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Mahmoud Khalil Hails Ruling Against Trump Deportation Effort Targeting Pro-Palestinian Students A Reagan-appointed judge has issued a scathing ruling rebuking the Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestine students. Judge William G. Young called the case AAUP v. Rubio “perhaps the most im...

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Ahead of the case caption, a handwritten note: "Trump has pardons and tanks . . . . what do you have?" Judge Young's reply: "Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States –- you and me -- have our magnificent Constitution. Here’s how that works out in a specific case –- "

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Core Skills Training — Organize Every Campus AAUP will host an Organizing Fundamentals training for academic workers on October 24 & 25 on Zoom. Register by October 17 .

Please join AAUP for two days of skilling up. Meet colleagues from across the country, get inspired, and make plans to fight and win on your campus. www.organizeeverycampus.org/events/organ...

This book...

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a free illegal stream decree

Tenured folks, you may not know how to catch up on preparing, so some starting points from someone who was once faculty & is now a higher ed labor organizer:

-Join your campus AAUP chapter.
-If you don't have one, start one—talk to another AAUP chapter in your city/state to make connections. /cont

green and yellow cover of University Keywords, ed by Andy Hines

Table of contents for University Keywords University: An Introduction, Andy Hines Academic Freedom, Jennifer Ruth and Ellen Schrecker Adjunct, Heather Steffen Admissions, Scott Gelber Alternative Institutions, Andy Hines and Eli Meyerhoff Athletics, Wayne L. Black Board of Trustees, Asheesh Siddique Kapur Budget, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra Campus, Davarian Baldwin Classroom, Richard Simpson Critical University Studies, Rana M. Jaleel, Isaac Kamola, and Heather Steffen Debt, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak Degree, Christopher Newfield Discipline, Vineeta Singh Diversity, p.s. kehal EdTech, Annie McClanahan and Louise McCune Endowment, Dennis M. Hogan Entrepreneurship, Jesse Goldstein

Table of contents for university keywords Fiction, Jeffrey J. Williams Legislation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer Noncitizen Student, Abigail Boggs Police, Yalile Suriel and Grace Watkins Ranking, Jelena Brankovic and Stefan Wilbers Revenue, Dan Nemser and Brian Whitener Risk Management, Mattie Armstrong-Price Sustainability, Kai Bosworth, Jesse Goldstein, Andy Hines, and Eli Meyerhoff Title IX, Rana M. Jaleel Union, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein Appendix: Questions to Consider for Composing a Keywords Entry Contributor Bios Acknowledgments Index

It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.

Judge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against Trump

This is a HUGE win for American higher education!

#DefendHigherEd

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

We Out Here!

AAUP & @aft.org members from coast to coast are out in the streets this #LaborDay standing on business & raising the voices of higher ed workers as we continue to resist an unprecedented wave of attacks.
Join Us!
#DefendHigherEd
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Speaking Reassurance to Power, by Pankaj Mishra

This is quite something by Pankaj Mishra

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Download a sign! New For Labor Day – See You in the Streets! With a background of HELU rally signs available to print at link.

Make a statement for higher ed workers this Labor Day with HELU signs! Easily printable from our website, perfect for any kind of Labor Day action. See you in the streets! higheredlaborunited.org/2025/08/28/h...

Wrote a eulogy for the yellow letters in my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universities.

"As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universities."

@swcolumbia.bsky.social | @hgsuuaw.bsky.social | @uawregion9a.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

University Negotiations and Settlements with the Trump Administration: What to Know This meeting, open to AAUP chapter leaders, will explore the contours of the public settlements and their implications for academic freedom and shared governance. We will also discuss what AAUP…

The Trump admin has used funding cuts to threaten universities into negotiations.

Join this meeting to explore these settlements’ implications for academic freedom & shared governance. We will discuss what AAUP chapters can do to fight back.

🗓️August 26, 7-8pmET

Learn more at the link👇

“Ideological Deportation”: AAUP v. Rubio Trial Challenges Trump Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Students The first trial in a case challenging the Trump administration’s policy of detaining and deporting international students and professors who participate in pro-Palestinian activism is underway in Boston....

"Ideological Deportation": AAUP v. Rubio Trial Challenges Trump Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Students

“apply to Columbia: we PROMISE your private info will end up in the hands of disgusting little freaks!”

Unions Bring True Community to USC In recent months, “community” has become something of a buzzword at USC. The word appears in position descriptions, job calls, and…

Co-wrote a thing, btw

📌MEDIA ADVISORY – TODAY at 11:30am ET: Calling all members of the press interested in tuning in to the final pretrial hearing in AAUP v. Rubio, our lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's ideological deportation policy on U.S. campuses. Register here: forms.mad.uscourts.gov/seating-sign...

Fight! Win! Building our power in higher ed. Summer Institute 2025

The 2025 Summer Institute presents a crucial opportunity for AAUP & AFT members to learn how to fight back against attacks on higher ed while continuing to advance our shared vision for the future.

Attendance is FREE for AAUP & AFT members!

Join us!

Register Here! ⬇️

www.aaup.org/event/2025-a...

(unironically) Too much juice for the the fascists to handle

AAUP: Faculty Pay Rises Again, but Not to Pre-Pandemic High An uptick in faculty average salary wasn’t enough to recover to 2019-level compensation. The gender pay gap also persists, along with low per-course compensation for part-timers.

New AAUP Report out today: real average salaries for continuing & new full-time faculty have increased but have not recovered from pre-pandemic levels. The last two years of progress weren’t enough to recover from three consecutive years of decline.
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Hamilton Nolan on Organizing in Higher Ed A Q&A with our leading labor reporter.

@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social keynote @ct-aaup.bsky.social conf was 🔥🔥. @biblioracle.bsky.social hosted an excellent interview for “Academic Freedom on the Line.” Check it out. “the job of the labor movement is to organize workers” @aaup.bsky.social academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/hamilton-n...

Wonderful celebration of a prophetic, shattering poem by late, great Tyrone Williams @aldonlynn.bsky.social

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Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations

Resistance works.