Reposted by Cornell AAUPTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17hA real successful 1A day here on campus. Heavy hitters. Big student turnout. Engaged questions. My notes for the academic freedom panel is a sort of Cliff Notes of how I approach this thing. This is it. My whole talk. 4475107
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.thecut.comThe Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual ViolenceThe “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail. 221227450
Reposted by Cornell AAUPAAUP @aaup.org · 05/10/2026🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: The AAUP is suing the Trump administration over new policies that threaten green card applicants with family separation. 1/ 1299101
Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Cornell students, faculty, and staff stand with survivors! 112525
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTodd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We condemn the Cornell University police department’s mishandling of evidence and the university administration’s unwillingness to hold Chi Phi fraternity sufficiently accountable for the alleged rapes. @aaup.org @cornellaaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/ending-...aaup.orgEnding Campus Misogyny: Student Safety Over Brand ProtectionThe AAUP stands with the Cornell AAUP chapter and share their outrage of the continued culture of misogyny and pervasiveness of violence against women at Cornell and at universities and colleges acros... 02614
Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here's that list: "The immediate resignation and/or termination of Cornell administrators ... The expulsion or revocation of the degrees of all Chi Phi brothers involved... The abolition of all Interfraternity Council (IFC) Greek Life... And the dissolution of the Office of Student Conduct..."reddit.comFrom the Cornell community on Reddit: CGSU takes a stance - emailExplore this post and more from the Cornell community 27218
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m starting to get requests from people to evaluate proposed solutions to campus sexual violence. The best list of demands I’ve seen so far comes from the students at Cornell. They understand the role of power and the kinds of big structural and cultural shifts that are required to end violence. 318744
Reposted by Cornell AAUPDigressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026[Guest post by Meena Krishnamurthy:] Cornell’s Students Make the Case for a Basic Right to Safety and Security on Campus digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/guest-post...?digressionsimpressions.substack.com[Guest post by Meena Krishnamurthy:] Cornell’s Students Make the Case for a Basic Right to Safety and Security on CampusSafety is a basic right, and Cornell and the State of New York owe its protection to the students 1117
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here is the original (found it in the Wayback Machine): web.archive.org/web/20150315...web.archive.orgCollege Presidents Appear To Be Delusional About Sexual Assault On Their CampusesAbout a third of U.S. college presidents believe sexual assault is a problem on American college campuses, but only 6 percent believe it's a problem on their own campuses. That's according to Insid... 26217
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)feministing.com Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schoolsAccording to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva... 10904288
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTodd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My PhD advisor, Peggy Sanday, published Fraternity Gang Rape (1990). She found gang rape functions as male bonding through domination: men use women to prove masculinity, gain status, & demonstrate loyalty. Group norms normalize coercion, erase consent, & institutional privilege shields perpetrators 729493
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7943343
Reposted by Cornell AAUPBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Literal No Kings. Either Article I means something or it doesn't. 7507100
Reposted by Cornell AAUPEli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm not defending the "normal" system of policing, but at least the mayor of a city is subjected to degree of democratic oversight. Cornell PD does what the boss says, and the people who live and work at the university have zero mechanism for oversight. 1525
Reposted by Cornell AAUPEli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"'In what world would the police learn from the victim that she had literally been gang-raped' and not elevate those allegations to the district attorney, Ms. Hochul said." A world in which the police report to a university president who was appointed by a wholly unaccountable group of rich peoplenytimes.comHochul Rebukes Prosecutor’s Handling of Cornell Case 6380147
Reposted by Cornell AAUPKnight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 02/10/2026“People around me were scared that they were going to be the next Mahmoud Khalil.” @veenadubal.bsky.social, General Counsel of @aaup.org, recalls the fear faculty and students felt when their free speech was threatened on campus. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/5VBJJKjwjFM 0168
Reposted by Cornell AAUPDan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Big sigh. Cornell edited its faq after the NYT story about the CUPD omitting details from the victim statement: “Any mention of sharing “all investigatory information” with the district attorney had been removed from the page.” www.wskg.org/regional-new...wskg.orgCornell quietly edits FAQ page about fraternity sexual assault allegations amid public backlashOn Wednesday, the university removed a sentence stating that campus police “shared all investigatory information with the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office.” 210447
Reposted by Cornell AAUPAAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We 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...aaup-cornell.orgCornell Chapter of the AAUPDefending 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… 12611
Reposted by Cornell AAUPRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Glad that Tish James is on the Cornell case. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell CaseGov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault. 38521
Reposted by Cornell AAUPIndivisible Tompkins County NY @tompkindivisible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Rally for Jane Doe Sunday October 4th 1pm Bernie Milton Pavilion Organized by Students at Ithaca College. 054
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every year at Cornell, I teach about Working Women United. It was Cornell workers who first put a name to "sexual harassment" — reaching a wider conscience. They did not see abuses as individualized tragic events. They saw gender & sexual abuses in terms of social hierarchy & institutional power. 0125
Reposted by Cornell AAUPEli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When non-violent protests happened at Cornell, Trump cancelled hundreds of millions in grants in the name of "student safety." Now that an actual student safety crisis has been fully revealed it's crickets from the Feds. We all know why 1133
Reposted by Cornell AAUPJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The US Commission on Civil Rights has formally rebuked the Trump administration's legal strategy for its "anti-antisemitism" on campus campaign, citing Jewish Studies scholars arguing that "Zionism is not an ethnic or ancestral trait." www.usccr.gov/reports/2026...usccr.govThe Federal Response to Antisemitism on American College and University CampusesThe Federal Response to Antisemitism on American College and University Campuses examines how institutions of higher education and the federal government have responded to allegations of antisemitism ... 37236
Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The 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. 23717
