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Dr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Texas legislators and universities can’t claim to support viewpoint diversity while endorsing viewpoint discrimination. Genuine intellectual diversity requires allowing competing perspectives—even unpopular ones—to be expressed, examined, and debated.

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Dr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I find it striking that some of the loudest opponents of DEI and race-conscious affirmative action in higher education now demand what amounts to affirmative action for conservative and far-right political viewpoints—often under the banner of “intellectual diversity.”

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1h

"When Davis & Inboden took their posts, the university had never been stronger. Why would they would want to jackhammer any pillar of that success? For Longhorns to thrive in TX & the world, intellectual life at UT must remain every bit as diverse & vibrant as game-day crowds at Royal Stadium."

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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 2h

We stand in solidarity with our colleagues at Cornell AAUP, and all who are outraged by the violence against Jane Doe and the Cornell administration’s response to it. aaup-cornell.org/statements-a...

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Cornell Chapter of the AAUP

Defending academic freedom, shared governance, the economic security, the rights of all those who teach or conduct research in higher education, advocating for the interests of the broader communit…

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Bradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If this isn’t blatant viewpoint discrimination, then I don’t know what is. “The Office of the Provost rejected 57 of 77 applications from the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis to retain core curriculum status for the 2027-28 academic year . . . 1/2 thedailytexan.com/2026/09/24/u...

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University rejects over 30 courses of a COLA department’s requested core curriculum courses,

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story and headline incorrectly stated the number and percentage of courses of Social and Cultural Analysis that were rejected by the Office of the Provost due...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 7h

UT Government Prof Jason Brownlee: “When Davis and Inboden took up their posts, the university had never been stronger. I cannot fathom why they would want to jackhammer any pillar of that success.” www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

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UT’s leaders are putting the university’s academic strength at risk | Opinion

Faculty and students deserve a voice as the University of Texas reshapes its core curriculum and reorganizes academic departments, UT professor Jason Brownlee writes.

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 8h

Higher ed under pressure: What are elite universities choosing to change? The Chronicle (@chronicle.com) examines reports from Yale, Cornell, and Vanderbilt/WashU—and whether they offer meaningful reform or institutional self-protection. bit.ly/CHE_WhatAilsHigherEd 🧵 1/5

Cream AAUP Yale graphic with dark green text and a black-and-white hand holding a magnifying glass. Heading: “Higher ed under pressure: What are elite universities choosing to change?” Text: “New reports promise to address higher education’s problems. At Yale, the response includes narrowing the university’s stated mission.” Reporting credited to Francie Diep and Annika Bereny, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 24, 2026. A right arrow indicates more slides.

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 15h

"New Pentagon partnerships w five non-Ivy universities in ongoing efforts to distance military from prestigious higher ed." "New crop of premier higher ed," including Louisiana State University, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College. @aaup.org

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Hegseth announces 5 new non-Ivy League partnerships

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced new Pentagon partnerships with five non-Ivy League colleges and universities Wednesday amid his ongoing efforts to distance the military from America’…

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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 15h

The Cornell AAUP Chapter is outraged by the sexual violence that was committed at Chi Phi in 2024. We call for the community to come together on Monday, October 5 at 4:30pm in Ho Plaza, to stand in support of the survivors of sexual violence. Our full statement is here.

We are outraged by the continued culture of misogyny and by the continued pervasiveness of violence against women at Cornell and at universities and colleges across the country. We are outraged that so many women at Cornell have reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact.

We are deeply disturbed by Cornell University administration’s response and communications to the community, initially in 2024 and now. Cornell administrators point community members to resources, but do not exercise leadership in creating space to process the harm, the outrage, and to change the culture of misogyny. In moments of crisis such as this, we need leaders, not administrators.

The Cornell administration’s responses reveal its failure to understand and respond appropriately to actual harm and threats to safety on campus. It has used its internal communications to issue elaborate accusations, and it has imposed excessive discipline against students for political protests where there was no threat of harm or violence. And yet, when it comes to sexual violence, Cornell’s communications have been oblique or silent, leaving the community frustrated, fearful, or angry about the administration’s lack of transparency about how it will take effective responses.

We stand in solidarity with victims of sexual violence. We are outraged by the treatment of Jane Doe. We stand in solidarity with student organizations who have been demanding better, with faculty, staff, and students who have been organizing spaces to process and demand change. We do not yet know precisely how or why this case was so egregiously mishandled. What we do know is that it is the most recent example of the systemic failure of Cornell to protect its community — from patients at Cornell Weill to Cornell students — from sexual violence. This system must change.

