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Yale faculty and instructional staff organizing for academic freedom, shared governance, and a university that serves truth, knowledge, and the public good. Visit aaupyale.org to learn more and join the movement!✊🎓

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 4h
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
AAUP Yale graphic on an off-white background. Large, bold black text reads: “Yale’s reputation was not built by accommodation to political power and it will not be preserved that way.” Both instances of “not” are underlined in yellow, with large yellow quotation marks above. The attribution reads: “— Yale Law Democrats’ open letter, quoted in the Yale Daily News.” The AAUP Yale logo appears at the top right. At the bottom: “Read: bit.ly/YDN_Concerns.”
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 28/09/2026
Yale Daily News: “Trustees discuss Trump negotiations, student visas in campus meetings” Trustees offered “no new details” on Yale’s DOJ talks while faculty discussed academic freedom protections. Yale needs transparency and shared governance. bit.ly/YDN_TrusteesDiscuss
AAUP Yale graphic on a pale pink background. A blue headline reads, “Trustees face questions about Yale-DOJ negotiations.” Below it, a pink watercolor shape contains a quote from the Yale Daily News: “The meeting comes as trustees have faced scrutiny, from a faculty committee and students across campus, over their private agenda.” Large blue quotation marks frame the quote. The AAUP Yale logo appears at the top right, and the bottom reads, “Read more at: bit.ly/YDN_TrusteesDiscuss.”
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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"It is nonsensical to contend that advocates for one or another account of a university’s mission can themselves be neutral." #DefendHigherEd @aaup.org @aaupyale.org
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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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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Yale’s leaders are losing their quest to force this university to give in to an autocrat." #DefendHigherEd @aaup.org @aaupyale.org @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
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Things Are Doubleplusgood at Yale (opinion)
The free expression facilitators will not save us.
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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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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 18/09/2026
“Any hope for Yale’s future lies with this movement.” Yale AAUP member Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) and epidemiologist (@yalesph.bsky.social) writes in Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered.com) that Yale’s “free expression” apparatus restricts protest. Read: bit.ly/IHE_Doubleplusgood
Dark navy-blue graphic promoting Gregg Gonsalves’s Inside Higher Ed essay. At top left, white text reads “READ MORE: bit.ly/IHE_Doubleplusgood”; the AAUP Yale logo appears at top right. Centered on a translucent taped-paper background is the article “Things Are Doubleplusgood at Yale,” subtitled “The free expression facilitators will not save us.” Its photograph shows seven young people at the September 1 Democratize Yale teach-in beneath a banner reading “YALE: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.” At bottom is the date 09/18/2026 and a quotation from Gonsalves: “Join us on the line. And be sure to say hello to the nice young free expression facilitator when you get here.”
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 11/09/2026
Can universities be neutral? Yale Law School professor and AAUP member Robert Post reviews Brian Soucek’s (@brsoucek.bsky.social) The Opinionated University in Academe Magazine (@academemagazine.bsky.social), exploring institutional neutrality and academic freedom. Read: bit.ly/AM_Controversy
Robert Post’s Academe Magazine review, “Clarifying How Universities Should Deal with Controversy,” on a gray gradient background. Beneath the headline, a note identifies the review as a preview of the fall 2026 issue. Brian Soucek’s book, The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education, appears with bright yellow lettering over a black-and-white photograph. Alongside the cover, the opening paragraph praises the book’s treatment of diversity statements, institutional neutrality, and academic freedom. The AAUP Yale logo is centered below the article.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 11/09/2026
The academic year has barely begun, and Yale students are already speaking out about Yale’s negotiations with the Trump administration. A thread highlighting the Yale Daily News’ “Trump Talks” series and related coverage—from student government to City Hall. 🧵
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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Showing what true democracy looks like; our @aaupyale.org chapter joined students & alumni to organize a teach-in, modelling the courage they are demanding from their institution’s leaders. #DefendHigherEd @aaup.org @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social (add’l 📸 credits: #DemocratizeYale coalition)
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 03/09/2026
“Coercion is coercion, even if it’s not explicit.” In a new @nytimes.com guest essay, Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor warn that Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s latest letter to colleges is a trap—one that could further threaten academic freedom and university autonomy. bit.ly/NYT_McMahonTrap
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Opinion | Linda McMahon’s Letter to Colleges Is a Trap (Gift Article)
University presidents, don’t be fooled.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 03/09/2026
That's our president!!!! 🫡✊
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/09/2026
“Yale should not engage in any kind of legal settlement with the Trump Department of Justice … there is no legal basis for this." @aaupyale.org #academicsky
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Students, faculty and alumni hold protest condemning Yale's talks with Trump administration
More than 100 students, faculty and alumni called on Yale to defend itself against the Trump administration.