Reposted by Cornell AAUPDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Scholars of colour described overpreparing for presentations, ruthlessly analysing their own results before exposing them to scrutiny, softening their conclusions or avoiding research on race altogether." The level of checks I go through often astounds some colleagues 120963
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTodd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's been an effort in some red states to restrict tenure at public universities. Now the Trump administration is taking action at the US service academies. wapo.st/4hDFceJwapo.stHegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professorsThe move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies. 252
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026😡 😡 😡 thehill.com/homenews/edu...thehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 026
Reposted by Cornell AAUPAAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Of course it’s viewpoint discrimination. 054
Reposted by Cornell AAUPEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@kennyjacoby.bsky.social on X: NEW: I analyzed seven years of Cornell's sexual violence case data. Expulsions are very rare. 1,216 reports of sexual assault, DV and stalking, 2018-2024 162 formal investigations. 51 findings of fault. 14 suspensions. 7 expulsions or dismissals.usatoday.comCornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | ExclusiveA third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year. 46338
Reposted by Cornell AAUPKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 521873618
Reposted by Cornell AAUPDan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In case it's useful to anyone, I put together a collection of links about a horrific 2024 sexual assault at Cornell and recent uproar about Cornell's response to that event. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/s...scatter.wordpress.comsexual assault at cornellAs most readers here likely know, Cornell has been in the spotlight this week as new details came out about a sexual assault that took place at a fraternity in 2024. This post contains a collection… 12214
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.”cornellsun.comGov. Kathy Hochul Requests ‘Independent Review’ of Cornell's Response to Alleged Chi Phi Gang RapeGov. 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. 1299
Reposted by Cornell AAUPLisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All the news about the Cornell 7 has inspired some folks, like the fantastic @jessicavalenti.bsky.social, to re-up their calls for banning historically White fraternities. 10 years ago I reviewed the history of these orgs, arguing they were un-reformable. I stand by my argument. In my new book...time.comWhy Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good'Reform is simply not possible' 611035
Reposted by Cornell AAUPEli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember how the Feds and university sprung into action to expel non-violent protestors in 2024? That happened at precisely the same time these men were engaging in actual monstrous behavior against other students, with most getting a slight rap on the knuckles as punishment.nytimes.comCornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be ReopenedAfter outrage over allegations in a lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney will revisit the decision not to pursue criminal charges against seven fraternity members. 12410
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the investigation of alleged 'gang rape' at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month sparked outrage about the incident." abcnews.com/US/district-...abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 24012
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump rescinded prior guidance on Title IX during his first year in office, then put out a new regulation that experts warned would retraumatize survivors and offer perpetrators impunity. It literally had provisions designed to allow confessed perpetrators to get away with rape.time.comA New Title IX Rule Essentially Allows Accused Sexual Assailants to Hide Evidence Against ThemA mere three months after its release, the DeVos administration’s new Title IX rule goes into effect on Friday, August 14. With the rushed timeline... 3439131
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31878638
Reposted by Cornell AAUPNaomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 28/09/2026I read the late Peggy Sanday's work over 30 years ago. A harrowing assignment, but among those that convinced me to study anthropology. At the time, I naively believed that though much of this book is about how power & privilege protect rapists, surely the lid was blown off NOW? Not even close. 074
Reposted by Cornell AAUPBen Eidelson @beidelson.bsky.social · 28/09/202611/ As the report makes clear, current law does not support most of the threats being made based on alleged tolerance for anti-Israel protests and the like, and the First Amendment offers robust protection for schools & universities willing to invoke it. 1112
Reposted by Cornell AAUPBen Eidelson @beidelson.bsky.social · 28/09/20261/ The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just released its report on campus antisemitism and Title VI. I testified at the hearing. The report is unanimous, bipartisan, & debunks the main legal theories behind recent attacks on universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism. 🧵 27958
Reposted by Cornell AAUPKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Student journalists still believe that it’s more important to hold powerful people to account than it is to hold on to access to those powerful people. They haven’t become Savvy Insiders yet 252746495
Reposted by Cornell AAUPCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I attended a meeting today organized by my union on AI in higher education and I was encouraged both by all the work being done to protect members against AI in our day-to-day work *and* a desire to collectively fight AI surveillance on SUNY campuses in the form of Flock cameras. 3487
Reposted by Cornell AAUPjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/09/2026the literal position of the trump administration is that any school that has any more than a smattering of black students is engaged in illegal racial discrimination against whites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...nytimes.comTrump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools. 9041621392
Reposted by Cornell AAUPTej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My new book is out this month! “Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II” — by Tejasvi Nagaraja Buy it! Get in touch with me — if you have any ideas?: * book review * book-tour event * assigning it to teach * interview or podcast Thanks — Stay tuned! 15123
Reposted by Cornell AAUPDan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“tenure at the New School ultimately offered no protection at all… [Administration] later decided that, by virtue of extensive bureaucratic reorganization, it had closed and reopened the entire university. It could therefore fire anyone, anywhere at the school.”dissentmagazine.orgWhat’s Left of The New School? - Dissent MagazineLeadership at the iconic progressive university has declared war on its own workforce, fired tenured professors, and shuttered whole departments. But what’s happening to the school is an increasingly ... 085
Reposted by Cornell AAUPEmory AAUP @emoryaaup.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Hey Emory faculty! The AAUP is fighting for academic freedom, financial support for the academic enterprise, and the freedom for our colleagues and students to work, study, and live without government harassment. Join now to support these and to protect your own career! www.aaup.org/membership/m...aaup.orgMember BenefitsThe tangible benefits of AAUP membership. 0157