AAUP–Penn

If you work in higher ed, you need to get your folks together and end the use of course evals or at least bar their consideration in evaluation, promotion, and hiring. This needed to happen yesterday because they don't measure learning, they measure instructor gender, but now it's a snitch pool.

The agreement forces Brown to adopt definitions of sex which exclude trans people across the university: "all practices, policies, and procedures adopted and implemented by the University for any athletic opportunity, event, competition, category, program, or activity designated for women."

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.

Read it for yourself here:

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.

New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...

Building Campus Solidarity Across Job Categories: Lessons from Recent Strikes & Adjunct Struggles Speakers include: Todd Wolfson, President, American Association of University Professors Diana Vallera, President, Columbia College Faculty Union Bryan Sacks, Immediate Past President, Rutgers Adjunct Union Sydney Brahmavar, Secretary, Clark College Association of Higher Educators

Wednesday, July 30: Join us for a strategy discussion about how we can build solidarity across job categories on campus. 6pm ET/5pm CT/4pm MT/3pm PT on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute

"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.

No university administrator is going to stop this.

The only group actively fighting it is @aaup.org.

Join AAUP and get involved on your campus.

“We cannot live in fear. AAUP and our partners will not cower in silence. We will stand with and for higher education writ large. We will stand for democracy.”

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

“Advocacy chapters can act like unions! We need to act like fighting, organized unions.”

“United faculty for the common good!”

— Leadership of AAUP-AFT United Academics Local 6741, Summer Institute 2025, #OrganizeFightWin

We stand united against these attacks on our university.

We will fight for the independence of George Mason University and every other public college and university in the Commonwealth.

#DefendHigherEd #DefendGeorgeMason

Federal Workers Say: ICE Out of Our Workplace! ICE Out of ALL Workplaces! •50 UN Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102

•Wednesday, July 23rd, 5-6 pm https://actionnetwork.org/events/informational-picket-ice-out-of-federal-workplaces-ice-out-of-all-workplaces

Federal Workers Say: ICE Out of Our Workplace! ICE Out of ALL Workplaces!

Rally & Informational Picket

•50 UN Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102

•Wednesday, July 23rd, 5-6 pm

@fedworkersunited.bsky.social
@indivisiblesf.bsky.social
@indivisibleeb.bsky.social

actionnetwork.org/events/infor...

Day 3 of the Summer Institute begins!

“Academic freedom is a job condition, not a privilege…this is a matter of democratic education.”

—Rana Jaleel, Chair of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure, Morning Plenary “Protecting Academic Freedom: How to Build an Effective Issue Campaign.”

Hundreds of higher ed workers have gathered at Morehouse and Spelman College for the AAUP and @afthighered.bsky.social Summer Institute! Here, members discuss organizing skills that will protect students and our campuses ✊🏻

What a win! Congratulations, @rapup-uaw.bsky.social!

Hell yeah @rapup-uaw.bsky.social!!! Congrats on an incredible win and solidarity forever! ✊❤️

We're astounded to learn that it seems that many of the 26 National Endowment for the Humanities' National Council members were unaware that the majority of #NEH staff were laid off, and found out during this morning's meeting.

We wonder if now they might be inspired to say or do something.

Today is the LAST DAY to vote! Postdocs and Research Associates, make your way to Houston Hall today before 7pm to vote YES!

According to the Supreme Court, the President can cancel the Department of Education but can't cancel the student debt that the Department of Education holds? Do we have that right?

photo of Jaime Alanis

Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday.

We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.

A graphic with a bold orange border and a white background features the logo of UC-AFT Local 1474, which includes a blue outline of the state of California with a flame inside and the words “UC-AFT LOCAL 1474.” To the right, bold blue text reads: “UC-AFT Joins CFA in demanding the release of Prof. Jonathan Caravello.” Below, the body text states that UC-AFT calls for the immediate release of Professor Jonathan Caravello, who was reportedly beaten and abducted by ICE during a Thursday raid in Ventura County. The union expresses solidarity with immigrant colleagues, students, and neighbors, and joins the California Faculty Association in urging elected officials—including Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Representatives Salud Carbajal and Julia Brownley, and State Senator Monique Limón—to take action and demand accountability for what are described as “kidnappings in broad daylight.” The statement ends with a call for ICE, DHS, and CBP to stop invading communities.

UC-AFT joins the call for the immediate release of Professor Jonathan Caravello, who was beaten and abducted by ICE on Thursday at a raid in Ventura County. @cfaunited.bsky.social

To support bail and legal fees please scan the QR code below or find @SLOBailFund on Venmo.

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"

our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got

dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

- California Faculty Association We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community

Yesterday, one of our union leaders was arrested during an ICE raid in Camarillo, CA, while he was lawfully observing immigration enforcement activities.
www.calfac.org/statement-condemning-the-abduction-and-disappearance-of-cfa-members-in-camarillo/

This is a horror.

Solidarity with our siblings in Penn Museum Workers United, @afscmedc47.bsky.social Local 397. Starting pay rates for half the jobs in their unit are below a living wage in Philly. These workers need fair pay and are ready to strike if Penn won’t come to the table with reasonable proposals

“The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare.”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Philly! Let’s stand in solidarity with DC 33 tomorrow, Wednesday July 9th at 3pm at City Hall!

#phillyisauniontown #unionproud #dignity #respect

Pictured is a field of white with text and a picture. The text is on the left side and reads "Employer: World Cafe Live; Unit Size: 47; Filed: July 7, 2025; Location: Philadelphia, PA; Industry/positions: Music Entertainment/Restaurant. Cooks, dishwashers, bartenders, servers, etc.; Local: UNITE HERE 274;" On the bottom there is text that reads "Made by @UnionsElections; @unionelections.bsky.social. Logo property of UNITE HERE." On the right side is the logo of UNITE HERE!

NEW: 47 music entertainment/restaurant workers for World Cafe Live in Philly are unionizing with @unitehere.org.

FORTUNE - "The next phase of Starbucks' turnaround plan is offering executives up to $6 million in stock grants, as baristas scrap to get annual raises above 2%"

Headlines that speak for themselves