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Yale should not engage in any kind of legal settlement with the Trump Dept of Justice … there is no legal basis for this." The meetings revolve around investigations into Yale's admissions practices. DOJ claiming discriminating against white & Asian applicants @aaupyale.org
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Students, faculty and alumni hold protest condemning Yale's talks with Trump administration
More than 100 students, faculty and alumni called on Yale to defend itself against the Trump administration.
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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"...in the future, people will know a myriad of things that this regime did, to try to destroy the American experiment. And they just may do it. There’s more at stake here than one court settlement.” #DefendHigherEd @aaup.org @aaupyale.org
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Yalies Protest Potential Trump Deal - New Haven Independent
Around 250 Yale professors, students, alumni and faculty gathered on Cross Campus Tuesday afternoon for a teach-in and rally demanding administrators “democratize Yale,” as university President Maurie...
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026
The Democratize Yale teach-in was fantastic, with 250 students, alumni, & faculty rallying to protest Yale President McInnis's attempts to cut a "deal" with Trump. Huge congrats to the student organizers, @aaupyale.org, and the Stand Up for Yale alumni group - and Sam Waterston! 🧵 of photos for ya!
People at a rally in front of Yale's Sterling Library.  Backs of their blue shirts read "NO YALE WITHOUT: DIVERSITY / FREE SPEECH & ASSEMBLY / SHARED GOVERNANCE / ACADEMIC FREEDOM" Signs read "DEFEND DIVERSITY / DEFEND DEMOCRACY / DON'T SETTLE" and "YALE: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE"
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026
Professor Daniel Martinez HoSang, @aaupyale.org president, speaks at the teach-in about the Yale admin not meeting with faculty while restricting freedom of speech. '“You can’t be lecturing us about democracy and refuse to even take meetings with faculty,” HoSang said.' ctmirror.org/2026/09/01/y...
Professor Daniel Martinez Hosang, @aaupyale.org president, speaks at the teach-in. People in blue shirts behind him. Sign reads "TRUSTEES: LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE."
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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This fab teach-in yesterday -- organized by undergrads, w/ @aaupyale.org and @standupforyale.bsky.social and Endowment Justice -- also launched a campaign to Democratize Yale. Alums, students, anyone teaching or working at Yale, read more, and join us! democratizeyale.org
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Democratize Yale
Four demands for a more democratic Yale.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/09/2026
“You can’t be lecturing us about democracy and refuse to even take meetings with faculty." – Yale AAUP President Daniel HoSang @aaupyale.org www.courant.com/2026/09/02/w...
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Why some Yale students, faculty and alumni are condemning its Board of Trustees, others
A large crowd of blue-shirted students, faculty and alumni gathered at Yale University’s Cross Campus to protest.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 02/09/2026
Yesterday’s Democratize Yale teach-in brought hundreds together on Cross Campus to demand a more democratic Yale and oppose a settlement with the Trump administration. Swipe through the coverage below—and join the movement: democratizeyale.org More coverage will be added as it comes.
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Democratize Yale
Four demands for a more democratic Yale.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 02/09/2026
Photo highlights from yesterday’s Democratize Yale teach-in 💙 Students, faculty, staff, alumni & community members came together to demand a more democratic Yale and oppose a Trump settlement. 📸 Greg Pak / gregpak.photo / @gregpak.net democratizeyale.org
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 02/09/2026
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/09/2026
Underway now!
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/09/2026
Happening NOW!
