CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education (CADHE)

"With the high cost of living front and center in this fall’s mayoral election, Cuomo’s #CUNY policies — most notably a 2016 push to slash nearly $500 million in state funding to the university system — are resurfacing." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Cuomo’s controversial CUNY record resurfaces as affordability concerns dominate mayor’s race Advocates, union leaders and lawmakers have criticized his previous push to cut state aid.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10... #cuny #cadhe

Letter to the Editor: Open letter to non-citizen UNT students To our non-United States citizen students at UNT,

“We unequivocally denounce any policies that devalue our students’ presence or diminish their contributions to our intellectual & cultural community.

International & non-citizen students bring invaluable & diverse perspectives to our classrooms, labs & campuses.”

— AAUP University of North Texas

How the Trump Regime and the Media Killed Gender Studies BY LAURIE ESSIG On Wednesday, October 1, the Department of Education sent nine universities a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”  The document asks universities to comply …

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NEWS: Professor Tom Alter unlawfully terminated at Texas State in a blatant violation of first amendment rights and academic freedom. Please share on social media: #DefendTomAlter #FirstAmendmentTXST

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

“Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7, delivered during a Zoom meeting, where he advocated for organizing the working class to form a revolutionary socialist party.”

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Rutgers president: Cancel culture is not an antidote. Universities must keep free speech. William F. Tate IV: Protecting free speech, as we do at Rutgers, does not mean endorsing every view expressed on campus.

“The role of the university, however, is not to prevent discomfort or protect ideology. Our responsibility is to protect the conditions for inquiry and debate.” Dr. Tate, Rutgers University President

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"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom

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So nice to be invited in an extortion scheme…

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
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Join Together and Reject Trump's Loyalty Oath for Higher Ed-Penn, USC, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, University of Arizona, UT-Austin, MIT, Brown & Dartmouth.
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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

On behalf of the State University of New York University Faculty Senate, which voted to empower me to sign this petition on their behalf, I just signed University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...?

1/ This admin's decision-making is more frequently based on a timeline divorced from "real time" reality. Trump sending troops into Portland seems based on his mental images generated in the 2020 George Floyd protests (or pehaps fake AI-generated ones he is being fed)....

#CADHE supports NYAG Letitia James. No more political vendettas! #HandsOffTish

Isabel Torres Isabel Torres, 2025-2027 Voyager Scholarship Recipient

Isabel Torres, a Macaulay Honors College/Baruch College student, was named The Obama Foundation Voyager Scholar. The Friedman Transfer Scholar will embark on a two-year leadership development program that offers mentorship for the next generation of public service leaders. Congratulations, Isabel!

Wendy Gordon (SUNY UFS VP/Secr) moderating panel on meeting the moment with Candice Vacin (SUNY FCCC), Matthew Cotter (CUNY UFS), Fred Kowal ( @uupinfo.bsky.social ) and Luca Rallis (SUNY SA).

Graphic with two red and white images of Trump and Vought facing each other in profile. Torn off newspaper text reads: Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown. Text at the top reads: Trump and OMB director Vought are firing patriotic public servants in their attempt to advance project 2025.

Red text on a dark blue background reads: What’s Going on? Two white bubbles of text float behind a red and white image of Vought in profile. Bubble 1: Russell vought, director of the omb and author of project 2025, announced mass REDUCTIONS-IN-FORCE (RIFS) in federal agencies. Bubble 2: the exact scope is still unclear, but reports say LAYOFFS HAVE HIT at least the Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, EPA, Commerce, Education, Energy, HHS and HUD.

Poster graphic reading: This isn’t just a shutdown standoff. Project 2025 aims to critically slash our federal workforce and dismantle our agencies. Doge already laid off 300k. Project 2025’s real goal? At least 1 Million federal employees laid off. In bold red highlighted text: Vought wants to finish the job.

Highlighted text at top of graphic reads: Solidarity with federal workers! In red text below: Take Action! Two blue bubbles read: Call Congress and let them know: Stop Vought! and Stand with Federal Workers! Links in our Bio to sign: A list of petitions: Solidarity with NASA, EPA, FEMA, NIH

Russell Vought, OMB Director, is using this shutdown to further the aims of Project 2025. He is slashing the federal workforce, and dismantling our agencies.

This is not just a shutdown standoff — it's finishing the job of DOGE. Take action for federal workers here! zurl.co/up9de

dotEDU: Can They Do That? The White House’s Higher Ed Compact and Shutdown Fallout YouTube video by American Council on Education

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MIT has rejected Fat Satan’s blackmail, making it the first university not to bend the knee.

Thank you to our brave NIHers like @ianlmorgan.bsky.social who have continuously shown true patriotism in standing up for the health and safety of the American people

Sign your support for these brave employees here if you haven’t already 👉

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Time to pick sides, Senators! Where does UFS stand?

Who’s with me?

The leaves are turning. A new day is coming.