Florida prohibits universities from using the H-1B program to hire “new employees” until Jan. 5, 2027. The change will not affect existing H-1B holders, according to system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues. @unitedfacultyfl.bsky.social

An Invitation: Get to know your Governing Board. Academic governing boards exercise significant & often final legal authority over the colleges & universities they rule. We need a rebalance of this power. #sharedgoverance #academicsky @actioninhighered.bsky.social See below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

“The response was quite different. It’s not clear whether this reflects the difference in the public stands these students have taken or a fundamental change in the university’s approach...I hope it will prove to be the latter.” —Michael Thaddeus, Columbia AAUP @aaupcu.bsky.social

Texas is on the front lines of the fight against government suppression of academic inquiry. We must continue to hold the line against those who wish to control the range of topics that can be taught in the classroom. Keep fighting. Our democracy depends on it. @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org

“Academic freedom —the ability to research, teach, & learn without interference is essential to the quality of education we offer in North Carolina. Do we want UNC to go in the direction of Texas or Florida or we do we want to uphold the reputation, standards & quality that it has for decades?”

JUSTICE NOW FOR THE FIRED SIX! We’re out here at Virginia State University demanding the immediate reinstatement of the Fired Six! These tenured & TT faculty members were abruptly removed from VSU’s Agricultural Department without notice & in clear violation of basic due process. More to come…

JUSTICE FOR THE FIRED SIX NOW! We will not stop until these wrongfully terminated professors are reinstated with full back pay. Please Sign & Share the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

We will fight this Virginia State. Your treatment of these faculty was reprehensible. We love our HBCUs, but @aaup.org & @aft.org will not stand for disrespectful treatment of members! Solidarity @ucwva.bsky.social ❤️ www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Powerful rally at St. John’s University today against unprecedented union busting tactics by President Father Shanley who, after 56 years, is refusing to recognize SJU’s two longstanding faculty unions. SJU faculty have been working without a contract for 239 days! Union busting is disgusting.

Brad Lander: “It’s pretty outrageous…once people think that they don’t have to follow the law because the president doesn’t, workers suffer, our universities suffer, students & faculty suffer.” St. John’s University can’t just UNrecognize faculty unions after 56 years. That’s not the law works.

I want to be clear, @aaup.org stands with our HBCUs. At the same time, what Virginia State University did by laying off 6 tenured/tenure-stream faculty, for NO CAUSE, & threatening them with trespass breaks every norm. It is shameful. Reinstate the Fired Six! SIGN & SHARE tinyurl.com/9r864kmf

What is being labeled “controversial” today is the very knowledge Texas will need to survive tomorrow. The question is no longer whether higher education can be saved as it is. The question is whether we are ready to imagine—and build—what comes next. Important op-ed in the @texasobserver.org.

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.

The assault at OSU underscores the contentious role of OSU's Chase Center, an "intellectual diversity" center forced onto OSU by Ohio lawmakers. The Chase Center has been widely criticized for its limited accountability in hiring & curriculum & lack of responsibilities to the university.

“Abolishing gender programs & the lessons they have taught, will, Trump & his acolytes hope, undermine our ability not just to condemn, but also to critically analyze the policies & practices they want to impose.” Must Read by Joan Scott, member of the AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom.

The AAUP condemns the attack of a journalist at OSU. This incident is a predictable consequence of the dismantling of widely accepted practices of academic shared governance. How? The assailant is an employee of the Chase “intellectual diversity” center which has limited accountability to OSU.

AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.

Reminder: Never capitulate to tyrants. Fight Back. #DefendHigherEd #AcademicSky

An important post by Michel DeGraff in Academe blog about the failure of some AAUP chapters to adequately defend their members on Pal-related speech/research. This is a terrible, shameful problem at too many AAUP chapters. academeblog.org/2026/01/30/t...

“A central premise of freedom in the United States is freedom to speak our minds, to engage in critical debate or conversation without fear of state reprisal.” — Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel

Education is a public good for all. When politicians censor classroom teaching in order to narrow the field of topics that students can engage in, they rob them of a stellar world class education. This is what is happening at Texas A&M & other institutions in the state. 🧵

Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson on the killing of Alex Pretti: "This moment demands a unified, bold, and powerful response from the labor movement. We are uniting across sectors to organize, mobilize, and wield our full collective power to confront ICE." Full statement:

"As students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members, we believe that if Texas A&M truly believes in Aggie values of leadership, integrity, and service, it must defend academic freedom and protect student learning." Please sign & share!

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“Judge Young affirmed unequivocally, without a doubt, that non-citizens lawfully present here in the US have the same free speech rights as everyone else. He established that the federal government clearly & unconstitutionally pursued a policy of discrimination against pro-Palestinian speech.”

📢📢 On this MLK Day, a reminder that faculty at Texas public colleges and universities are now uncertain whether or not they can legally teach Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” ⬇️ thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/19/w...

Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson's full statement here👇

"This is happening. It is real. Universities will be targeted and brought to heel. Republican politicians want to ensure that the next generation of college graduates — if they graduate at all — will quickly and uncomplainingly administer the Gilded Age fantasies of our billionaire class."

Amazing and important news in Ohio #OSU @aaup.org @osuaaup.bsky.social www.acluohio.org/press-releas...

"As we approach the start of the new semester it falls to us to do whatever we can to keep one another safe. Please remember: while ICE agents may enter public areas of the campus, they require a subpoena or a valid judicial warrant to enter private or restricted spaces." – @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social

In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities. Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵 #AbolishICE #AcademicSky

“This is not just a failure of one chancellor, it is a systemic failure of leadership at the highest levels — including President Jeffrey Gold & the Board of Regents — who endorsed these decisions, ignored faculty governance, & approved this payout.” — Alexander Vazansky, UNL AAUP

“We need a higher ed system that’s not rooted in students as customers, but in critical inquiry and the development of smart, thoughtful citizens in a democracy who can see through the lies and stand up for the kind of society we want to build.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

This is how you stand up for educators against politically motivated attacks on teaching. Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...

TODAY! 4PM! CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School! • SUSPEND “realignment” measures • RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements” • CAP on salaries over $200,000 • CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community Livestream link below.

CAHE Palestine Caucus chairs on Jadaliyya today!

AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs! Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇 nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...

“An instructor's freedom to teach includes the right to assess student academic performance. We are gravely concerned that a climate of escalating authoritarian assaults on academic freedom is normalizing politicized interference in classroom teaching & learning.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

UNL AAUP are fighting tooth & nail to stop the Board of Regents from cutting $27.5 million from UNL's budget. "There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.” — Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.

🇵🇸Today! Palestine is a Union Issue! Bill Mullen, Michael Letwin, Sherena Razek, Jeff Schuhrke, Olivia Katbi🇵🇸

On From the Flag to the Cross: Fascism American Style. Take a listen! lawanddisorder.org/2025/11/law-...

Comprehensive deep dive into how Zionist reactionaries attacked the University of California. UC failed to anticipate an organized political attack and gave into pressure by violating the rights of all UC students, faculty, staff. Required reading for UC workers! jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...

NU AAUP on Northwestern's shameful agreement with the feds.

Thanks comrades @scholarsforsj.bsky.social ! This Wed.!

Marc Rowan--a billionaire responsible for Trump's devastating loyalty oath compact--will step down from his advisory role at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in summer of 2026! AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.

"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."

Legislation in the US, sponsored by 22 members of Congress, calls for sanctions on Israel. This marks the first time that a resolution in Congress has explicitly called for sanctions on Israel. The S in BDS is no longer a taboo in the US. Escalate BDS pressure now. https://loom.ly/gSsMMig