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Rebecca Givan

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AAUP @aaup.org · 21h
“Hegseth thinks the problem w/military education is too much education. Ending new tenured appointments will make it harder to recruit outstanding scholars & easier to pressure professors to tell political leaders what they want to hear.” — AAUP President Todd Wolfson
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 19h
I 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...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As 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.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/09/2026
“What we need is everyone w/ a stake in higher education, students, parents, administrators, to go on the record & publicly say these proposed rules are going to be catastrophic for higher ed. They shouldn’t be implemented. Encourage your administration to make a public statement.” — Katie Rainwater
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Regulating Academic Freedom
A conversation with AAUP’s Katie Rainwater on proposed federal rules to restrict and redefine university research and teaching.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The cuts were focused on the university’s social sciences and humanities divisions...They also have more tenured faculty members and are more expensive to run; the arts and design divisions save money by employing mostly part-time adjuncts." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/n...
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Professor Sues New School, Claiming Tenure Has Been Dismantled
The lawsuit was filed by one of 19 educators laid off in June amid a reorganization of the Manhattan university to address its financial problems.
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: many of us in the policy community have been flagging the Trump Administration’s use of arcane regulatory processes to meet political goals. Today I chat with Dr. Katie Rainwater @aaup.org about new proposed federal regulations for higher education. joshcowen.substack.com/p/regulating...
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Regulating Academic Freedom
A conversation with AAUP’s Katie Rainwater on proposed federal rules to restrict and redefine university research and teaching.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From Cornell's Report of the Committee on the Future of the American University: "Non-tenure track teaching faculty deliver a large share of Cornell’s instruction, including 49 percent of undergraduate courses and 38 percent of graduate courses as of fall 2025 " provost.cornell.edu/_files/initi...
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Piper Hutchinson @piperhutch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The University of Louisiana System accidentally published team-level revenue sharing numbers for four of its schools despite a new state law that allows them to shield that information. Here’s how they’re spending it: #lalege #lagov
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UL System schools share team-level revenue sharing budgets despite new state law • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana Tech University will spend nearly $2 million in public money to pay its student-athletes this year, while the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will devote $1.5 million to its sports team...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Three years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. How are the prospects of this coordinated action looking now? jacobin.com/2026/09/fain...
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The Prospects for a 2028 May Day Mass Strike
Three years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. How are the prospect...
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"She said she wanted the second line of her obituary to acknowledge her role as a shop steward for SAG-AFTRA... She wanted the line to say that her "proudest achievement" was helping convince NPR to increase its paid parental leave." www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38
Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
Some of you may know that my grandfather was fired from his job as a school teacher in Philadelphia because he was a communist and wouldn't name names. So he sued the school district, it went to the Supreme Court, he lost ultimately. I just found some of his typewritten briefs. What a find!
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Watermark, a company whose software stores and tracks faculty CVs & productivity (present on some 1500 campuses), has been taken over by Main Equity Partners. I couldn’t be more thrilled 🤢 (The takeover of higher ed by the Trojan horses of edtech controlled by “private equity” continues apace)
Email announcement Sep 16 2026
 
Watermark
 
 
Dear Watermark Clients,

We are thrilled to share an exciting milestone in our journey. Main Capital Partners (“Main”) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Watermark. Main is a software-focused private equity firm with extensive experience supporting enterprise software companies in the United States and abroad.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 15/09/2026
Major win for press freedom: today a federal judge agreed with us and issued a preliminary injunction blocking new restrictions on foreign journalists and students newsguild.org/judge-blocks...
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Judge blocks new Homeland Security restrictions on foreign journalists and students | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"I am not striking because I have abandoned the ethics of medicine. I am striking because those ethics will no longer allow me to remain silent." www.startribune.com/coon-rapids-...
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Opinion | I am an ethical doctor. That’s why I’m on strike.
For years, I viewed headlines about nursing strikes with cynicism. But once I began researching the history of nursing unions, I realized how much they have done to push for higher standards of patien...
