American Association of University Professors

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Well they came for rhetoric studies in Texas. The @AAUP is suing to stop it

Steven Thrasher sued Northwestern University and four top federal officials this week, alleging that Northwestern denied him tenure because, among other things, federal agencies pressured officials to punish his pro-Palestine activism. insidehighered.com/news/quick-tak…

This policy will cause incalculable damage to the United States. Foreign students are integral to the intellectual life of universities and and a critical source of talent in the American scientific establishment. I touch on this in nytimes.com/2026/07/02/opi… I hope the @AAUP, @HdxAcademy, @NASorg will recognize that this threat to the knowledge enterprise is an order of magnitude more important than issues raised in the Vanderbilt-Washington St. Louis report.

Nothing says "intellectual diversity" quite like a mandatory law dictating forced enrollment in a bureaucratic safe space for policed thought. Ohio lawmakers want you to think freely, or else. 👀 woub.org/2026/07/10/bil…

“This case presents an extraordinary system of censorship in higher education, in which professors in the Texas Tech University System are prohibited from teaching the most basic scholarship…,” lawyers for the professors' union wrote in the filing. statesman.com/news/education…

📍 Lubbock: "This isn't academic oversight; it's a chilling, top-down attack on the freedom to teach designed to intimidate faculty into silence." (via @TexasTribune) texastribune.org/2026/07/08/tex…

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The legal battle for the soul of higher education in Texas starts today. Today, AAUP Texas and AAUP-AFT filed suit against Texas Tech University System, challenging policies that restrict what faculty can teach about race, gender, and sexuality. We didn't choose this fight, but it is one we will wage—for higher education, for our students, for our society, and for the truth. Academic freedom belongs to everyone. And it is worth defending. aaup.org/news/aaup-texa… #AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #TexasTech #AAUP

The @AAUP and its Texas chapter, an affiliate of @AFTunion, sued @TTUSystem and Chancellor @CreightonForTX this week, alleging that Creighton's directives on instruction pertaining to race and gender violate the First and 14th Amendments. thetexan.news/issues/educati…

Duke’s recent 4.95% tuition increase puts its tuition amongst the highest among peer institutions. Duke had the third largest percentage increase and the fourth highest tuition among Ivy+ schools: dukechronicle.com/article/duke-u…

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A major victory for academic freedom. The 11th Circuit has struck down the higher education provisions of Florida's "Stop W.O.K.E. Act," reaffirming that the government cannot dictate what professors may teach or which ideas students may consider. Classrooms are places for inquiry—not state-approved thought. This ruling is a reminder that the First Amendment protects the free exchange of ideas, especially on our public campuses. Up next? Texas! aclu.org/press-releases… #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #HigherEd #FirstAmendment

Full complaint here: drive.google.com/file/d/18xp23r…

@TVSiangdun The AAUP stands with working Americans.

Aaup Is American PROPAGANDA.

The @AAUP treats the 3-year undergrad degree as a labor issue as well as a quality one:

BREAKING: In a HUGE victory, the court AFFIRMS that government & nonprofit employees CANNOT be blocked from qualifying for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness based on perceived political disagreements with the administration!

What an important day to talk about how “tenure” is a set of due process policies that protect firing without cause, right, @aaup?

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