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/09/2026
Want more context for today’s “Democratize Yale” teach-in? Sher Tremonte LLP’s July 7 letter, written on behalf of Yale AAUP, details serious factual, statistical, and legal deficiencies in the DOJ’s allegations against Yale. Read it: bit.ly/SherTremonteLetter
Charcoal-gray graphic. At the upper left, text reads “READ THE LETTER,” followed by “bit.ly/SherTremonteLetter.” Centered below is the first page of a July 7, 2026, Sher Tremonte LLP letter emailed to Yale President Maurie McInnis and General Counsel Alexander E. Dreier regarding the Department of Justice’s May 14, 2026 “Letter of Findings.” A curved white arrow points toward the letter. Large white text at the bottom reads: “Read the July 7 letter sent by attorneys from Sher Tremonte LLP, representing Yale AAUP, to President Maurie McInnis and Yale General Counsel Alexander Dreier. The letter details the serious factual, statistical, and legal deficiencies in the Department of Justice’s allegations against Yale.”
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/09/2026
Arrive early and get one of these amazing zines by @gregpak.net!
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We've got 40+ alums coming to campus for the teach-in on democratizing Yale on Tuesday 1 September at 1:30PM. If you get there early enough, you'll get a zine by Greg Pak (Class of 1990) and a t-shirt, though we're really saving them for the students. 1/
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Livestream at 1:30PM ET. www.youtube.com/live/Xn555qU...
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Democratize Yale: A Teach-In
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/09/2026
TODAY at 1:30, RAIN OR SHINE!! See you there :)
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 31/08/2026
Democratize Yale! Join students, faculty, alumni, and community members for a teach-in on academic freedom, shared governance, free expression, and Yale’s autonomy from unlawful federal coercion. 📍 Yale Cross Campus 🗓 TOMORROW: Sept. 1 🕜 1:30 PM #AcademicFreedom #DemocracyAtYale #YaleIsNotForSale
Dark blue event poster with a light-blue collage featuring a large lipstick, flowers, Yale architecture, and archival-style images of student and worker demonstrations. Large white text reads “DEMOCRATIZE YALE,” followed by “a faculty & student teach-in.” At the bottom: “SEP. 1, 1:30PM · CROSS CAMPUS.”Dark blue event poster reading, “FOR DIVERSITY, FREE EXPRESSION, SHARED GOVERNANCE, AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM.” Featured speakers are David W. Blight, Sterling Professor of History and Black Studies and 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner for History; Daniel Martinez HoSang, Professor of American Studies and Yale AAUP President; Gregg Gonsalves ’11 ’17 Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and 2018 MacArthur Fellow; Susan Choi ’90, 2019 National Book Award winner; Alex W. Chen ’28, President of the Yale College Council; Isabel Matos ’28, Endowment Justice Collective organizer; and Marah Rigaud ’28, President of the Black Student Alliance at Yale, plus more. The poster also notes an appearance by Sam Waterston ’62, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor. Bottom text reads: “SEP. 1, 1:30PM · CROSS CAMPUS.”
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yale President McInnis has been telling people that Yale has no choice but to negotiate a settlement with the Trump administration. This is a willful misreading of the law and as such, a lie. A resolution process is voluntary and legal scholars have been pushing back. 1/ abcnews.com/US/yale-face...
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Yale faces backlash for talks with the Justice Department regarding its admissions
Legal experts weigh in on Yale's decision to negotiate with the DOJ for a potential resolution over alleged race discrimination in their admissions processes.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 27/08/2026
In the August issue of Critical Noise, Yale professor and AAUP Yale member Roderick A. Ferguson warns that supposedly neutral calls to restore academic standards can enable right-wing attacks on critical scholarship and university independence. Read Dr. Ferguson's piece at: bit.ly/CN_Vanderbilt
White vertical graphic with large black serif text at the upper left reading “new article.” At the upper right, bold text reads “August 2026 issue of Critical Noise.” Below, text reads “By AAUP Yale chapter member Roderick A. Ferguson.” An image of the article webpage shows the title “Tragedy at Vanderbilt,” Ferguson’s name, and the opening paragraph. A black arrow points toward the article. At the bottom left, text reads “Read here: bit.ly/CN_Vanderbilt.”
