North Carolina Conference of the AAUP

On NC State’s campus, hundreds of students protest as fears of ICE persist • NC Newsline As final exams approach at N.C. State, stress over studies has been overtaken for some by fear of the federal immigration crackdown in Raleigh.

“It will not succeed in cowing faculty and academic workers, in sowing division, or in keeping us from supporting our neighbors in need,” the professors said in the statement. “We will continue to fight for the colleges, universities, and communities we deserve.” — @ncaaup.bsky.social

Every story on Page One in Charlotte is about ICE/immigration:

@charlotteobserver.com

Nearby ICE Raids Stoke Fear on North Carolina Campuses As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.

“Everyone that I know who works or studies at UNC understands that we have to protect ourselves, because no one in the administration will help with that.”

– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP

AAUP NC statement on U. S. Customs and Border Protection Presence in North Carolina @aaup.org

drive.google.com/file/d/1er32...

ICE appears to be headed to Raleigh today.

If you suspect ICE presence, call the Siembra hotline to verify: 336-543-0353. It is important to share information, not spread panic.

If you see an arrest happening, make noise, take video, draw a crowd.

Know your rights:

AAUP Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks In a report released Tuesday, the American Association of University Professors outlines its case for shared governance at colleges and universities as state legislatures increasingly seek to constrai...

“Without an independent & sufficiently representative faculty body to oversee the curriculum & faculty status, an institution may fragment or fall victim to the latest fashionable notion proposed by a centralized administration, politicized board or legislature."

Read more about our new report👇

UT’s diversity of thought is real — and well worth defending | Opinion Diverse areas of study bring diverse perspectives — the hallmark of a great university. Political meddling is threatening that at the University of Texas, Steve Wechsler writes.

From guest columnist + UT faculty member Steve Wechsler: “I do not see evidence of intolerance to diverse views at UT. What I see is a range of departments seeking truth from different angles, creating a university that is greater than the sum of its parts.” ❤️

www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates This report, prepared by a subcommittee of the AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance, reexamines the necessity of strong faculty senates through the lens of the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities and other AAUP statements and in light of escalating political interference against shared governance.

A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝

As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.

Read below 👇

Siembra also has more digital info / downloadable resources for those working to organize across our state:

If you are in the Charlotte area or can help organizing in that region, support Siembra's on-the-ground efforts by signing up here:

defendandrecruit.org/charlotte

Others across NC can get involved by donating, volunteering, and showing up through this site:

defendandrecruit.org/nc

As Border Patrol / la migra expands its operations in NC, report their activity by calling these hotlines:

Charlotte – Carolina Migrant Network – (704) 740-7737
Asheville – CIMA – (888) 839-2839
All other NC areas – Siembra NC – (336) 543-0353

CBP reported to be coming to Raleigh tomorrow. Here's the Siembra NC hotline. Please share widely.

Let us know if you hear of any developments on the ground.

5/5 Donate to NC Justice Center: secure.everyaction.com/3VL-HbuOIky4...

I just gave to the Carolina Migrant Network! Help support the Carolina Migrant Network help immigrants targeted and detained by ICE in the Carolinas

4/5 Donate to Carolina Migrant Network: secure.actblue.com/donate/carol...

Donate to Siembra NC Show your support with a contribution.

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2/5 Call Carolina Migrant Network’s hotline (704-740-7737) if you are in Charlotte & see something that you suspect to be related to immigration enforcement

NC Justice Center immigration helpline 1-888-251-2776 Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Ways to help defend Charlotte: thread

OJO Obrero: a website designed by Siembra to help immigrants assess their risks and learn patterns that lead to an arrest. ojonc.org 1/5

Opinion | Secret Rules Now Govern What Can Be Taught in Florida I was told I had to change my course materials, but there was no law to back that up.

No actual legal basis, just verbal directives to avoid accountability and threats to harm not only individuals but their programs and colleagues. In Florida's public higher ed system, even the word "culture" is verboten.

www.chronicle.com/article/secr...

Safe to work, safe to school spread the word: ICE/Border Patrol out of Charlotte

From @belleboggs.bsky.social
frogtroubletimes.substack.com/p/safe-to-wo...

Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...

One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.

"Smaller discretionary grants, awarded without scholarly review, have so far gone to scholars with ties to conservative or religious institutions... including $30,000 for a project called 'Meritocracy vs. Equity: The Declaration of Independence in Tension With Critical Race Theory and D.E.I.'"

Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.

They’ve turned the NEH into The Ministry of MAGA Culture. In the name of restoring “merit” to the grant process, they’ve hand picked a bunch of transparently MAGA projects to fund.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

AFT’s Weingarten and AAUP’s Wolfson on Texas A&M University System Board of Regents’ Vote to Censor Curriculum COLLEGE STATION, Texas—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement condemning the Texas A&M University…

““The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about."

- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

@aft.org

Contributor: Fearing Trump, universities themselves restrict academic freedom Some institutions may have avoided the ire of the federal government by preemptively undermining research and teaching.

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding

"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"

— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.

#DefendHigherEd

Proud to be an AAUP member. Willing to fight! 💁‍♀️💪⚖️🗽

Join today!

WE WON!!!

The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.

Read the order here:

Commentary: Fearing Trump, universities themselves restrict academic freedom Seven out of the nine universities that the Trump administration invited to offer feedback on the so...

"If anything, the response by university leaders may have brought to the fore what some of us suspected all along: Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators & externally by politicians."

— Laura Isabel Serna, President of University of Southern California AAUP