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AAUP @aaup.org · 19h
Let's get this party started. #DefendHigherEd Starter Pack:
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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚫 Block Cisco 🚫 Cisco runs everything from Duo Authenticate to eduroam. They also support the Israeli assault on Palestine. Register for the CHAI (Coalition to Halt AI) x CAHE 🚫Block Cisco🚫 Webinar on October 14th! 🔗 in our Linktree: linktr.ee/ActionInHigh... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
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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."
usatoday.com
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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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📚 🍉 The Educational Freedom in Palestine Virtual Campus Tour connects campus communities in Palestine and North America. Fight back against scholasticide and learn from Palestinian scholars. To learn more and to organize an event on your campus, check out the link below: virtualcampustour.carrd.co
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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
journalstar.com
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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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.
dissentmagazine.org
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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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
aaup.org
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
forbes.com
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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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@aaup.org @biblioracle.bsky.social & Katie Rainwater nails what everyone misses. Heritage Foundation hates college full stop. They bash DEI to get in the door, but the point is to close the door on everyone. That's why they want to own accreditation. Say no today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
academicfreedomontheline.substack.com
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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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/09/2026
TODAY: 6:30PM ET! Join NEA Higher Ed for an extended preview of 'First They Came for My College,' a documentary about the fight for academic freedom at the New College of Florida. Register Here! 👇👇👇 www.nea.org/professional... @neatoday.bsky.social
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The AAUP calls on UCLA Chancellor.. to withdraw his public repudiation of the UCLA School of Law symposium..& to reaffirm the academic freedom of..faculty to organize scholarly events, select speakers…without fear of institutional condemnation.” www.aaup.org/news/aaup-ca...
aaup.org
AAUP Calls on UCLA Chancellor Frenk to Defend, Not Undermine, Academic Freedom
The AAUP calls on UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk to withdraw his public repudiation of a UCLA School of Law symposium and to reaffirm the academic freedom of UCLA faculty.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/09/2026
How are we going to fight back against Trump’s Compact 2.0? Join the AAUP & AFT for a webinar tomorrow: Thursday, September 10, at 7PM ET, to learn how you can help to block the Trump admin’s efforts to assert political control over higher education. Register here: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
STOP TRUMP'S
COMPACT 2.0
ACADEMIC FREEDOM IS NOT
EGOTIABLE
RSVP NOW
September 10, 7 p.m. ET
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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/09/2026
UVA workers are fighting for a living wage. “A living wage is going to be that much more powerful a thing to achieve if we have collective bargaining to ensure that other rights come with it.” @aaupvirginia.bsky.social
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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/09/2026
“VSU used this false reorganization as a pretext to terminate respected members of the VSU academic community, marching them out without time to pack up their offices, say farewell to their colleagues, or transition their research.“ Reinstate the Fired Six Now!
virginiamercury.com
Fired Virginia State University professors file civil rights complaint with AG’s office • Virginia Mercury
Ahead of a Friday board meeting, six former instructors allege discrimination by school, after faculty leaders call for their reinstatement
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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/09/2026
"The AAUP is not going to stand by & watch President Trump once again attempt to destroy the greatest system of higher education in the world that gives opportunity to a diverse set of students for a diverse country. Yes, emphatically, yes. We are going to fight this." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
npr.org
IRS targets private schools that help racial minority students
The Trump administration has said it will end the tax-exempt status for universities with programs that help racial minority students.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/09/2026
Nearly four months after the Faculty Senate finding that the Fired Six were baselessly & wrongfully terminated, Virginia State University has taken no action. The AAUP demands the reinstatement of the Fired Six with full back pay & benefits immediately. #academicsky
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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...
courant.com
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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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
ctinsider.com
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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AAUP @aaup.org · 31/08/2026
“The Hofstra AAUP & Hofstra University Administration made significant progress in contract negotiations over the weekend and reached agreement late Sunday night on several major terms.” ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿
longisland.news12.com
Hofstra University professors reach agreement to avoid strike ahead of first day of classes
Officials say negotiations continued throughout the weekend, and the progress achieved was sufficient for both sides to agree that extending the existing contract was the appropriate course while disc...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 31/08/2026
In an era of relentless authoritarian attacks on higher education and our democracy, neutrality is not an option. The AAUP is fighting back. Join us.
chronicle.com
Is Todd Wolfson Destroying the AAUP — or Saving it?
His partisan, combative style has remade the century-old organization. Not everyone is pleased.