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 30/09/2026

Yale Daily News: “School of Medicine, Law School students share concerns on Trump talks” Medical and law students oppose a Yale settlement with the Trump administration. Medical students demand transparency and a voice in negotiations. bit.ly/YDN_Concerns

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this was after the administration there at Bowie State received tens of millions of dollars from Mackenzie Scott. It’s appalling, and there is not nearly enough accountability in the USM system for how money is spent. Writing as a member of the USM faculty advisory council (CUSF). @aaup.org

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Same in CT. It's cuts cuts cuts ideology at extreme. Society way past 1980s tax/welfare revolt, past peak neolib austerity of early 2000s. Now completely culturally+socially submerged and political-economically engaged in race of cuts. No space for other creative thinking. Only cuts. @aaup.org

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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Very excited to announce our annual Fall Conference featuring @proftwolf.bsky.social, Nov. 7 in Philly! Free for Pennsylvania AAUP members and travel stipends available. Register here tinyurl.com/96fcevme

Registration info for Pennsylvania AAUP annual conference featuring Todd Wolfson and David Pozen

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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“No student should ever be left wondering whether the institutions meant to protect them will listen and act,” Hochul wrote. “There are also serious questions about Cornell’s campus culture and its systems for prevention, reporting, and response.”

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Gov. Kathy Hochul Requests ‘Independent Review’ of Cornell's Response to Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) has called for a review by "outside counsel" of the University's response to allegations of sexual assault and rape at the Chi Phi house in 2024.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/09/2026

“Hegseth thinks the problem w/military education is too much education. Ending new tenured appointments will make it harder to recruit outstanding scholars & easier to pressure professors to tell political leaders what they want to hear.” — AAUP President Todd Wolfson

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Students, faculty, parents, & workers rallied in Harrisburg today because they know education opens pathways to a better life - & right now PA higher ed is too costly for students who want to pursue it. It's time to invest in higher ed & pass the #PAPromiseAct. @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/09/2026

“We’ve seen time and time again that fascism doesn’t want to use force to achieve its goals. It wants people to be scared and to comply…We want the university to stand up for its principles.” Welcome CMU-AAUP!

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Professors form advocacy chapter

More than 40 faculty members joined together this August to form an advocacy chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Co-founded by Dietrich professor Jay Aronson…

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Dr. Scandal Piñata @dr-g.myatproto.social · 28/09/2026

I’m in this webinar and, academics, take some time and learn who Marc Rowan is and how he steers our pensions into his company’s maw with one hand, while helping Trump come up with punitive policies aimed at hostile control of universities and curricula.

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What would real projections of open expression on campus look like? While committees and the provost deliberate behind closed doors, here are the 4 basic principles that members of AAUP-Penn and GETUP-UAW want to advance together out in the open: aaup-penn.org/real-protect...

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Real Protections for Open Expression at Penn | AAUP–Penn

These principles are cosponsored by GETUP-UAW. [Note: AAUP-Penn is working to grow our coalition to advocate for real protection of open expression at Penn. This issue affects us all – if you are inte...

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AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026

“A students opportunity to pursue an education should be determined by their dreams, not by their family’s bank account.” - @neatoday.bsky.social’s Noel Candelaria #AffordableCollegeNow @apscuf.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/09/2026

Join us on Monday, 9/28 to learn why billionaires like Marc Rowan want to destroy academic freedom & how faculty, campus workers, & students can fight back to defend the freedom to teach, learn, research & speak out without government censorship. RSVP 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

THE BILLIONAIRE ATTACK ON UNIVERSITIES
RSVP TO THE WEBINAR
9/28 @ 3 P.M. ET

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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/09/2026

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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/09/2026

“What we need is everyone w/ a stake in higher education, students, parents, administrators, to go on the record & publicly say these proposed rules are going to be catastrophic for higher ed. They shouldn’t be implemented. Encourage your administration to make a public statement.” — Katie Rainwater

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Regulating Academic Freedom

A conversation with AAUP’s Katie Rainwater on proposed federal rules to restrict and redefine university research and teaching.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A thought: how can one trust a Trump admin policy desire for “intellectual diversity” in higher education accreditation when it seeks to ban journalists for reporting it does not like?

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 24/09/2026

@aaup.org Urges @aau.edu to Reject Nebraska The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is seeking to rejoin the prestigious group of research universities after it was expelled in 2011 bit.ly/4iM1Gwf #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

A low angle photo of flowers in front of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus gateway.

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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@aclu.org & @amnesty.org just published a massive report "Student Speech Under Attack." 300pp & 2 years in the making it offers the definitive account of how the speech of students (faculty and staff) was silenced, and continues to be policed, on campus. @aaup.org www.aclu.org/publications...

