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The PA—AAUP Conference is a state-wide organization that works to advance AAUP goals. Through a state conference, existing chapters are able to have more influence statewide and new chapters can find the support and guidance they need closer to home.

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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very excited to announce our annual Fall Conference featuring @proftwolf.bsky.social, Nov. 7 in Philly! Free for Pennsylvania AAUP members and travel stipends available. Register here tinyurl.com/96fcevme
Registration info for Pennsylvania AAUP annual conference featuring Todd Wolfson and David Pozen
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An important set of basic principles for free speech and expression on Penn’s campus
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🫨https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/23/sen-dave-mccormick-nih-research-needs-more-reform-investment/
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Opinion | I’m a Republican senator. America needs more science, not less.
America should invest in NIH medical research, not retreat from it.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Penn community gathers on campus to discuss open expression guideline revisions
Attendees shared their perspectives on the changes they hoped to see in the draft and on the role community members should play in shaping the final policy.
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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yesssssss -- take despair and frustration and turn it into organizing. Fight now, plan for future, produce policy and practice demands.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A very provocative and important piece from Sylvia Chou and colleagues, who @aaup-penn.bsky.social hosted at Penn last semester. www.aaup.org/toward-recon...
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Toward the Reconstruction of US Research Infrastructure
Academia must organize now to secure the future of the US academic research enterprise.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A HUGE win for the Penn community do in no small part to the efforts of our AAUP chapter alongside the ACLU and UPenn itself. Teamwork makes the dream work! www.inquirer.com/education/up...
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Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
PLEASE comment TODAY!!! bsky.app/profile/cdel...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Yale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’t
The opposition to a potential deal with the government reveals a strategy that Yale groups have spent a year honing.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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How Trump Made Penn Quake in Its Boots
Fearful of being labeled antisemitic, the University of Pennsylvania has acquiesced to the demands of a punitive Trump administration and vindictive donors—and it’s chilling speech both inside and out...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Philly labor coalition launches May Day action plan: 'If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else will'
Labor unions, community organizations and immigrant justice groups gathered in Center City on Friday to unveil a broad policy agenda aimed at reshaping city priorities for working‑class residents, lau...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Penn wins temporary court block on turning over Jewish employee data to EEOC
U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert previously gave the university until Friday to turn over swathes of contact information and anonymous survey responses.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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#Peoples250 Draws in Higher Education Organizations, Unions - PA AAUP
This year, educational associations, historical societies, and labor unions across the country, arelaunching the #Peoples250 social media campaign to use short form video as a tool that canallow multi...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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A Professor Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump
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Andy Vaughan @vaughandy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Penn community criticizes ‘unsalvageable’ draft open expression guidelines at listening session
The April 23 session was held at Perry World House and was moderated by University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor and former Faculty Senate Chair Eric Feldman. 
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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/04/2026
BU President reverses position on Pride flags removal without discussing broader censorship on campus. “The statement did not address the larger pattern of free speech suppression...the admin either does not see those issues as important or does not plan to address them." —Joseph Harris, BU AAUP
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BU president pauses removal of pride flags, reversing position
The pause follows weeks of public backlash by faculty members and others over the administration’s enforcement of a policy it defended as “content neutral.”
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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/04/2026
Columbia faculty are proposing to reform Columbia's Board of Trustees with "competitive direct elections" to increase transparency & to reinforce shared governance. Columbia AAUP's Jean Howard claims it is necessary to amend this "unusually insular & inward facing" Board. @aaupcu.bsky.social
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University Senate hosts 2 forums on shared governance as student, faculty concerns over current balance of power persist
Amid ongoing concerns over shared governance at Columbia, the University Senate held two forums on the subject last week, giving a space for members of the Columbia community to discuss the <a href="h...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 31/03/2026
Boston University's removal of Pride flags from faculty offices follows a forty-year-long pattern of silencing political speech on campus and violating the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act. The most recent op-ed in BU AAUP's multipart series with #TheDailyFreePress discusses this history⬇️
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OP-ED: A history of suppressing speech on campus
Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. BU AAUP is the Boston University Chapter of the American Association of University Profe...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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PA-AAUP Participates in APSCUF Political Institute - PA AAUP
This year’s APSCUF’s Political Institute had a new participant organization: the PA-AAUP Conference! In the past two years our Conference Board has worked closely with key education unions and advocac...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Defending Shared Governance and Integrity of Open Expression Guidelines | AAUP–Penn
March 19, 2026 As the Executive Committee of the University of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-Penn), we write to alert members of the Penn community ...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/03/2026
