"The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms the crackdown on peaceful dissent occurring this week at Columbia University, New York University, & other universities nationwide." - statement from AAUP president Irene Mulvey 🧵

There is more courage in these three paragraphs written by a 14-year-old Palestinian girl than what, like, 98% of American politicans have been able to muster thenation.com/article/world/…

“They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.” Howard Zinn 1971

"What we’ve seen is silencing of speech, w/out any genuine attempt to talk to the students & understand their concerns that led to the protests, to hear & think about their demands." – @imulvey, AAUP president in an interview with the The Chronicle of Higher Education. chronicle.com/article/if-you…

🗣️UT Austin AAUP Pres. Pauline Strong: “We oppose state censorship of college courses + support the right of gender studies faculty to teach in their areas of expertise. There is no law that says teaching about gender in a university classroom is illegal.” statesman.com/news/education…

AAUP on Trump’s compact: “It trades autonomy for subservience, academic freedom for censorship, gender science & history for ideology, the best interests of UT students & faculty for the favor of an administration intent on destroying our university” dallasnews.com/news/education…

“#HigherEd is now facing an unprecedented moment of truth, with institutions needing to decide whether to stick to their commitments…or to show their loyalty to the administration at a cost to their integrity…there really is no choice. Colleges + universities must say no.” 👏

Response to the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10/r… Vanderbilt University we're waiting...

what a great day to join the AAUP

The Danger of a Mephistopheles Bargain: Why the “Compact for Excellence” Is a Threat to Democracy and the University, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. texasedequity.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-da… UT Austin AAUP-AFT at UT Austin Texas Conference of the AAUP American Association of University Professors RAICES LULAC LULAC Adelante PAC Texas Freedom Network SEAT at the Table #txed TLEEC

Vanderbilt and all other campuses must stand against Trump's "Compact for Higher Education." Read our statement at vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/sta…

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED! Trump's loyalty oath is an attack on universities & directly undermines academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold. Please click below, sign, & share. actionnetwork.org/petitions/univ…

HELU's International Campus Worker Protections (ICWP) Campaign is organizing to pressure our institutions to stand up for international workers. Read more about this campaign in a recent piece by organizer Bobby Huggins higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/the…

Vanderbilt University’s faculty senate has passed a resolution opposing Trump’s “Compact”!!!

American Association of University Professors, Other Unions Sue Trump Admin Over H-1B Fee bit.ly/439M50y

“Faculty are highly trained experts in their fields of study. It harms education for faculty to be told what to teach by politicians…it is impossible to teach about gender w/o recognizing that there are countless gender identities &expressions”—AAUP insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…

Opinion | The compact was meant to be a carrot instead of a stick, but ultimately it does not move beyond the crude coercion. chroni.cl/3Wzmvid

What to Know About Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed Nine universities were asked to give “limited, targeted feedback” on the proposal by today. So far, six have rejected the deal. insidehighered.com/news/governmen…