Today, the UAW released a new political video highlighting the corporate greed and price gouging behind the surging cost of basic needs. The union is activating tens of thousands of its members to turn out the vote for endorsed candidates in 2024. uaw.org/uaw-releases-n…

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In the wake of last spring's student protests, colleges and universities must find a way to resist the pressures pushing them in the direction of discipline, policing, and restrictions on political expression, @[email protected] argues in #Academe. aaup.org/article/where-…

Trump: “I have nothing to do with Project 2025” FACT CHECK: This is a lie. At least 140 Project 2025 authors are Trump aides and advisors.

⚖️Kamala Harris has a record of holding for-profit colleges accountable while she was CA's Atty General, & advocating for debt relief as Vice President. We need leaders like her who will work toward affordable college for all. #RealSolutionsforHigherEd prospect.org/education/2024…

A UTEP faculty survey echoes the 2024 @aaup Faculty in the South Survey: Full-time UTEP faculty are unhappy with tenure processes, compensation, facilities and resources, according to the results of a faculty survey performed last spring. elpasomatters.org/2024/05/05/ute…

“Organizing never ends, because solidarity wins,” proclaims Dr. Theresa Kulbaga, a lead negotiator for Faculty Alliance of Miami, in an #Academe article reflecting on the lessons learned by a new AAUP-AFT union in the first year at the bargaining table. aaup.org/article/turnin…

Thanks to everyone who has thoughtfully engaged with our Statement on Academic Boycotts. We'd like to respond to a few questions we have received about #academfreedom & #sharedgovernance in relation to this position. 🧵 aaup.org/news/new-aaup-…

TOMORROW: an unprecedented coalition of 10 national labor unions representing millions of higher ed workers will announce a collective vision of how a Kamala Harris administration can ensure our nation’s democratic future through a renewed federal investment in higher education.

“No raise? No tenure tenure protections? Not being allowed to teach things from a “non-Western” point of view? My administration cowing to politicians? For real, what incentive is there to stay in higher ed in Florida?” #defendhighered alternet.org/academic-freed…

Brain drain in Florida is real

More coverage of the 2024 American Association of University Professors Faculty in the South survey focusing on Florida from The Florida Phoenix and Jay Waagmeester

“We call on leaders at the national level to join our struggle to reclaim public higher ed for the public good by fully funding our institutions to ensure that higher ed can be a place for learning, training, and discovery.” politi.co/3XtC4YB

“The fight for higher education is bigger than just us.” — AAUP president Todd Wolfson laying out a new vision for the future of higher education today in Philadelphia. Higher Education Labor United (HELU) AFT NEA UAW SEIU AFSCME AFT Higher Ed #defendhighered

We are witnessing a resurgence of repression on college campuses that we haven’t seen since the late 1960s.

Gutting DEI in favor of “abstaining from the political fray” only serves to perpetuate these systems by disproportionately excluding minority voices from the environment of civil discourse that the University seeks to create... dailytarheel.com/article/2024/0…

Local coverage of our Labor for Higher Education press conference yesterday on NBC10 Philadelphia Higher Education Labor United (HELU) AFT Higher Ed #defendhighered #degreesnotdebt

“Desist from any cooperation with the witch-hunt against faculty members, affirm your commitment to academic freedom, vigorously defend against all forms of governmental harassment & intimidation . Also: Apologize.” - MESA 🙏🏼 AAUP–Penn thedp.com/article/2024/0…

We are not the enemy. Colleges and universities are the lifeblood of our democracy!

Amazing study by American Historical Association, thoroughly debunking hysterical claims of indoctrination in high school history classrooms by provocateurs like Chris Rufo. They're just teaching regular old history.