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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thanks again to @proftwolf.bsky.social for taking the time to talk about all the important work @aaup.org and @aft.org are doing in their fight for academic freedom in Texas and elsewhere and to strengthen and transform U.S. higher education as a whole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrO3...
youtube.com
Breaking Culture Live - Higher Ed update with Todd Wolfson, AAUP president and AFT Vice president
YouTube video by Breaking Culture Live
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AAUP @aaup.org · 28/08/2026
“We need to address the problem at its root. Reinvest massively in higher education and build a free public higher-education system that gives every student access to a full, high-quality college education without taking on crushing debt.” – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
washingtonpost.com
More states pilot 3-year college degrees, seeking to address rising tuition
Texas joins national push for accelerated programs, even as some critics warn the trend could devalue diplomas.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 28/08/2026
Solidarity to Hofstra AAUP as they fight for a fair contract to preserve healthcare & retirement benefits before classes begin next week! All while admin compensation continues to soar. 👀 🚫 💰 www.instagram.com/p/Dcga-lqkcn...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/08/2026
U.S. Ambassador Bill White’s explicit threat to strip federal research funding from Ghent University over an internal academic decision he dislikes is blatant hypocrisy. Statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
aaup.org
AAUP Condemns US Ambassador's Hypocrisy on Academic Freedom
Today, AAUP President Todd Wolfson released the following statement on US Ambassador Bill White’s threats to a fo
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/08/2026
Target has failed to protect its community in Minneapolis from ICE’s trampling of basic rights & undermining public safety. With the AFT, we urge you to shop locally & shop at union-strong stores. Show Target what community really means. Shop smart, not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org
Shop Smart. Not Target. Shop Union. Shop Local.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/08/2026
The AAUP & AFT condemn the recent directive from the War Dept that publicly places 30 universities under suspicion & gives them 2 weeks to investigate years of academic activity. The directive represents another threat of funding-based coercion that undermines scientific research & innovation.
aaup.org
Department of War Directive Undermines Scientific Innovation. It Should Be Rescinded.
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HF @h95f.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Solidarity action—org sign in if you can!
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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/2) 📣 Labor for Palestine and the Coalition for Action in Higher Education stand in solidarity with Imad and the Palestinian Postal Services Workers Union (PPSWU). Click here for the full PPSWU emergency appeal, our statement, and form to sign on: laboursolidarity.org/en/n/4025/pa...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/08/2026
“The ever-increasing reliance on faculty members holding contingent appointments & grad student employees — all of whom have less job security, remuneration, & institutional support — weakens academic freedom, faculty governance, & the integrity of faculty work.” —Glenn Colby, AAUP Senior Researcher
highereddive.com
Colleges made deep staff cuts while adding tenure-track faculty last year
The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/08/2026
“I would be surprised if this agreement is enforceable, given the way that we now know it was arranged on the side of the federal government. This is essentially a blackmail operation.” – Rob Newton, Columbia AAUP #academicsky
insidehighered.com
Whistleblower Allegations Might Not Affect College Settlements
Former Justice Department lawyers say investigations into Brown and Columbia over alleged antisemitism were politically motivated. But it’s unclear whether federal officials will investigate the whist...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/08/2026
“Academic workers did not create this crisis. But we intend to fix it by building a system of higher education worthy of this country—affordable & accessible to every qualified student, governed once again by those who teach & learn within it.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president #academicsky
insidehighered.com
Who Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)
It wasn’t the AAUP.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The ADL just released another report attacking higher education. Its problem? There’s too much being taught that holds the Israeli government accountable for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 19/08/2026
"While some labor leaders hope silence will allow them to escape the worst of Trump’s attacks, it is unions’ very existence that presents the greatest threat to the administration’s agenda. Labor only has a future if it can show that solidarity is the antidote to authoritarian repression."
jacobin.com
Minnesota Unions Are a Threat to Trump’s Authoritarianism
The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize union members for organizing against its immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. That’s because it correctly sees labor as a threat ...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/08/2026
"Professors didn’t choose the battlefield, but we’re no longer willing to pretend we aren’t standing on one." — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | What professors gained by winning with El-Sayed
The American Association of University Professors' endorsement, back to school advice and more.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/08/2026
Trump’s Compact 2.0 announced by Linda McMahon this week should be placed in the context of their failed 2025 “loyalty oath” compact that was defeated by students & faculty at every institution they offered it to. Organizing & collective pressure works. 1 🧵 www.aaup.org/issue/winter...
