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Check out Steve Kerr demanding academic freedom and an end to Trump's attempts to ideologically control our campuses! ❤️

We next Maryland faculty!

Let's get this collective bargaining bill over the finish line!

At this stage of the finance, corporate, government funding, and administrator assaults on higher education--every faculty and staff should be finding ways to speak in legislatures, public hearings, candidate town halls, and school committees.

Stand up for Science Stand up for Science

NEW YORK CITY!!! TOMORROW IS THE DAY!
On Saturday, March 7th, attend your local National Day of Action Rally to Save Science, Protect Health, and Defend Democracy!
WE NEED YOU!
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#March7NYC
#standupforscience
#science
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#savescience

New CPHE Accrediting Body Is Illegitimate Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda—backed by...

The far right's new politicized higher ed accreditor is illegitimate.

"Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda"

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom. He's joined coaches including Doc Rivers, Jim Boeheim, Muffet McGraw, and more in signing a letter calling on elected offic... Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom. He's joined coaches including Doc Rivers, Jim Boeheim, Muffet McGraw, and more in signing a letter calling on elected officials to ...

@goldenstatewarrior.bsky.social's Coach Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom!

Coaches across the nation launched a letter campaign calling on elected officials to keep political interference out of our colleges and universities.

We can't have college sports without academic freedom.

We've had enough of the censorship at Texas A&M.

Sign the petition to demand that the Board of Regents end their policy of auditing syllabi & canceling courses that mention race or gender.

The policy prevents faculty from teaching openly & students from learning freely.

Sign & share⬇️

A major victory! ✊

"This is a member-driven landmark achievement that will have an enormous impact in Kansas. This would not be possible without the courage of our members, who dug in and fought so hard because they knew that a fair contract was possible.”

—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Philadelphia is standing up for science and against ICE at tomorrow's rally!

AAUP President @proftwolf.bsky.social will speak on the importance of labor solidarity with faculty, students & communities.

The rally starts at 11am at the north side of City Hall 🔥

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Reinstate the Fired Six at VSU On December 16, 2025, Dr. Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Dr. Adnan Beker Yousuf, Dr. Vitalis W. Temu, Dr. Maru K. Kering, Dr. Toktam Taghavi, and Dr. Molla Fentie Mengist were abruptly removed from Virginia Sta...

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.

Leech farmers everywhere prick up their ears

St. John’s University in New York No Longer Recognizes Faculty Labor Unions St. John’s University’s recent decision to cease recognizing faculty labor unions after 56 years stirred a conversation on Catholic social teaching.

“Father Brian Shanley is violating New York state law & ignoring decades of St. John’s institutional practice & centuries of Catholic social teaching around respect for labor & workers."

— Sophie Bell, St. John's University AAUP President

All evidence to date suggests that the CPHE is a partisan political body aiming to transform higher ed in a manner desired by Republican extremists & the donors who back them…a Trojan horse determined to use any power awarded it to bend public higher ed to their ideological agenda.

AAUP TV: Virginia State University Fired Six Professors Without Cause. What's Next? YouTube video by The AAUP

Watch the full AAUP TV episode, "Virginia State University Fired Six Professors Without Cause. What's Next?" here ⬇️

Virginia State University ignored tenure & procedural protections when they abruptly fired 6 faculty from the university's Agricultural Research Station.

In this episode of AAUP TV, @chenjerai.bsky.social and @proftwolf.bsky.social speak with two of VSU's Fired Six about this egregious decision.

The @aaup.org & @aft.org stand with @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social. We will join them to make sure the research scientists at the NIH do not lose their collective bargaining rights! The Trump administration hates workers, hates research, hates higher education and hates UNIONS.

New CPHE Accrediting Body Is Illegitimate Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda—backed by...

The far right's new politicized higher ed accreditor is illegitimate.

"Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda"

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

VA Democrats ran on a pro-worker platform and are now leaving workers behind…Don't cut higher ed or home health care workers out of collective bargaining!! @abigailspanberger.com @donscott757.bsky.social @senlouiselucas.bluesky.bot

“Protecting #AcademicFreedom requires clear, enforceable protections and procedures, including processes through which alleged infringements on academic freedom can be adjudicated by faculty peers.” #ProtectHigherEd
@aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org

yaledailynews.com/articles/pro...

AAUP's Wolfson and AFT's Weingarten on the NIH’s Decision to Strip Fellows of their Right to Collective Bargaining AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in response to the decision by the National Institutes of Health to strip research fellows of their right ...

Shame on the NIH for stripping fellows of collective bargaining rights!

"The fellows at the NIH deserve the same voice, protections, and dignity on the job that academic workers across the country are fighting for every day."

Read @proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social's statement⬇️

What Will Be Left After the University of Texas Destroys Itself? | The Nation UT-Austin has collapsed its race, ethnic, and gender studies into a single program while a new policy asks faculty to avoid “controversial” topics. But the attacks won’t end there.

All Texas universities are under attack.

ALL universities are under attack.

#LetStudentsLearn

Not only has the NIH terminated hundreds of grants, they’re also giving out far fewer grants than appropriate for their budget. Some researchers will have to close their labs or severely cut back their research. This is a self-inflicted wound.

The AAUP's core mission. We stay busy.

Keep March Madness Free From Deportation Flights When universities transport our student athletes with the same charter companies that send our families and neighbors into detention or deportation, that university is complicit in a system that tears...

At @aaup.org & @aft.org we are partnering with @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social & others to demand that our universities don't do business with companies supporting ICE! @seiu.org launched a campaign to keep March Madness free of Deportation flights. act.seiu.org/a/de-ice-the...

Today, the VSU Fired Six brought the fight to the Virginia Capitol to advocate for higher ed workers to be included in collective bargaining legislation so that VA workers can be empowered to negotiate for workplace protections so illegal terminations without due process end.

#reinstatethefiredsix

“We’ve lost a generation of scientists”: US talent turns to France Funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom are driving US researchers to seek opportunities in Europe, as stakeholders warn of “historic damage” to America’s scientific ecosystem.

Attacks on academic freedom are driving US researchers to seek opportunities elsewhere.

“Contingency, dwindling jobs & rampant underfunding of education means that a lack of mobility is the norm across the academic profession...& why we must fight..."

—Isaac Kamola, AAUP CDAF

What is happening in OK is a danger to the sector. The @alliancehighered.bsky.social submitted this letter with @aft.org, @aaup.org, @penamerica.bsky.social, Stand Together, and American Council of Learned Societies. allianceforhighered.org/resources/le...

Only a fearless faculty can pursue the truth. Collective bargaining for faculty ensures Virginia students get a world-class education!

The majority of faculty on campus work on semester contracts w/no job security. Even those with tenure can be denied due process. Don’t cut us out of collective bargaining. The higher ed lobbyist agenda is NOT pro-worker! @donscott757.bsky.social @senlouiselucas.bluesky.bot @ssurovell.bsky.social

VA Dems ran on a pro-worker agenda, yet are leaving workers behind @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @aft.org

Don’t cut higher ed workers out of collective bargaining!
@abigailspanberger.com @donscott757.bsky.social @senlouiselucas.bluesky.bot @ssurovell.bsky.social