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We have some questions for Secretary McMahon. Crucial letter from @proftwolf.bsky.social and @rweingarten.bsky.social. www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
First you are "in cahoots," then you unionize.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 08/09/2026
JFC. Expenditures for the whole School Of Environmental and Biological Sciences are $97M. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, $48M. School of Social Work, $60M.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Rutgers has more than doubled what it spent on football in Schiano’s first season to $76 million, a number that’s bigger than even what Tennessee and Texas spend." www.nj.com/rutgersfootb...
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How Rutgers AD Keli Zinn handles Greg Schiano’s future will define her legacy | Politi
Rutgers athletic director Keli Zinn may soon face the difficult process of replacing a longtime football coach — perhaps even during the season.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This breathless NYT article omits a key fact: This would be illegal. The law that created the fund stipulates that it is to help working parents afford quality child care, with the money going to eligible providers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/polit…
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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There are 12 women on the NJ Labor Power 50. Top ten is all men. Congratulations (?) to the women who broke through.... www.insidernj.com/wp-content/u...
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For MSNOW, I wrote about the Trump administration threatening to strip colleges of their tax-exempt status as part of its larger segregationist agenda.
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Opinion | Trump’s next high education target: schools that help Black students
Victor Ray: American universities must stand up to Trump's plan to re-segregate higher ed
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Britt Paris @hellobrittparis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICYMI California Faculty Association passed a bill in CA, SB 928, ensuring that teachers in the Cal State system be human, following a similar bill passed for CA community colleges in 2024. When workers mobilize against technology, we can win. @aaup.org @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social
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Home - Digital Democracy | CalMatters
Our unprecedented, custom-built AI tool tracks every word spoken in public hearings, every dollar donated to politicians, every bill introduced, every vote cast and more. If there’s something you shou...
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Join @aaup.org - @aft.org next Thursday @ 7 PM EST as we resist Compact 2.0, the Trump administration's latest attempt at partisan control of higher education rutgersaaup.org/compact2
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Ms. McMahon’s letter might appear more benign than the compact. But she still implies that core academic decisions should be overseen by the federal government." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/o...
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Opinion | College Presidents, Don’t Be Fooled by Linda McMahon
Her open letter to American universities is a trap.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"The AI advised them to bring far less food and water than required." www.kron4.com/news/technol...
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Hikers who relied on Google’s Gemini AI rescued from Mount Shasta
(KRON) — A trio of inexperienced hikers who used artificial intelligence to plan their excursion were rescued off Mount Shasta on Monday. According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Offi…
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Big new library bargaining unit just dropped! denverite.com/2026/09/01/d...
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Denver library workers unionize with overwhelming vote
It's the city's first big union move in decades.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026
The Democratize Yale teach-in was fantastic, with 250 students, alumni, & faculty rallying to protest Yale President McInnis's attempts to cut a "deal" with Trump. Huge congrats to the student organizers, @aaupyale.org, and the Stand Up for Yale alumni group - and Sam Waterston! 🧵 of photos for ya!
People at a rally in front of Yale's Sterling Library.  Backs of their blue shirts read "NO YALE WITHOUT: DIVERSITY / FREE SPEECH & ASSEMBLY / SHARED GOVERNANCE / ACADEMIC FREEDOM" Signs read "DEFEND DIVERSITY / DEFEND DEMOCRACY / DON'T SETTLE" and "YALE: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE"
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026
Meanwhile, students and alumni handed out "Welcome to Yale / A University Without Democracy" zines outside of Woolsey Hall to make sure students going to hear Dean Lewis's presentation on "The University and Democracy" learned about the other side.
A student hands out zines to other students outside of Woolsey Hall.A student's hand holding an open zine - text reads "Let Students Speak!"
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Because the "White House Ballroom" was not competitively bid and was paid for through an opaque "private" financing structure, it was not subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. The workers are all non-union and my understanding is that most of them are making ~$20-$25 / hour.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Employers predict that healthcare costs will go up over 10% AND benefits will be cut www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...
