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Opinion | The Plot to Oust the President of George Mason University This campaign is not about policy. It’s about power.

"George Mason University must stand firm. Gregory Washington must remain in office — not just because he deserves it but because caving to this onslaught would betray the very essence of public education."

@aaupmason.bsky.social
@bletiecq.bsky.social

Summer Institute leans into organizing as resistance AFT higher education workers crowded the halls of Morehouse College in Atlanta July 17-20 for the annual American Association of University Professors/AFT Summer Institute, a four-day intensive of wor...

AFT higher education workers crowded the halls of Morehouse College July 17-20 for the @aaup.org/AFT Summer Institute, a four-day intensive of workshops and plenaries that addressed the monumental challenges higher education is facing.

The words Academic Freedom on the Line, A Special Series, AAUP Presents over a photo of books burning. Icon of a microphone in the corner.

Take a deep dive into federal funding and the Trump cuts in the the latest episode of Academic Freedom on the Line, a special series of our podcast AAUP Presents. Listen now and subscribe to hear all the episodes: www.buzzsprout.com/1837772/epis...

Columbia University Settlement an Unprecedented Disaster Never in the history of our nation has a university so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuin...

"All who care about higher education must stand up & fight back against this unprecedented continuing assault. To preserve our democracy, we have no choice."

-Todd Wolfson AAUP President, "Columbia University Settlement an Unprecedented Disaster"
www.aaup.org/news/columbi...
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Important 🧵 for all higher ed workers to read!

Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.

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University administrators and boards are not going to fight the Trump administration.

We will.

Join @aaup.org and start organizing on your campus!

We are here to help. Get in touch if you want organizing resources and trainings!

“The Center for Academic Freedom (CDAF) is an exciting project that brings together scholars of higher education…to support faculty as they fight back and defend academic freedom.”

—Dr Isaac Kamola, Director of CDAF

@isaackamola.bsky.social
@aft.org

More here ➡️ www.aaup.org/about/progra...

GMU-AAUP votes NO confidence in Mason’s governing board @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social

AAUP vs Rubio explainer.

Join @aaup.org and help us keep up the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed inststutions, academic freedom, and first amendment rights.

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

The Guardian covers Harvard publisher canceling an entire journal issue on Palestine.

"To us, it sounded like a textbook example of the killing of speech and academic inquiry related to Palestine.”

--Kirsten Weld, Harvard AAUP President

@theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

🧵🔥💯!

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.

please do! :)

Check out this important report from @aaup.org on AI!

Our VP, @dmgreene.bsky.social, and fellow UMD colleague, @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social, are among the co-authors.

New Report Calls for Faculty Control in AI Decisions Today, the AAUP released a new report, Artificial Intelligence and the Academic Professions, sharing survey findings and calling for the establishment of policies in colleges and universities that pri...

Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates.

www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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New op-ed from your friends at GMU-AAUP is out 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥

Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.

This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.

Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.

Bracing analysis from Columbia Law School’s David Pozen about the significance and implications of Columbia’s settlement with Trump. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

University administrators and boards are not going to fight the Trump administration.

We will.

Join @aaup.org and start organizing with us at UMD.

Landmark Trial Ends, With Court’s Ruling to Come; Record Uncovers New Details on Ideological-Deportation Policy and Its Effects on Academic Life

This has been the first major trial of Trump’s second term. Over eight days of witness testimony, it uncovered a wealth of new detail about the ideological-deportation policy and its effects on college and university campuses across the country.

#AAUPvRubio

Need a reason to join @aaup.org?

How about its leadership of national legal fight against the Trump's admin's attacks on higher ed institutions? #AAUPvRubio

Closing arguments have begun in our trial against the Trump admin’s policy of ideological deportations.

AAUP counsel: “The government’s policy is working actually as intended. The goal is to chill speech and stifle dissent.”

#AAUPvRubio

At the AAUP/AFT 2025 Summer Institute, we are developing the tools we need to help build a movement to truly realize our vision for higher education & democracy.

#organizefightwin
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@chenjerai.bsky.social

Academic freedom is a fundamental job condition in higher education and prerequisite for a functioning democracy.

#defendhighered
#organizefightwin

@aaup.org & @aft.org's Summer Institute was such an inspirational training workshop!

Proud to have presented there on "How Your Advocacy Chapter Can Act Like a Union."

Want to know how to do that?

Get in touch for resources & to get connected w/ an organizer!

We gonna #OrganizeFightWin!

DHS Targeted Khan Suri for Academic Speech, Lawyers Allege Lawyers for a university academic association alleged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) targeted Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri for his academic research an...

They're going after students who speak their minds on Palestine, but they won't stop there.

They'll come next for anyone who says anything they disagree with.

We all have to draw a line together.

#defendhighered #aaupvrubio

UAM-UMD's @karinrosemblatt.bsky.social, Katherine Wasdin, & @mtmiller.bsky.social repping UAM-UMD @aaup.org & @aft.org's Summer Institute at Morehouse College in Atlanta this past weekend.

Learned so much! Ready to come back to UMD & MD and win our union this year!

#OrganizeFightWin

Picture of some of 6741's leadership team spoke at @aaupnational & @aftunion's Summer Institute at Morehouse College in Atlanta this past weekend.

Some of 6741's leadership team spoke at @aaup.org & @aft.org Summer Institute at Morehouse College in Atlanta this past weekend. When we organize and fight, we win! Reach out if you want help organizing! We are here to help. #OrganizeFightWin

Hundreds of higher ed workers have gathered together at Morehouse & Spelman for the @aaup.org & @aft.org Summer Institute. Right now we are learning organizing skills to protect ourselves our campuses and our students!