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Posts by Coalition for Action in Higher Ed

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.

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Join us and @jvp.bsky.social for a seminar on the university and the fight against fascism tonight at 7 pm!

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See you at 5! Still time to register for anyone who wishes to attend ⬇️

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Today at 2 pm! Register via the link below.

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Hands off higher ed – May Day 2026 white and black text on yellow-orange background

This May Day, join higher ed workers across the nation and fight for an affordable and safe education that serves the common good. Learn more and register at www.labor4highered.org

#HandsOffHigherEd
#MayDayHigherEd
#HigherEdOverBillionaires
#DefendHigherEd

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Texas A&M Picks an Insider for President After Months of Conflict

“Pro: Not a politician. Years of leadership experience at TAMU

Con: No academic experience. Never taught students, spent time in a lab or produced research

Will she support the goals of a higher ed institution or continue to remake TAMU into a high school?”

— Leonard Bright, TAMU AAUP President

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Only two days to go!

What workshops are you attending? Tag us to let us know!

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Graphic for virtual workshop: The Right to Learn, Building a United Student Front with Dr. Shamell Bell

This virtual gathering brings students across generations into shared study, strategy, and collective freedom dreaming. At a moment when public education, academic freedom, and democratic learning are under attack, we will connect imagination to action aligning campus and community organizing toward tuition-free higher education, debt cancellation, and fully funded public education.

Graphic for virtual workshop: The Right to Learn, Building a United Student Front with Dr. Shamell Bell This virtual gathering brings students across generations into shared study, strategy, and collective freedom dreaming. At a moment when public education, academic freedom, and democratic learning are under attack, we will connect imagination to action aligning campus and community organizing toward tuition-free higher education, debt cancellation, and fully funded public education.

New event just dropped!

The Right to Learn: Building a United Student Front
with Dr. Shamell Bell.

April 16th, 7-8pm

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Join us this Thursday!

Register in advance here: bit.ly/unicomplicit...

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A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education The AAUP and AFT jointly launched a new comprehensive policy platform ahead of the 2026 midterms aimed to counter the Trump administration’s far right extremist attacks on American higher education an...

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...

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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

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“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

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Graphic for virtual workshop: The Right to Learn, Building a United Student Front with Dr. Shamell Bell

This virtual gathering brings students across generations into shared study, strategy, and collective freedom dreaming. At a moment when public education, academic freedom, and democratic learning are under attack, we will connect imagination to action aligning campus and community organizing toward tuition-free higher education, debt cancellation, and fully funded public education.

Graphic for virtual workshop: The Right to Learn, Building a United Student Front with Dr. Shamell Bell This virtual gathering brings students across generations into shared study, strategy, and collective freedom dreaming. At a moment when public education, academic freedom, and democratic learning are under attack, we will connect imagination to action aligning campus and community organizing toward tuition-free higher education, debt cancellation, and fully funded public education.

New event just dropped!

The Right to Learn: Building a United Student Front
with Dr. Shamell Bell.

April 16th, 7-8pm

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Public university professors in Texas say a new law restricts their academic freedom Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes in recent months, from canceling gender studies programs to directing faculty to sign a pledge not to indoctrinate students.

www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...

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Join us and share out the Days of Action event roundup!!

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CAHE National Teach-In: Free Speech and Academic Freedom at a Time of Imperial War
with the CAHE Steering Committee

April 17 at 5 pm ET

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

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Antifascism Organizing Against Attacks on Professors, Speech, and Curriculum
with the CAHE Anti-Fascism Caucus

April 17 at 4 pm ET

Register here: zoom.us/j/9616711752...

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Standing Up to Zionist and White Nationalist Attacks on Academia
with ASA Academic and Community Activism Caucus

April 17 at 3 pm ET

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

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Palestinian Prisoners' Day and the Global Carceral State
with the CAHE Palestine Caucus

April 17 at 2 pm ET

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

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Shared Governance: Keep or Toss?
with the CAHE Who Rules the Academy? Caucus

April 17 at 1 pm ET

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

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The Autocratic University (And How to Challenge It)
with the CAHE Who Rules the Academy? Caucus

April 17 at 12 pm ET

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

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Roots of War and Fascism
with the CAHE Anti-fascism conference

April 17 at 11 am ET

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

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Storytelling for Solidarity: How to Energize Your Organizing with the AAUP's Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom’s "Faculty on the Front Lines" Interview Series
with @aaup.org

April 17 at 10 am ET

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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U.S. Educators’ Conscientious Objection Pledge to End Complicity in Genocide & Apartheid National Launch
with Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

April 17 at 9 am ET

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

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Against University Complicity in Fascist Times: Coalition Politics and Campus Struggles
with @jvp.bsky.social

April 16 at 7 pm ET

Register here: jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Countering Campus Biometrics Under Mass Surveillance
with Sanctuary Campus Network

April 16 at 5 pm ET

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

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Title VI and the War on Higher Education
with @aaup.org and @mesa1966.bsky.social

April 16 at 2 pm ET

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

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Day of Action Event Roundup /🧵

Join us on April 16 and 17 as we fight back against Trump's attacks on higher education!

We have a packed slate of organizing workshops and conversations. Bring a friend, bring a colleague.

Find all the details and registration links below ⬇️

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Day of Action 2026 — Coalition For Action In Higher Ed

📆 ❗Join us on April 16 & 17 for our third annual #DayofActionforHigherEd

This is a call for free higher ed in every sense:
- Make public schools tuition free
- Erase all student debt
- Ensure schools remain bastions of free thought for a better world

www.dayofactionforhighered.org/day-of-actio...

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Academic Freedom Falls Sharply in U.S. amid Worldwide Decline, Report Finds Academic freedom falls sharply in U.S. amid worldwide decline, report finds.

"According to the data, academic freedom is now declining in more countries than it is improving across all five dimensions."

Another day, another reminder that organizing in higher ed has never been more urgent.

al-fanarmedia.org/2026/04/acad...

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