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The IU Bloomington Chapter of the AAUP advocates for faculty and graduate students and advances academic freedom and shared governance. Find all our links here! linktr.ee/iubaaup

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Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A profile of @iubaaup.bsky.social demonstrates how AAUP members at Indiana University Bloomington have taken to heart the 2026 Biennial Meeting proposal that advocacy chapters should start "acting like unions and with unions."
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Indiana University Bloomington AAUP Chapter
This chapter profile is part of the preview of the fall 2026 issue of Academe. The full issue will be released in October.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Check out the profile of our chapter in Academe magazine! www.aaup.org/indiana-univ...
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Indiana University Bloomington AAUP Chapter
This chapter profile is part of the preview of the fall 2026 issue of Academe. The full issue will be released in October.
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emma may @emmamay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
the @aaup.org toolkit for activism on AI is now live! it includes a state policy tracker, tech divestment guide, a zine, & more --> www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
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Toolkit for Activism on AI
The AAUP ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions developed the following toolkit resources to fight against the top-down adoption of technology by colleges and universitie...
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Indiana University alumnus Jim Fielding announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday that he has declined a fourth term as an IU Foundation Board member due to not being able to champion the university any longer. Read more: www.ipm.org/news/2026-07...
The Indiana University Foundation building in Bloomington, Ind. The headline below reads "Concerned about IU's 'direction,' board member leaves Foundation"
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Indiana has received an F for public education support from the 2026 Network for Public Education report on Public Schooling In America. Read more: www.ipm.org/news/2026-06...
Children in a classroom. The headline below reads "Indiana receives an F for public education support"
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Jessica Adams, an IU lecturer in the school of social work, was investigated last year after displaying a graphic on white supremacy in class. Now, she won't be reappointed. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social Read more: www.ipm.org/news/2026-06...
Jessica Adams speaking into a microphone. She's wearing black sunglasses and a black and white jacket, and has blonde wavy hair. The headline below reads "IU lecturer investigated for intellectual diversity won't be reappointed.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Indiana University is in great financial health, according to a recent independent analysis. The report says administrative costs have grown significantly while instruction and faculty pay lagged. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social Read more: www.ipm.org/news/2026-04...
Indiana University's Sample Gates with red and white tulips. The gates are made of limestone.
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University Alliance for Racial Justice @uarj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A new analysis of IU, commissioned by the @iubaaup.bsky.social, suggests recent program + job cuts may not be driven by financial necessity. Report shows unrestricted cash grew from $1.4B in 2015 to nearly $2.3B, How are resources being allocated? 🔗 Read more: www.indystar.com/.../study-fi...
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Youhuang Xiang was sentenced to one year supervised release, a $500 fine and a $100 “special assessment” fee. Xiang was also ordered to be removed from the United States to China. @indianajoanie.bsky.social
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IU researcher sentenced for smuggling
Indiana University researcher Youhuang Xiang will be deported to China following his sentencing for smuggling plasmid DNA of E. Coli bacteria.
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Scott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Reasons to keep ICE and Customs and Border Protection off campus @iubaaup.bsky.social
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Executive Committee Statement on ICE/CBP Virtual Job Fairs
IUB-AAUP stands with over 11,000 signatories in support of the petition, initiated by students at Indiana University Northwest, that we “keep ICE out of our campuses.” Indiana University has recent…
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/02/2026
“Faculty are now seeing the AAUP as the only place where their issues, their interests and their jobs are being protected against the legislature and the IU administration.” — David McDonald, AAUP Indiana University President @iubaaup.bsky.social
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Why the Indiana University Bloomington’s AAUP chapter’s membership has exploded
IUB holds the country's fourth largest American Association of University Professors chapter.
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
ICE is detaining a Bloomington man from Afghanistan at rural Indiana county jail. His friends and family say they have no idea why. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
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Afghan refugee arrested in Bloomington, family seeks answers
Last December, Amir applied for asylum. His brother-in-law said he did everything by the book.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 11/12/2025
After co-authoring an op ed in the Tufts student paper, Rümeysa Öztürk was doxed by the Canary Mission, an anonymous website that publishes personal information of academics they consider anti-Israel. ICE then used the data to target her in carrying out Trump's brutal student protest crackdown.
