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Kansas State University AAUP chapter @kstateaaup.bsky.social · 4h
As Kansas State President Richard Linton celebrates the university's "next-gen land-grant" success, his administration plans to decimate the College of Arts and Sciences. kstateaaup.org/so-much-for-... @aaup.org @claywires.bsky.social
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So much for One K-State
As President Richard Linton celebrates K-State's next-gen success, his administration aims to dismantle the university's core, the College of Arts and Sciences. Budget cuts will decimate jobs, departm...
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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 6h
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 · 21h
“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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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@aaup.org is pushing for this.
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A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education
The AAUP and AFT jointly launched a new comprehensive policy platform ahead of the 2026 midterms aimed to counter the Trump administration’s far right extremist attacks on American higher education an...
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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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Sara Ronis @sararonis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The elimination of entire departments to achieve relatively modest short-term savings risks long-term damage to research capacity, student enrollment, and institutional reputation. 1/3
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UNL's bid to rejoin AAU draws opposition from faculty group over program cuts
A national organization of professors is urging the Association of American Universities to block the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from rejoining the group due to concerns over last year's budget cu...
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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
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9/28 @ 3 P.M. ET
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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
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9/28 @ 3 P.M. ET
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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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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The @aaup.org, under the leadership of @hellobrittparis.bsky.social and others, also has an extensive resource page for professors.
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Artificial Intelligence
The uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual prope...
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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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Bethany Letiecq @bletiecq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
virginiamercury.com/2026/09/24/s... @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @aft.org
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Southern faculty voice fears over political interference, academic freedom erosion in annual survey • Virginia Mercury
Most faculty members from Virginia and Southern states say they would not recommend their state as a desirable place to work, citing concerns about political interference and academic freedom, accordi...
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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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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/09/2026
AAUP President Todd Wolfson to AAU: "withhold consideration of UNL readmission until the institution restores shared governance, protects tenure, & aligns with the principles that define leading research universities." #sharedgovernance #academicsky
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AAUP Urges AAU to Deny Readmission to University of Nebraska–Lincoln Over Mass Faculty Firings
In a letter sent today, Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), formally urged the American Association of Universities (AAU) to withhold consideration of ...
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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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University of Oklahoma AAUP @uoklahomaaaup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.oudaily.com/news/aaup-su... "A log of responses from Oklahoma professors shows 64% of respondents reported they would not recommend working in Oklahoma to colleagues or graduate students."
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AAUP survey reveals growing concerns of political influence in higher education among instructors
An American Association of University Professors survey of faculty in southern states, now including Oklahoma, reveals growing concerns about political influence in university curriculum.
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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
AAUP President Todd Wolfson to AAU: "withhold consideration of UNL readmission until the institution restores shared governance, protects tenure, & aligns with the principles that define leading research universities." #sharedgovernance #academicsky
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AAUP Urges AAU to Deny Readmission to University of Nebraska–Lincoln Over Mass Faculty Firings
In a letter sent today, Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), formally urged the American Association of Universities (AAU) to withhold consideration of ...
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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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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One reason the current unionization of higher ed faculty, led by @aaup.org, is game-changing is good unions stand for collective action, creating a democracy of equals. That undercuts norms of individualism, competition, and hierarchy. We all benefit from that shift.
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SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Many thanks to @aaup.org @hellobrittparis.bsky.social for putting together the following resources on higher ed and AI www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
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Artificial Intelligence
The uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual prope...
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SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Check out this @aaup.org toolkit on FOIA www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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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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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The ACLU of Texas, ACLU, and pro bono counsel Yetter Coleman LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas A&M University  System’s new extreme Censorship Policy that prohibits faculty from discussing certain topics + viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation + gender.”
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American Association of University Professors, et al. vs. Albritton, et al. - ACLU of Texas
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono counsel Yetter Coleman LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas A&M University  Sys...
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Dr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨 **TODAY is the LAST DAY** to comment on proposed changes to higher education accreditation. These changes could affect academic freedom, faculty governance & institutional autonomy. **Faculty voices belong in the public record.** ⏰ Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET www.regulations.gov/document/ED-...
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unlike the advocates for so-called "ideological diversity" and even "absolute free speech," who say & do next to nothing re: actual issues of student speech, @aaup.org & @osuaaup.bsky.social are standing up for student free speech, (despite OSU chalking ban & threats!) + supporting academic freedom
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Certain students do not feel like they belong. Certain students feel like they are under attack. And that circle of students is expanding,” UT professor Maria Cotera said after a town hall meeting with students Thursday. apple.news/ArDpbFFZnS6q...
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Diverse Texas campus bonds in anger after candidate’s racist post — The Washington Post
University of Texas students rebuked the racist attack on South Asians by Republican Bo French.
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PSU AAUP @psuaaup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Solidarity with SEIU 503 classified workers who delivered their 10-day strike notice with District 3 City Councilor Angelita Morillo's support to PSU President Cudd and the Board of Trustees' FA&A committee yesterday.
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Dr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ACLU has filed a motion for preliminary injunction asking the Court to block Texas A&M's censorship policy until a final judgment is made. The Motion includes detailed allegations of how the censorship policy has been enforced throughout the A&M campuses. www.aclutx.org/cases/americ...
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American Association of University Professors, et al. vs. Albritton, et al. - ACLU of Texas
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono counsel Yetter Coleman LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas A&M University  Sys...
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Bethany Letiecq @bletiecq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Academia in the unregulated AI era. We need boilerplate language specifying draft manuscripts cannot be uploaded into an LLM @aaup.org @local6741.bsky.social Adding to list..
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 18/09/2026
The @aaup.org is offering a webinar on FOIA for better tech shared governance on Monday 21 September, led by @hellobrittparis.bsky.social and @jedbrown.org . Check your email for AAUP for signup!
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