LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
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26.11.2025 03:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Stanford Students Sue Over Trump’s Crackdown on Political Speech
Amid the administration’s war on higher education, The Stanford Daily’s lawsuit targets federal statutes that allow deportation and visa revocation based on political speech.
"The Stanford Daily et al. suit comes on the heels of a major First Amendment victory; The American Association of University Professors sued Rubio, and the court held that the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens for deportation based on pro-Palestinian speech."
24.11.2025 20:08 — 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
It’s a shame BBC hasn’t yet learned that caving to bullies won’t prevent them from coming after you.
26.11.2025 03:11 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
AAUP @ Univ. of Houston Opposes Campus Censorship
CONTACT: Daniel Morales, JD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at the University of Houston, daniel.ibsen.morales@gmail.com
📢📢The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to admin: “We are deeply concerned that the directives outlined in Chancellor Khator's email present significant risks to academic freedom, to the integrity of our teaching mission + to the University’s legal obligations.”
26.11.2025 00:27 — 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Opinion | ‘We Lost Our Mission’: Three University Leaders on the Future of Higher Ed
“I think this initiative has as much to do with scientific research as the early [antisemitism] initiative had to do with protecting Jews. This is an extortionist move to try to hold institutions that are heavily dependent on federal funding, as research institutions are, to have leverage over them.
25.11.2025 20:15 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been <totally absent from the public square> on this issue. It’s maddening:
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17.11.2025 16:17 — 👍 514 🔁 190 💬 14 📌 6
this moment calls for deep solidarity — a kind of collective politics faculty haven't been used to practicing. proud to stand with colleagues across stanford and across the country today.
07.11.2025 21:31 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Spotted at our @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in today!
07.11.2025 21:05 — 👍 33 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Stanford Teach-In: A thread... 👇🏼🧵 #DefendHigherEd
07.11.2025 21:07 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Thread from one of our members on what federal funding changes have done to science—this was a sobering part of our teach-in today
07.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
…when our core values are attacked is not defending our universities but relinquishing our mission so that we have nothing left to defend.”
Professor Riskin ended her talk with a resounding call for free speech and amplification students’ voices. Let’s go!
07.11.2025 20:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
…neutrality.
Although the Kalven Report advocates for neutrality, it still acknowledges universities should speak up when their own work is threatened.
Integrity demands that we speak up for what we believe in, not that we stay silent in the face of an existential assault. “To remain silent…
07.11.2025 20:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We must stand with all other universities in fighting the efforts to take over higher education. Solidarity is critical in this time. Rather than each university responding to strong arming, universities should present a united front.
Professor Riskin goes on to advocate for integrity, not…
07.11.2025 20:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of Professor Riskin standing on an outdoor stage next to a Stanford AAUP banner
Our chapter president, Jessica Riskin, is now speaking on the attacks on higher education, journalism, and law. She expresses dismay at how these professions have caved to the government’s bullying. It’s time for us to fight back!
07.11.2025 20:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
He encourages the university and, importantly, the university president to speak out against the attacks on people whose opinions and work counter the current federal administration. We need courageous university leadership!
07.11.2025 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of Professor Monismith on an outdoor stage with a microphone
Our teach-in continues with Professor Monismith talking about the negative impacts of xenophobia and visa revocations on higher education and science in the United States. “We should stand up for international students and…make clear they are a feature, not a bug!” @aaup.org
07.11.2025 20:24 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Phot of David Palumbo Liu standing on an outdoor stage talking
We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
07.11.2025 20:16 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2
Reminder! This is happening today! Hope to see you there
07.11.2025 18:30 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
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go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
23.10.2025 16:21 — 👍 98 🔁 62 💬 1 📌 4
@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
@stanforddaily.com.web.brid.gy
@aaup.org
#SaveHigherEd
05.11.2025 20:09 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for an event on Friday, November 7 from 12-1 pm at White Plaza at Stanford. Speakers include:
Peter Michelson
Physics
V Prof Stephen Monismith
Civil and Environmental Engineering
V Prof David Palumbo-Liu
Comparative Literature v
Prof Jessica Riskin
History
Prof Arghavan Salles
Medicine; Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Hope the folks in our Stanford community can join us for a teach-in this coming Friday as part of the @aaup.org National Day of Action for Higher Ed! 12-1pm at White Plaza. Please share!
06.11.2025 00:17 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
My wife teaches at a CSU and got her first papers this week for her Native American history class. Paper based on a widely-available online source. About half the papers had the exact same argument. Prose was different, but argument was the exact same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
01.11.2025 18:55 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Perhaps a new phase in anti-academia actions
02.11.2025 01:53 — 👍 26 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
Important thread by former Science EiC, Jeremy Berg.
22.10.2025 15:17 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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