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‘I sometimes wake up in tears for friends still there.’ Rümeysa Öztürk’s six weeks in ICE detention. - The Boston Globe
As she was held in Louisiana, the fight to free Öztürk took place in protests and in the courts.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
"Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
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Lecturer Sanctioned Over MAGA White Supremacy Lesson Is Back in Class
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Join us Fri 3pm at Bryan Hall for a Rally for Free Speech — standing against ICHE’s “core American values” mandate & in defense of academic freedom. Then our AAUP chapter mtg 4–5:30 in Woodburn 101. Faculty & students: show up for free inquiry! #AAUP #AcademicFreedom
A detailed black-and-white illustration of a large crowd of people packed together, holding protest signs that read “Free Speech Is an American Value,” “Stop Censoring Teachers,” “Education Needs Free Speech,” “Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn for Everyone!,” “Education Is a Human Right,” and “Keep Your Nose Out of My Classroom and Education.” Behind the crowd are hand-drawn banners with “AAUP” in large block letters. Overlaid text at the bottom announces event details in bold marker-style font: “Rally for Free Speech, Friday 12/5, 3pm, Bryan Hall – IUB Campus, 107 S. Indiana.” A column of smaller text on the right lists issues such as recommended Chicago Principles, demands for “American values,” instructors removed for teaching course content, NEA defenses against attacks, and ongoing legislative actions against public schools. The overall style resembles a high-density pen-and-ink illustration filled with expressive faces and signs.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/11/2025
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education's new policy is threatening shared governance and academic freedom. "This policy is the latest effort by Indiana's politicians to take power away from faculty & cheapen the education students have access to in Indiana." - @iubaaup.bsky.social
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Indiana colleges must answer how new degrees commit to American values
Under new requirements, universities must answer whether proposed degree programs exercise a "commitment to the core values of American society."
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 26/11/2025
Indiana May Reject New Degrees That Don’t Commit to “Values of American Society” bit.ly/4ohT3sf #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
An illustration of a bunch of diplomas stuffed into a trash can in the shape of the state of Indiana. The background has a map of the United States and the University of Indiana overlaid in it.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"Indiana University, one of the great American public universities, is currently melting down with a speed and violence unprecedented in the history of higher education." utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anat...
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Anatomy of a Fall: The Case of Indiana University (Guest Post)
Indiana University on November 3, 2025    by Johannes Türk Chair of Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana Universit...
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Before creating new degrees, Indiana’s public colleges and universities will have to explain to the state how they will promote American values. @indianacapitalchronicle.com
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Universities must explain how new degrees promote American values
The new degree proposal form issued by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education asks how programs cultivate "commitment to the core values of American society."
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Indiana University president Pamela Whitten is asking faculty government to consider adopting the Chicago Principles, a set of guidelines about free speech on campus. One faculty leader says he's optimistic.
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Faculty Council chair sees opportunity with Chicago Principles
The Chicago Principles aren’t policies and can’t be enforced, but they’re a symbolic move toward mending the university’s contentious climate.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 19/11/2025
@aaup.org Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks bit.ly/484zptP
A photo of a wooden boardroom table, set up for a meeting, with pads of paper and water glasses.
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The billboard on the west side is the first, but there could be more. If IU doesn’t come to the table, the campaign will run through the end of the football season. @the_real_sand www.ipm.org/news/2025-11...
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FIRE says more anti-IU billboards if university doesn't engage on free speech
If IU doesn’t come to the table, FIRE says the campaign will run through the end of the football season.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A professor who showed a graphic labeling the “Make America Great Again” slogan as covert white supremacy has been removed from teaching a class under a new Indiana law meant to foster “intellectual diversity.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
"Faculty, students, and community members at Indiana University hold a press conference to call on IU leadership to reject the Trump Compact for Academic Excellence and to stop what speakers describe as “over-compliance” with political pressure." youtu.be/At3T3YNyXW8?...
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IU AAUP Press Conference on SEA 202, Academic Freedom, and the Case of Jessica Adams (Nov. 7, 2025)
YouTube video by The Bloomingtonian
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes — “Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice” — while the university investigates a complaint by a student against material she presented. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
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IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
School of Social Work lecturer Jessica Adams said a student submitted the complaint to the office of U.S. Senator Jim Banks over a graphic she used in her class. Adams said Banks’ office then contacte...
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
AAUP: IU is not MAGA University! Faculty and students speak against the Trump Compact and abuses by the IU upper administration. Meet us on November 7 at 11 by the Herman B Wells statue to show your support. Learn more: iubaaup.org/2025/11/05/p...
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Press Release: IU is Not MAGA University
On Friday at 11 am, the Indiana University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will hold a press conference to declare its opposition to the Trump Compact for Academ…
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This Thursday, Nov 6. we kick off our "first Thursdays" happy hour, 4:00 to 6:00 in the Vault Pub (lower level of the IMU). Jazz starts at 5:30, so come early for conversation and stay for the music!
Flyer for event. Features green swirl border on a beige background, with a group of people sitting at a table enjoying drinks. Text reads: "AAUP First Thursday Happy Hour. Thursday, November 6, from 4-6pm. The Vault Pub (at the Indiana Memorial Union)"
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Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Carlos Morales, “The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance” www.aaup.org/JAF16/state-...
