United Academics

Panelists sound alarm about state of academic freedom at Democracy Project event At Friday’s event, four panelists discussed current threats to academic freedom.

"We are living through a multi-decade moral panic that’s been manufactured against higher education." @aaup.org @isaackamola.bsky.social

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

Danny Shaw, formerly a professor at John Jay College, reveals that he was fired after being targeted by the ADL, StopAntiSemitism, and Canary Mission. He explains how these organizations orchestrated a doxxing campaign land attempted to discredit his scholarship due to his advocacy for Palestine.

The Real History of Tenure If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.

As states like Florida and Texas gut tenure protections for university faculty, many assume the greatest loss is to academic freedom. But tenure is not just about academic freedom. It also is, and has always been, about labor protection.
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.

@proftwolf.bsky.social

Groups File Suit Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

“Trump’s restrictions on H-1B visa applications will lead to less lifesaving research, reduced innovation, & diminished competitiveness. This short-sighted policy will hurt every American by slowing research breakthroughs, weakening our economy & putting our global leadership at risk.”
—Todd Wolfson

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿

When we fight, WE WIN!

AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities.

Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!

Read full statement below 👇

@aft.org
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@rweingarten.bsky.social

Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!

We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.

Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist YouTube video by TheAAUP

Check out me & @chenjerai.bsky.social & Lorena Grundy of @aaup-penn.bsky.social break down the new Trump compact for higher ed…. Otherwise known as loyalty oaths. This is AAUP TV. @aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR...

Huge win for us!

It is your support that enables these victories.

Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.

This is really important. Be sure to check it out!

I joined AAUP because I saw they were one of the few organizations taking a stand. They also organized the lobbying trip I took to DC a couple of weeks ago. If you’re an academic, supporting them is good use of our money.

In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...

Goes without saying that it’s a very good day to join @aaup.org. In light of the amazing work our organization does at defending bedrock democratic values and institutions that are under attack, the monthly dues pay for themselves many times over.

Again and again over the past six months, the AAUP has shown that the key to fighting back against injustice and executive overreach is ... fighting back!
There has never been a better time to join AAUP and help protect free speech at all US Universities. When we unite and fight, we win.

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close

If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”

Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

Introducing “Faculty on the Frontlines,” a new series from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom that documents the stories of AAUP members!

Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.

Check out our teaser 🔥

Huge win for us!

It is your support that enables these victories.

Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.

💯

This is really important. Be sure to check it out!

Other Local 6741 advocacy chapters out there—

Are you interested in running legislation in your state? Get in touch. We want to help.

Digression, but why in the world do faculty in MD—a solid democratic state—not have collective bargaining rights like all other MD state employees?!?!

@mddems.bsky.social, @mdhousedems.bsky.social, what's up with this?!?!

You gotta get this done this year. 4/5

bsky.app/profile/uam-... 3/5

bsky.app/profile/uam-... 2/5

Give some love to the @uam-umd.bsky.social & other MD @aaup.org chapters at Towson, UMBC, Coppin, Frostburg, UMES, UBaltimore, Morgan State (prob missed some!) who have been fighting to pass legislation in MD to grant them collective bargaining rights! 1/5

Exactly.