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A Compact for Control (opinion) No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
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AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for… | AAC&U AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

@aacu.org has stepped up & called the Trump "compact" for higher ed what it is: "The compact is, in effect, an ultimatum...This is not constructive engagement." Big question is where is @aau.edu? If your university is part of AAU, write to your president & trustees now.
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Friends @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is doing well— she’s at home, released last night. I’ll let her speak on the ordeal when she’s ready but for now wanted to share this update.

Please call Cook County DA and ask them to drop charges against the group of protesters arrested in Chicago yesterday: (312) 603-1880

This is particularly for Illinois residents, but national calls couldn’t hurt.

Censorship is so 1984. Librarians Supporting Eash Other to Confront Book Bans. Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Law for Librarians, Intellectual Freedom Hotline,

Facing censorship challenges? You’re not alone.
Join us Oct 7 at noon CT for a free webinar on two ALA resources, Law for Librarians + Library Helplines, designed to help you push back.
Learn more and check out other free #BannedBooksWeek events at https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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MU warns staff about social media, says employees 'do not have unlimited rights to speak' As controversy around free speech and personal social media use swirled in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Mizzou clarified its stance and expectations.

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Strategies to Protect Yourself Online in the Current Climate

A Guide from the AAUP and Faculty First Responders

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Funding cut for IU programs that 'do not advance American interests or values' The U.S. Department of Education is ending funding for more than a dozen Indiana University programs that "do not advance American interests or values," according to a Sept. 10 letter. The loss of fun...

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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.

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Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firing, removals After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.

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Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

Before 9/29, comment on a proposed rule that international students will only have a fixed time during which they are permitted to stay in the United States:

Unite for Science! UAW 4811 Science Fair for Canceled Research Please click the link to complete this form.

link to the Thursday event: form.laborbase.org/252314251674...

UCLA Science Fair for Suspended Research We are holding a Science Fair for Suspended Research at two events to highlight the importance of research that is at risk in the recent federal funding cuts. The first event, sponsored by the UCLA Fa...

link to the Wednesday event: forms.gle/rMHPjNMjA1DM...

Two events: the event on Wed Sep 10 from 11:30am to 1:30pm, at the northwest corner of Westwood and Le Conte, and the event on Thurs Sep 11 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in Rolfe Courtyard (the Thurs event is sponsored by UAW 4811)

Poster titled "Science Fair for Suspended Research" with a drawn image of people wearing lab coats inside a block of ice, and two people digging them out with shovels and a St Bernard rescue dog. Under the title, there is text reading: "Wednesday, September 10th / 11:30am - 1:30pm / Northwest Corner of Westwood & Le Conte Ave" followed by text reading "Thursday, September 11th / 5:30-7:30pm / Rolfe Courtyard." There are QR codes with each of those blocks of text. At the bottom of the poster, there is text reading "Save our science" and "suspending science suspends our future"

If you are a researcher in the LA area, please join the Science Fair for Suspended Research, sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute!

What it's like to be a Middle East Studies professor in 2025 Basically, it sucks. Last week, Tuft's Dan Drezner and my GW colleague Dave Karpf published really good pieces on what it's like to be, respectively, a dean of international affairs and a professor o...

"Faculty understand the stakes of the moment, feel firsthand the hunger of most students for knowledge and understanding, and carry on against heavy headwinds. Intimidation and pressure have not succeeded in silencing faculty or breaking the field."

Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times - The Research Companion Science, healthcare and education are threatened worldwide. Here are some starter ideas for ways to work together to share and save vital information. And to care for one another.

"This guide is for anyone studying or working in universities, or in research environments within healthcare, local government, NGOs, charities, or other health and social care organisations.

It is designed to help you calm, focus, connect in order to prioritise your safety, rights and wellbeing."

Amid Trump’s attacks on higher ed, professors need to keep standing up for our democracy | Opinion Across the nation, there has been a groundswell of academics who have decided to speak out for their institutions — and we all must keep doing so.

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Open letter Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence!

The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).

If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!

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