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 25/08/2026
Stuck in New Haven rush-hour traffic? At least there’s something worth reading along the way. 👀 Two 48-foot billboards sponsored by Indivisible Civics along I-91 and I-95 read: “Yale is failing intro to ethics by cutting a deal with Trump.” 🧵 1/5
White graphic with the text, “Two 48-foot billboards along I-91 and I-95 read…” followed by very large black letters: “Yale: Don’t Cave.” Below, text reads, “Indivisible takes the campaign to New Haven.” A photograph shows one of the digital billboards partially obscured by tree branches. The billboard says Yale is “failing intro to ethics by cutting a deal with Trump” and includes a circled red F and YaleDontCave.com. Photo credited to Gregg Gonsalves via Yale Daily News.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 13/08/2026
Is becoming a member of AAUP Yale worth it? If you want a voice in the issues shaping your work, your university, and the future of higher education, the answer may be yes. Follow this thread for some of the issues guiding our work—and how you can help shape it. 🧵 1/4
Text graphic on a textured white background. Large black and gray text reads, “Is it worth it? Reasons to become a member of Yale AAUP.” Below: “Sign up today if you are concerned about any of the following...” A red exclamation point and black arrow decorate the slide.
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 08/08/2026
📰 Inside Investigator’s (@insideinvestigator.bsky.social) report on FIRE’s (@thefireorg.bsky.social) 2026 campus speech ratings for Yale and UConn (@uconnaaup.bsky.social) cites our survey on self-censorship, interference in teaching, and threats to academic freedom. Read more at: bit.ly/FIREreport.
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FIRE Report: Free speech problems, improvements at UConn and Yale
Read More at Inside Investigator >>
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 07/08/2026
📣 NEW: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (@blumenthal.senate.gov) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (@delauro.house.gov) are urging Yale to resist a settlement with the Trump Administration and fight what they call a “toxic, politicized enforcement action.” Read their Aug. 6 letter: bit.ly/Aug6Letter
Newspaper-style graphic on an off-white background headed “Academic Freedom Dispatch.” Large black headline reads, “Blumenthal & DeLauro tell Yale to take a stand.” Text explains that in an August 6 letter, Senator Richard Blumenthal and Representative Rosa DeLauro urged Yale to resist a settlement with the Trump Administration and fight what they call a “toxic, politicized enforcement action.” Below is an image of the first page of their congressional letter. Large red text beside it reads, “Read more,” with a right-pointing arrow. Caption: “Sen. Richard Blumenthal & Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro · August 6, 2026.”
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 06/08/2026
In a new Between the Lines (@btlradionews.bsky.social) interview, former Yale professor Jason Stanley warns that yielding to Trump's demands would politicize universities—and praises AAUP Yale for standing up "to really save Yale." Listen to the full interview at: bit.ly/BTL_StanleyInterview.
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Yale University President Surrenders to Trump Regime Demands
BTL Yale President Surrenders to Trump Regime Demands; Nation Must Safeguard Midterm Elections from Trump Disruption
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 05/08/2026
You might be eligible to join AAUP Yale—even if you’ve never thought of yourself as “faculty.” Our chapter includes academic workers across ranks and appointment types. Swipe through, then continue in the thread. 🧵 #AAUP #AcademicLabor
Text graphic on a textured white background. Large black and dark gray text reads, “Did you know? You might be eligible to join AAUP Yale.” Smaller text explains that the chapter brings together faculty and instructional staff across schools, ranks, and appointment types and says, “Swipe to see if you are eligible!” A red halftone exclamation point and large distressed black arrow decorate the slide.Text graphic on a light gray background. Large black heading reads, “All Faculty.” Centered text states, “Standing, contingent, and adjunct faculty are all included in AAUP Yale’s broad definition of faculty.” A red call to action reads, “Become a member today: aaupyale.org/join-us.”Text graphic on a light gray background. Large black heading reads, “Lecturers + Instructors.” Centered text states, “You do not need to hold the title of ‘professor’ to participate.” A red call to action reads, “Become a member today: aaupyale.org/join-us.”
