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Reject HB 698-Stop Attacking Higher Education Ohio's public colleges and universities are under attack and the people who will pay the price are students, workers, and communities across the state. House Bill 698 doubles down on a troubling patte...

Help us fight HB 698! Tell Ohio’s legislators to stop attacking higher education!

If you believe Ohio’s future depends on strong, independent public universities—free from political interference—we urge you to add your name to this petition rejecting HB 698. actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Union membership is on the rise — and our ranks in AAUP are growing as part of this trend.

Organizers across sectors and in higher ed are building the infrastructure to accomplish major wins in the future.

See below for more on 2025 as a banner year for membership growth in the AAUP:

AAUP-OSU is in solidarity with the Ohio Nurses Association, who is standing with survivors & calling for the removal of Wexner’s name from the medical center & all campus facilities.

Did you get a Med Center umbrella in the mail? Bring it to the picket! And some red tape to cross off the “W.”

OHIO SHOULD NEVER LOSE TO THAT STATE UP NORTH!! But, we are😬 The numbers are in—more and more students are choosing to go to U of ❌ instead of The Ohio State University thanks to laws like SB 1 that amount to state-sponsored censorship in Ohio’s colleges & universities😫#RepealSB1

📝 Sign below to support Professor Tom Alter of Texas State who was fired for speech he made in his capacity as a private citizen! ⬇️

Last call to register for the annual meeting!
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Petition to Drop All Land Acknowledgment Restrictions Now OSU has placed undue restrictions on the use of land acknowledgments for university classes and events. We believe this is an attack on Indigenous faculty, students, staff, and community members by ad...

Please sign and share petition by faculty associated with Center for Ethnic Studies, which includes American Indian Studies.

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Ohio Redistricting Commission ends first meeting with no congressional map Ohio Democrats unveiled a map in September that was quickly rejected by the Republican supermajority, but the GOP has not yet publicly unveiled a map it will support.

Once again, we ask: Where is the map??

https://www.wosu.org/2025-10-21/ohio-redistricting-commission-ends-first-meeting-with-no-congressional-map?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads

All four recipients have exemplified the activism that John McNay embodied. They have been tireless advocates for academic freedom, organizing/unionism, and quality higher education. Congratulations to Profs. Mockabee, Jani, Wagner, and Jackson on this well-deserved recognition!

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 and first-ever recipients of the John T. McNay Memorial Award for Outstanding Service are Stephen Mockabee (University of Cincinnati), Pranav Jani (Ohio State University), Cathy Wagner (Miami University), and David Jackson (Bowling Green State University).

At least Ohio State continues to revise what was once an all-out ban on land acknowledgments, but it is far from enough. Most such statements are historical facts, NOT advocacy, AND they fall under the auspices of academic freedom. No other OH school banned them.🗃️ www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking ...

More ridiculousness and caving to political pressure by THE Over-Compliant University. @osuaaup.bsky.social is pushing back.

The Dept of Education’s $3m grant to the Chase Center (link attached) makes it plain. Don’t buy the rhetoric about the Center's political neutrality.

Brutus Buckeye and Leaf chat about Chase Center ads on the wall. One says “$5000 could be yours today!”. Another says “Need cash fast? Sign up for a class at the Chase Center” Leaf says: “Oh good, they’re bribing students now.” Brutus responds: “I think their word was ‘scholarship.’”

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover

Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

UT System audits gender in courses as GOP targets 'LGBTQ ideology' The University of Texas System is reviewing all gender identity courses at its institutions to ensure courses taught "are aligned with the direction and priorities" of regents, law.

🗣️UT Austin AAUP Chapter Pres. Pauline Strong: “We oppose state censorship of college courses + support the right of gender studies faculty to teach in their areas of expertise. There is no law that says teaching about gender in a university classroom is illegal.“

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Introducing “Faculty on the Frontlines,” a new series from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom that documents the stories of AAUP members!

Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.

Check out our teaser 🔥

Continued good news as we fight to protect educators' voices on the STRS Board!

Just minutes ago, the Court of Appeals issued its decision rejecting the State’s arguments and affirming the TRO. The TRO expires tomorrow but is expected to be extended, which will take us to the preliminary injunction hearing.

BREAKING NEWS ON STRS LAWSUIT: The 10th District Court of Appeals held oral argument this afternoon on the State’s appeal of the Trial Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO).

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Educators deserve a voice in their retirement: Sean Patrick Brennan Ohio’s educators kept their promise to our state’s children under challenging circumstances, often with limited resources, and always with the best interests of students at heart. Now it is our turn t...

"I applaud the Ohio Education Association, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, and the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors for standing up for educators’ rights and for the integrity of the retirement system."

What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist We map out steps you can take right away, and steps you can take to build resilience longer term against doxxing.

It's sad that this is where we are (and have been), but thanks to our friends at @penamerica.bsky.social for this resource.

Teaching LGBTQ Studies in Ohio under this bill is a completely miserable experience. This is, of course, what they wanted.

Ohio's Governor is now lecturing universities about making our campus tours more "pleasant" to boost flagging enrollment. Uh, guy, the tours aren't the fucking problem.

Is the AAUP Too Partisan? Its President Doesn’t Think So. Todd Wolfson has taken heat for some of the organization’s political stances during his tenure. Here’s what he makes of the criticism.

"Look, we are a labor union. We’re going to fight & respond to this moment...We're standing for what we always stood for...a powerful higher-education sector that leads to innovation & social mobility & is a bedrock of our democracy."

—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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