Trump's Compact 2.0
Universities should not be made answerable to the political program of a particular administration.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/08/2026
“A lot of things in the new compact are red herrings for conservative priorities. Reform needs to happen through the channels of faculty governance...We’re disappointed in the lack of transparency in President Daniels involvement." – Ahmed Ragab, Hopkins AAUP chapter vice-president
thebanner.com
Johns Hopkins president helped craft Trump’s new higher education framework
Ron Daniels, the longtime leader of Johns Hopkins University, helped the Trump administration craft its new higher education call to action
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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/08/2026
“A bureaucratic restructuring that leads to the selective elimination of faculty members really puts academic freedom in jeopardy… particularly for professors who have displeased admin, trustees or donors.” — Mark Criley, Senior Officer in the AAUP Dept of Academic Freedom, Tenure & Governance.
nytimes.com
He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway.
The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.
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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In a historic move this summer, UAW members voted to divest from Israeli bonds. To learn how workers can build on this victory, join UAW organizers this Sunday (Aug. 9) at 4:30 ET for a Zoom round table. Register here: uniteallworkers4democracy.org/road-to-dive...
Flyer for Zoom round table event: "the Road to UAW Divestment." Features a poster with a green background, a photo of striking UAW workers, and a Palestinian flag.
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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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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.
news.bloomberglaw.com
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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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In a historic move, @aaup.org is reclaiming higher ed by endorsing Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate. As we build toward a future in which education is free of debt, fear, and censorship, join us to show up loud and proud for Dr. El-Sayed!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/07/2026
"There's an extreme, radical, right-wing agenda coming out of the federal government targeting higher education. The AAUP won’t exist in an ivory tower and wait for politics to be done to its members. That’s not the AAUP of 2026." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
insidehighered.com
AAUP Embraces Political Role With Candidate Endorsements
The group says the move is a first in its over-100-year existence, and part of countering government threats. Critics say AAUP has lost its neutrality.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/07/2026
“Genuine intellectual diversity requires time for reflection, institutional independence, historical depth, ethical questioning, & the freedom to pursue research unconstrained by immediate market demands. These conditions cannot flourish where knowledge itself has become increasingly commodified.”
truthout.org
Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.
Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 28/07/2026
“This plan raises profound concerns about the future of publicly funded science. It does nothing to make anyone healthier or safer, and it isn’t what Americans want.” — Todd Wolfson & Randi Weingarten @proftwolf.bsky.social @rweingarten.bsky.social #academicsky
inquirer.com
Trump wants smarter computers, dumber people | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the Gen Z revolution takes on India.
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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New #RaceClass Podcast is out. We dive into Texas GOP's assault on its own universities. Lots of tactics, strategies & people(!) plucked straight from DeSantis' own effort to resegregate & undermine Florida's once heralded institutions. soundcloud.com/user-8088721...
soundcloud.com
Ep. 66 | Why Education Scares Texas' GOP
Why is Texas' GOP so scared to educate their own students? Jon & Arnie discuss the rising repression across Texas' public universities. The Texas state legislature, with help from handpicked rightwing
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/07/2026
"The story of Steven Thrasher shows how this network of government extortion and repression has had a powerful impact pressuring campuses to fire dissenting faculty and silence free speech." @thrasherxy.bsky.social #academicsky
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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/07/2026
OUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵
aaup.org
New Report on Extorted Compliance Charges “Massive Extortion Racket” Against Higher Ed
A new AAUP report, "Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance," exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play approach to gov...
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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
the @aft.org @aaup.org @legaldefensefund.bsky.social complaint against Texas Tech is a banger. Apparently the word "systemic" is out because it will trigger the Regents. And oh yea, no reading Ta-Nehisi Coates. The fear these folks have of educated 20 year olds is something to behold.
In a meeting with a Texas Tech administrator, Member #11 was also asked to remove the word "systemic" from the "Pedagogy" class syllabus. Specifically, member 11 was asked if they were "able to say the same thing without saying 'systemic barriers.' The adminstrator clarified, "That word, that one is going to be a trigger word for them [referring to the board of regents]."
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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@higheredheist.com once again has the goods. This time detailing the conflicts of interest that abound in the corporate structure of DeSantis’s accrediting agency, The Commission for Public Higher Education, Inc. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
Do You Have Any Idea Who You Are Getting Into Business With—Or What Business You're Getting Into?
For the General Counsels of the Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas Public University Systems—Et Al.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/07/2026
"Nice federal science grant you got there, shame if someone cut it off because you didn't swear your ideological allegiance like we told you to...👀
highereddive.com
‘A razor’s edge’: How colleges are navigating civil rights probes under Trump
Some colleges have cut deals, while others have fought back against federal officials. Both come with risks, legal experts say.
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