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So many people I encounter, especially in HigherEd, believe the only strategy for this moment is "keep your head down." @debtcollective.bsky.social didn't change priorities in 2024, nor in 2020, nor in 2016. They barreled ahead. There first big win was $800 million. This one is $11 billion.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026
“If faculty are constantly looking for the exit door, that’s going to have devastating effects on the quality of teaching and research that takes place at that institution.” — Isaac Kamola, director of the AAUPs’ Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.
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Professors Notch Court Wins Over States Banning ‘Woke’ Teaching
Courtroom victories for public university professors over state teaching restrictions on race, gender, and unconscious bias are beginning to define the bounds of unlawful political oversight of higher...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026
BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, LEONARD BRIGHT, VANITA REDDY, LANDON SADLER, and AARON GEORGE,
Plaintiffs,
V.
ROBERT L. ALBRITTON, JAY GRAHAM, DAVID
C. BAGGETT, JOHN W. BELLINGER, JAMES R.
BROOKS, MICHAEL A. HERNANDEZ III,
WILLIAM MAHOMES JR., KELLEY SULLIVAN GEORGIADES, and SAM TORN, in their official capacities as members of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents,
Defendants.
CIVIL ACTION NO.
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors ("AAUP"), on behalf of
its members in the Texas A&M University System ("Texas A&M"), and individually named member professors Leonard Bright, Vanita Reddy, Landon Sadler, and Aaron George (collectively, "Plaintiffs") challenge Texas A&M System Policy ("System Policy") 08.01's prohibition on teaching "gender and race ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation, and gender identity" in academic coursework (the "Censorship Policy" or the "Policy").
On its face, the Censorship Policy imposes a complete prohibition, in all core-
curriculum courses, on courses "advocat[ing]" particular disfavored views of race or gender, or
any topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, but the Policy does not impose any corresponding ban on opposing views on these issues.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The newest missive from Linda McMahon is a dressed up, watered down version of the Compact that was roundly rejected by universities and colleges last year. The fact that @aau.edu collaborated with the Trump administration on this letter should fool no one. Just say no. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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AFT, AAUP Respond to Trump Compact 2.0
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following response to the Trump administration’s new higher education comp...
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AFT @aft.org · 04/08/2026
“As with [Trump's] first compact, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their administrations and governing boards reject Compact 2.0. There is every reason to believe we can do so again." - @rweingarten.bsky.social & @aaup.org's @proftwolf.bsky.social
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AFT, AAUP Respond to Trump Compact 2.0
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following response to the Trump administration’s new higher education comp...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026
The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...
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New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t Over
The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Loyalty oaths, firing teachers. Again, this isn't our first time at the rodeo. This is 1919. digitalcommons.molloy.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
On the day that Barbara Synder, Douglas Girod and Ronald Daniels and the @aau.edu capitulated to the Trump administration, it's worth looking back at history. First. The Red Scare. @aau.edu was there to bend the knee to Senator Joe McCarthy and HUAC. 1/ www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares
Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants.” www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s latest effort to overhaul higher education.

The letter, which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, asks schools to publicly pledge to make sweeping changes that include reexamining admissions practices, hiring more conservative faculty, cracking down on student protests, combating grade inflation, reducing foreign donations and lowering tuition.In contrast, the administration’s latest move was developed in partnership with university leaders, primarily the Association of American Universities, which represents dozens of top research institutions including all eight Ivy League colleges.


AAU’s president, Barbara Snyder, described the letter as a kind of olive branch. She told Bloomberg that the administration’s outreach opened communication channels between university leaders and the White House that have been largely shut since Trump launched his pressure campaign last year. She plans to call on member colleges to support the initiative.

“It’s critical to have a really good working partnership with the federal government,” Snyder said. “Whether your particular institution is under investigation or not, everyone understands how important that is.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/08/2026
Nearly 500,000 public comments have flooded in since the Trump administration proposed a rule that gives political appointees control over research funding. “The United States will not just fall behind. It will step aside,” one physicist wrote.
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How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery
A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...
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Politico @politico.com · 02/08/2026
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
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Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This may dramatically slow down the attacks on science. It also provides a template for how to prevent the federal government from becoming a patronage state. It’s a big deal!
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