Removing pride flags from public view “suppresses free speech on campus” and is “just one of a growing number of disappointing choices by the administration to contradict the values it purports to champion." —Joseph Harris, Boston University AAUP
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BU faculty decry removal of pride flags from campus offices
Some faculty members believe university officials are suppressing free speech or expression around certain causes in direct response to the federal government’s crackdown on diversity, equity and incl...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/03/2026
Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday: “I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Penn and Trump administration spar in court over subpoena seeking names of Jewish faculty and students
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Penn in November, saying it had failed to comply with a subpoena seeking information for an investigation into antisemitism.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 12/03/2026
“The American Association of University Professors and its faculty, staff, and student members across Texas are committed to defending the freedom to teach so that students have the freedom to learn, and maintaining the excellence of the state’s public colleges and universities.” Share widely!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/03/2026
A federal judge voided a Trump administration directive that pressured educational institutions to end all programs related to DEI last month. Sarah Hinger, deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program, walks us through how this ruling could impact state law.
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Trump's DEI crackdown hit a wall in court. What's next?
Sarah Hinger, deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program, walks though how a federal judge's ruling could impact state law.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Dozens exit faculty meeting, cite frustrations over tenure postponement - The Muhlenberg Weekly
After an unusual start to the Feb. 13 faculty meeting, with the President’s remarks moved to the end of the agenda, roughly 30 minutes into the meeting, Associate Professor of Psychology Connie Wofle ...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Public higher-education groups ask for 15% increase in Governor's budget proposal - PA AAUP
The PA-AAUP Conference Board has joined with over a dozen unions and higher education advocacy organizations this week to urge Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, to increase funding by 15 percent....
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Jewish students, faculty at University of Pennsylvania seek to limit EEOC's antisemitism probe
Groups representing Jewish faculty and students at the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday moved to block the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from forcing the school to disclose their person...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
AAUP Liberal Arts Chapters Champion a Different “Compact” paaaup.org/aaup-liberal...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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OREI failed to answer questions about alleged academic freedom violations, AAUP-Penn says
In an interview with the DP, a member of AAUP-Penn said that the OREI did not attend a follow-up meeting on Nov. 3 with the faculty group to hear and respond to questions outlined in the report.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Trump Gutted ED’s Civil Rights Office. Could States Step Up?
A Pa. senator announced legislation to create an agency to enforce protections that the federal government can’t, or won’t. It’s an example of how some states are trying to fill the void.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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Editorial: University of Pennsylvania is right to reject Trump compact offer
The University of Pennsylvania has rightfully rejected a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to federal funding in exchange for committing to the administration’s politic...
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Andy Vaughan @vaughandy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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AAUP @aaup.org · 17/10/2025
UPDATE: 4 Down 5 to Go Who’s Next? When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us. Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DefendHigherEd
An update to the classic Ben Franklin political cartoon ‘Join or Die’ with the original colonies replaced by universities that were targeted by Trump‘s loyalty oath compact. The image has been updated to show that MIT, Penn, Brown & USC have rejected Trump’s offer.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/10/2025
🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social
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Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
PENN IS OUT! That means both institutions that signed prior agreements with the administration have said no. We're at 3 rejections. I told y'all once the second one hit yesterday, the clock started for the rest. www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Penn faculty senate overwhelmingly votes to urge university leaders to reject Trump compact
The compact "demands that American universities surrender their institutional autonomy and place themselves under the control of the U.S. Federal Government," the faculty senate wrote.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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White House compact signals threat to Penn shared governance, faculty petition warns
The compact was broadly described as a threat to the practice of shared governance — where faculty, staff, administrators, boards, and sometimes students share responsibility for decision-making and p...
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Statement of PA-AAUP on Trump Administration "Loyality Oath" Compacts - PA AAUP
We join with education, professional, and civic organizations across the country in opposition to the Federal Government’s recently-proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The ...
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The universities are: MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 07/10/2025
U Ariz faculty senate approves resolution asking university NOT to sign compact. Paywalled,... www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
UA Faculty Senate votes against proposed compact

In its Oct. 6 faculty senate meeting, faculty voted in favor of a resolution calling upon UA President Suresh Garimella and the Arizona Board of Regents to reject the proposed contract and any similar proposals "compromising the mission, values and independence of the University."

The vote passed 40-8, with one abstention. Faculty members raised several questions about how the university can find a path forward, whether leaders choose to sign the compact or not.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Local elected officials urge Penn to reject Trump administration compact
State Rep. Rick Krajewski (D., Philadelphia) and Councilmember Jamie Gauthier called the Trump administration's compact "a thinly veiled play at extortion in pursuit of his authoritarian agenda.”
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Trump seeks influence over hiring and admissions at Penn in exchange for federal funding
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.
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