AFT Local 1474
Attention UC-AFT teaching faculty: Save the date for our Fall Bargaining Summit on Nov 14 at noon. RSVP for the Zoom and join UC lecturers from across the state to discuss building power in upcoming negotiations.â
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
27 days ago
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Inside Higher Ed
19 days ago
ICYMI | The University of Virginia and
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have become the latest higher ed institutions to publicly reject the Trump administrationâs âCompact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.â Read more âĄď¸
https://bit.ly/4o8MDN2
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Inside Higher Ed
21 days ago
đ¨ Breaking News | UVA Becomes 5th University to Reject Trump Higher Ed Compact The university is the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration's âCompact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." https://bit.ly/47tWIOl
#EDUSky
#AcademicSky
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AAUP
23 days ago
BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE! Thatâs four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted. Stay tuned! đż
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
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USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-16/usc-rejects-trump-education-compact
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UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
23 days ago
âWith its compact, the Trump administration is attempting to silence not just university presidents, but every school, department and center that universities run.â
@ucaft.bsky.social
@aaup.org
@uc-faculty.bsky.social
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âWe call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the Trump compact and to defend the principle that no president has the right to buy obedience or sell off freedom.â Sign the petition now!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
@aaup.org
@afthighered.bsky.social
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Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for educationâfor science, for students and for freedomâand against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/trump-higher-ed-compact-2025
23 days ago
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AAUP
23 days ago
Join AAUP's National Teach-In on Trump's Loyalty Oaths! Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there! Register at link belowđ
#AcademicSky
#DefendHigherEd
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Trump administration has imposed unprecedented and highly politicized regulations on institutions of higher education, pressured them with coercive funding threats, extorted promises to fall in li...
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ocvjGj_qSiC9rwnwRMnDFA#/registration
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UC-AFT Local 1474
AAUP
24 days ago
When students, faculty, and our communities are united to fight for our universities, for the common good, and for our democracy, nothing can stop us! WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN! @aft
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
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Timothy Vollmer
24 days ago
via the Daily Bruin: Judge rules UC must publicize Trump administration settlement demands
dailybruin.com/2025/10/14/j...
@ucaft.bsky.social
@ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
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Judge rules UC must publicize Trump administration settlement demands - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m. A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administrationâs proposed settlement demands to UCLA.
https://dailybruin.com/2025/10/14/judge-rules-uc-must-publicize-trump-administration-settlement-demands
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California Faculty Association
24 days ago
Rise up, fight back! âđ˝http://edsource.org/?page_id=742822
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UPDATE: Faculty union sues CSU to shield personal information from Trump
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
http://edsource.org/?page_id=742822
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Attention UC-AFT teaching faculty: Save the date for our Fall Bargaining Summit on Nov 14 at noon. RSVP for the Zoom and join UC lecturers from across the state to discuss building power in upcoming negotiations.â
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
27 days ago
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UC-AFT Local 1474
Todd Wolfson
29 days ago
I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@uaw.org
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...
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Regarding the Compact
https://links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq7Rns6s-1Ug3FdA
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Higher Education Labor United (HELU)
30 days ago
Trump is demanding nine colleges and universities sign a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." These demands will come to all of higher ed if we don't stand together and fight back now. Tell our college and university administrations: Reject the Compact!
tinyurl.com/rejectthecom...
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UC Berkeley Labor Center
about 1 month ago
The UC Berkeley Labor Center mourns Kent Wong, our longtime colleague and friend. A passionate champion for workersâespecially immigrantsâand students, Kent dedicated his life to justice. Our hearts are with our colleagues at the UCLA Labor Center.
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Inside Higher Ed
about 1 month ago
Tracking Key Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration Higher education groups are suing the federal government at an exceptional scale to block executive orders, DEI guidance and other policy changes. Hereâs the latest on the legal challenges. https://bit.ly/46VfIDV
#HigherEd
#EDUSky
#AcademicSky
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AAUP
about 1 month ago
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
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University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/university-administrations-reject-trumps-loyalty-oath-compacts/
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UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
about 1 month ago
Speakers include Catherine E. Lhamon, Brian Soucek, Asli Ă. Bali
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UC-AFT Local 1474
UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
about 1 month ago
Join a panel and discussion about the recent UCOP release of faculty, staff, and student names to the Dept of Ed's Office of Civil Rights. Thurs, Oct 9, 4-6pm, Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall. Co-sponsored by
@ucaft.bsky.social
,
@freedom2learn.bsky.social
, Berkeley Faculty Association
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Joey Fishkin
about 1 month ago
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below. It's especially for journalists covering this story! Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
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Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-art-of-replacing-law-with-deal.html
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UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter
about 1 month ago
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces âindependent reviewâ into UC Berkeleyâs turnover of names to federal government
www.dailycal.org/news/state/g...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announces âindependent reviewâ into UC Berkeleyâs turnover of names to federal government
At the press conference in Campbell Hall, which was held to sign into law legislation advancing quantum and fusion research in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom lauded the importance of
https://www.dailycal.org/news/state/gov-gavin-newsom-announces-independent-review-into-uc-berkeley-s-turnover-of-names-to-federal/article_5c63b43c-3539-4eec-95a2-43d606810a59.html
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UC-AFT Local 1474
AAUP
about 1 month ago
UCâs Academic Council calls on the Office of the President & the UC Board of Regents to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and
#academicfreedom
. This is the way.
#DefendHigherEd
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Anil Kalhan
about 1 month ago
Newsom: "If any California university signs this radical agreement, theyâll lose billions in state funding â including Cal Grants â instantly. California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom"
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California vows to âinstantlyâ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump âcompactâ
Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign âradical agreementâ to cuts to departments, students and speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/02/california-university-funding-trump-compact?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Stacy Fahrenthold
about 1 month ago
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
systemwide Academic Council today: "There can be no clearer attack on academic freedom than [Trump's] attempt to dictate curricular content, research priorities, hiring decisions, & admissions standards."
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/repor...
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https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/council-chair-to-president-council-statement-ucla-demand-letter.pdf
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CalMatters
about 1 month ago
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened to cut billions in state funding from the University of Southern California if it complies with a Trump administration request to impose the presidentâs political priorities on campus.
https://cal.news/42n1ESs
đ¸ Kirby Lee via AP
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Veena Dubal
about 1 month ago
âThis is extortion, plain and simple. It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education.. requires that every university reject itâŚThe only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher education.â
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs âCompactâ With Universities Is Just Extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/trump-compact-universities-constitution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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