Quote from “The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance” by Carlos Morales:
State governments are using their role as donors and primary funders of state universities to exert power over professors and universities in a manner that erodes academic freedom and autonomy.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
IU’s decision to suspend the print publication of its student newspaper is costing the institution: Alumni are pulling donations in protest. The university ended the IDS’s print edition after firing the paper’s adviser.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
AAUP member Deborah Cohn's overview of IU's censorship and disinvestment in the IDS, one of Bloomington's most important sources for local news and journalism medium.com/@dncohn/ius-...
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IU’s censorship of the IDS (its own student paper)
IU’s censorship of its own student newspaper is all over my feed, so apologies for any duplication, but I thought I’d try to pull together…
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Valerie O'Loughlin PhD FAAA @vdoloughlin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Executive Committee Statement on the Closing and Erasure of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at #IndianaUniversity @iubaaup.bsky.social iubaaup.org/2025/10/23/e...
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Executive Committee Statement on the Closing and Erasure of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Indiana University
The IUB AAUP, as the organization representing all IUB faculty, strongly denounces the termination and erasure of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs currently occurring at Indiana Univ…
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AAUP @aaup.org · 17/10/2025
Reject the ongoing censorship of student media on our campuses! “Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate” —Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
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“Instead, … They Fired a Faculty Member:” In Defense of Student Media
BY HANK REICHMAN The other day I had occasion to speak with a leader of the AAUP chapter at Columbia University, my alma mater.  I mentioned to him how useful and impressive I have found the covera…
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/10/2025
Indiana University fired the director of student media amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
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Indiana University fires adviser for student newspaper amid censorship dispute
The firing came amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
At IUB, faculty salaries have not kept up with the cost of living. As the graph shows, relative to the cost of living, average faculty salaries declined by 10% between 2019 and 2025. Yet even with a vote of no confidence, Whitten's compensation has ballooned.
Line graph with the title "IU Compensation in Inflation Adjusted 2024 Dollars." Red line goes downward, representing faculty compensation; green line shoots upwards, representing IU President Whitten's compensation. More details in caption/description.
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Despite changes affecting the lives of tens of thousands of students, faculty and staff, Indiana University continues to make most important decisions in secret and leaders routinely avoid interviews with informed journalists. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
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Be very, very quiet: IU's Elmer Fudd approach to transparency
Time after time over the past few years, even for stories generating national attention, Indiana University did not provide anyone, including WFIU/WTIU News, an interview.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“Acquiescing to a Mailman compact would be a profound betrayal of your students, staff, faculty, the public, higher education, and our shared democracy—one that would irretrievably tarnish your personal reputation and compromise your institution’s legacy.” 🔥
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 03/10/2025
Institutions, Faculty Oppose Plan to Limit Foreign Students’ Time in U.S. Commenters from across numerous sectors say they fear that the new rule, which would require international students to get visa extensions, would be a barrier for the vast majority of students. bit.ly/3VKIeTV
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference in New York. She is a light-skinned woman with long dark hair, standing behing a podium with the seal of the Department of Homeland Security on it.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 03/10/2025
AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities. Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education! Read full statement below 👇 @aft.org @proftwolf.bsky.social @rweingarten.bsky.social
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CNN @cnn.com · 30/09/2025
A federal judge delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestine.
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‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university profe...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/09/2025
BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:
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Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Huge victory for pro-Pal activism in AAUP vs. Rubio! The court finds that government officials “deliberately and with purposeful aforethought” engaged in a coordinated policy or campaign aimed at chilling noncitizen plaintiffs’ speech and assembly rights. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69784...
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Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The firing of a Ball State employee was not just a university decision; it was actively driven by the state. Rokita used his office to publicly condemn her private speech, celebrated her termination, and leveraged a state-run website to publicly target educators.
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The staff member fired by Ball State University because of a Facebook post about the murder of Charlie Kirk is suing university president Geoffrey Means, alleging a violation of her First Amendment rights. www.ipm.org/news/2025-09...
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Fired over post about Charlie Kirk, Ball State staff member sues university president
Suzanne Swierc, formerly Ball State's director of health promotion and advocacy, is being represented by the Indiana American Civil Liberties Union.
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A Monroe County Judge has denied a motion by three retired professors to block an Indiana University policy barring them from faculty government. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
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Judge denies injunction against IU governance policy
Three emeritus faculty sued IU earlier this year after a state law blocked them from participating in university governance.
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AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
IU's administration deemed a Palestinian art exhibit a security risk, yet allowed and promoted a vigil for Kirk, a controversial figure. This inconsistency raises questions about whether university resources are used to protect free expression or are instead privileging some viewpoints over others.
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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Indiana University quietly updated its Human Resources policies, cutting “values differences” as a basic expectation for employees.
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IU removes ‘values differences’ as core expectations for staff
Indiana University quietly updated its Human Resources policies, cutting “values differences” as a basic expectation for employees.
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