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Employer Health Costs Are Expected to Spike in 2027
A new U.S. survey anticipates an average increase of 11 percent unless benefits are cut, the highest rate in decades. Other findings also predict a sharp rise.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Meanwhile Yale administrators emailed the entire campus this morning to warn against unauthorized assembly on campus and sent staff to the site of the teach-in to stress that point again. 2/
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yale’s Office of Public Affairs banned reporters from Yale’s campus today. It’s corroborated by Francie Diep in her story for the @chronicle.com. This was an attempt to squelch press coverage today of the rally protesting Yale’s attacks on freedom of expression, their pending deal with Trump. 1/
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"A projected 111,000 fewer international students are expected in the U.S. this fall — a more than 9% drop in enrollment. A coalition of higher education organizations (AND UNIONS) sued the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the rule from taking effect." www.wuky.org/wuky-news/20...
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U.S. colleges, universities brace for loss of international students
The Trump administration is capping the length of time international students can legally remain in the U.S., and declines in their enrollment could spell disaster for colleges and universities.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"There’s no counter-movement yet in blue states that offers a robust counter-vision for higher education — that it might, first of all, be actually good for society, or that it might provide the kind of education it seems students actually want."
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"This lack of understanding ought to open the way for blue-state colleges and universities to invest in a true liberal arts and sciences education that encourages students to explore themselves and the world...."
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Introducing myself to classes today by explaining that I used to be an associate professor of Sociology & African American Studies, but that the university shut down the latter department.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
New university/ AEI collab just dropped! “Promoting intellectual pluralism” by “identifying & assisting prospective grad students who are dedicated to pluralistic inquiry, & esp. those interested in questions, hypotheses or approaches that may be labeled conservative, moderate or heterodox liberal.”
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We Tried to Cover a Tom Kean Campaign Event. Someone Called the Police. Yes, I’m the “nice, little reporter.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/n...
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We Tried to Cover a Tom Kean Campaign Event. Someone Called the Police. (Gift Article)
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. was joined Friday on the campaign trail by House Speaker Mike Johnson. An aide to Mr. Kean blocked a reporter’s entry. Then the police were called.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"New Jersey’s new budget allots $5 million for “events attraction and marketing” at Rutgers’ flagship campus. A university spokesperson declined to say if the money would be used for athletic programs."
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States pour taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay, soaring costs squeeze budgets
A growing number of states are providing tax dollars to university athletics. The move comes as major college sports programs now are paying millions of dollars to athletes.
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David at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 21/08/2026
Sounds ridic. But college coaches are control freaks. They want every single thing rehearsed. So Iowa State did a practice run at the hotel they stay at for game days. Practice dinner. Practice sleep. Practice breakfast. And yes practice snacks. It cost $116,000 www.foiaball.com/p/training-c...
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Is your team practicing how to stay in a hotel?
It costs one team $116,000 to do a dry run.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The culprit? Like last year, NSF is spending more up front, discontinuing multi-year awards and paying off the mortgage on existing awards. But FY26 and FY25 have similar budgets. What accounts for the difference is that NSF has withheld $1 billion—$1,016,862,632, to be precise.
Chart showing total grants much are much lower in FY26 and FY25
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
nature.com
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Academic workers did not create this crisis. But we intend to build something better: a system of higher education worthy of this country." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Who Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)
It wasn’t the AAUP.
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AFT New Jersey @aftnewjersey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“We’re not talking about a random person spreading opinion as fact. We’re talking about a scholar giving his professional view.” — Stockton Federation of Teachers President Tara Luke www.nj.com/education/20... @aft.org @aaup.org
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A N.J. professor says a wealthy donor got his words about Israel erased from a school website
Stockton says donors have no decision-making authority, but the timing of the removal has alarmed faculty, students and alumni.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We just launched our Shop Smart, Not Target campaign to urge our members and their families to spend our money reflects what we stand for. This back-to-school season, let’s put our dollars behind local businesses that support workers, families and their communities. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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