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"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus" | American Civil Liberties Union

"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus," an ACLU and Amnesty International USA research report, documents the heavy-handed responses by certain univers...

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We know that the motivation is political. That is why we are hearing no academic justification. This is censorship, pure and simple.

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 21/09/2026

What does the Legal Defense Fund (@legaldefensefund.bsky.social) say about Yale’s negotiations with the Department of Justice? Last month, LDF urged Yale to reject a settlement with the DOJ over allegations concerning Yale School of Medicine admissions. 🧵 1/4

AAUP Yale graphic in black, white, and teal. Large text asks, “What does the Legal Defense Fund say about Yale’s negotiations with the Department of Justice?” Below, text explains that the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the nation’s first civil rights legal organization, urged Yale to reject a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations concerning Yale School of Medicine admissions.

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEW: many of us in the policy community have been flagging the Trump Administration’s use of arcane regulatory processes to meet political goals. Today I chat with Dr. Katie Rainwater @aaup.org about new proposed federal regulations for higher education. joshcowen.substack.com/p/regulating...

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Regulating Academic Freedom

A conversation with AAUP’s Katie Rainwater on proposed federal rules to restrict and redefine university research and teaching.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 23/09/2026

"The government’s policy has characterized pro-Palestinian advocacy and speech critical of Israel as antisemitic & 'pro-Hamas,' without acknowledging that the speech it is targeting is lawful and constitutionally protected."

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Report details 'McCarthyite' crackdown on campus speech

A new report contends the Trump administration suppressed pro-Palestinian speech at colleges across the nation.

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AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education Pillar IV: Respecting and Empowering Faculty, Staff and Student Workers @aft.org @aaup.org

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Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reviewing The Opinionated University for Academe, Robert Post praises the nuanced discussion of the myth of “institutional neutrality” by author @brsoucek.bsky.social, who’s “deeply knowledgeable about fundamental principles of academic freedom.”

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Clarifying How Universities Should Deal with Controversy

Robert Post reviews The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education by Brian Soucek.

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Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Reviewing Eve Darian-Smith’s Policing Higher Education, Valerie Surrett appreciates its global and historical framing of “how attacks on universities and scholars intersect with broader shifts toward authoritarianism and democratic erosion.”

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The Collective Stakes of Inaction amid Threats to Higher Education

Valerie Surrett reviews Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters by Eve Darian-Smith (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025).

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/09/2026

"The elimination of entire departments to achieve relatively modest short-term savings risks long-term damage to research capacity, student enrollment, and institutional reputation." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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Faculty group urges AAU to deny UNL readmission over budget cuts

The American Association of University Professors called the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's push to gain readmission to the AAU into question following last year's program and position eliminations.

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 21/09/2026

The Supreme Court still permits universities to pursue diversity through lawful means. LDF warns that a broader settlement could go beyond what the law requires, restrict Yale’s authority over admissions and expose the university to further federal pressure. 3/4

Teal graphic with a faded courtroom illustration and the headline “A settlement could go beyond what the law requires.” Text explains that the Supreme Court still permits universities to pursue diversity through lawful means and that LDF warns a broader settlement could restrict Yale’s authority over admissions and expose it to further federal pressure.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/09/2026

The AAUP stands in unwavering solidarity with our colleagues & community members who refuse to be silenced. From William P. Jones, president of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities AAUP: Organizing gets the goods.

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Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine

The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are in the final hours of being able to submit comments that will help resist the takeover of post secondary accreditation by people that want to limit access to post secondary education to the groups they approve of. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/with-propo...

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With Proposed Federal Rules, Heritage Foundation Upends Higher Education

Who is up for a little Christian Nationalism embedded into our higher education system?

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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ICYMI: AAUP urges colleges to “refuse to comply” with federal demands it says threaten academic freedom. www.aaup.org/news/faculty... #censorship #DefendResearch #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #academicchatter #academicsky @aaup.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/09/2026

"The administration describes the effort as a long-overdue challenge to an entrenched accreditation establishment. Critics see something different...the AAUP argues the proposal invites greater political influence over accreditation." #academicsky

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The Accreditation Fight Over Who Controls Higher Education

Trump’s accreditation overhaul could reshape college accountability, academic freedom and federal power—and students have a major stake in the outcome.

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United Academics of the University of Oregon, AAUP-AFT 3209 @uauoregon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Make no mistake: Just like the Trump administration's first failed higher ed compact, Compact 2.0 once again asks colleges and universities to align themselves with a far-right agenda at the expense of students’ education and the public’s well-being. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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