“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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Yale AAUP launches campaign to enshrine academic freedom protections in their faculty handbook.
“There is a commitment to academic freedom here, but it needs to be made more meaningful at a time when there’s so much real risk around it.”
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Congrats to Columbia AAUP on successfully standing up against ICE recruitment on campus.
Let's keep organizing and go all out to get ICE off our campuses.
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This infographic is part of Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.
Learn more at the link below👇
“Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research.”
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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.
The snow won’t stop us! Join us online or in person (if the latter travel safely!) tomorrow!
David Rabban’s Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right “could not be timelier” in today’s climate of political interference, writes @aaup.org Committee A member Anil Kalhan in a new review for #Academe.
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
Student activists working in solidarity with AAUP organizers, faculty & staff across the nation has powered key victories over Trump's authoritarian agenda!
We are just getting started 🔥
2026 will be the year of mass coalitional action demanding safe, affordable, and democratic campuses for all!
The AAUP Ad Hoc committee on AI and Academic Professions & colleagues will discuss ongoing strategy building in the movement for tech justice and freedom from surveillance.
We also want to hear from you – what you are thinking about, your needs & how you engage with the topic of AI in education.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that’s the intent…the worst thing is that politically mandated ideas will be taught instead of scientifically accepted concepts in our disciplines, or concepts that are recognized by the disciplinary experts.”
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
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“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
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The most recent newsletter covers the University of Texas system's fight against the compact👇
Swarthmore faculty: Join us on Nov. 19 at 4:15pm.
Swarthmore faculty: Join us on Nov. 19 at 4:15pm.
