UM AAUP-Alliance

Trump and Vance are a mortal danger to the future of higher education!

"The AAUP plays a crucial role in defending both academic freedom & academics as public intellectuals. It condemns newly revised administrative policies designed to prevent peaceful campus protests by students, faculty and allies." New from @truthout truthout.org/articles/acade…

OK, Harvard SUSPENDED 25 professors from the library for silently studying materials about Palestine with signs saying "Embrace Diverse Perspectives." I don't think these new university rules are working. Do you? thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

UFT President Michael Mulgrew sent a letter on Oct. 15 to state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa asking her to investigate the DOE’s failure to provide mandated special education services.🧵

If Trump wins in November, his #Project2025 calls for abolishing the DOE, fining universities, funding an online university called American Academy; replacing college accreditors, eliminating DEI; & implementing a thought controlled higher ed system. salon.com/2024/10/05/don…

It is appalling that Cornell University appears ready to deport an international student without regard for due process, simply because of their presence at a protest. It is wrong, and I urge the university to reverse course immediately.

Today, the AAUP released a new statement calling on Florida University Chancellor Ray Rodrigues to retract his recent order requiring Florida's public universities to report all courses that mention Israel, Palestine, & a number of related terms. 🧵 1/ aaup.org/news/yet-anoth…

We condemn the racist smears against the Haitian community and the incitements to anti-immigrant violence of the last week. We stand with our Haitian-American students, faculty, staff, and community members as they face this frightening campaign of lies and threats.

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.

Students are not customers. Professors are not service workers. A university is an institution of learning organized jointly on the academic side through a system of shared governance btwn faculty & administration. A university is not a corporation and should not be run like one.

Higher education may be under attack, but AFT and the @AAUP are ready to fight back. During the AAUP/AFT’s Summer Institute, faculty & staff across the country strategized over tackling threats to academic freedom, shared governance, & more. @AFTHigherEd aft.org/news/organizin…

We see you @EliseStefanik & @virginiafoxx. Attacking public and private higher education while bringing in campaign donations from for-profit higher education. This is despicable. @AAUP @HigherEdLabor @AFTunion theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

New academic year, new collective energy.

When university presidential searches are done in secret with no faculty input & no oversight you end up with corruption, malfeasance, & a colossal failure of leadership. If only someone could have seen this coming…👀 aaup.org/article/aaup-p…

U.S. professors - as you update your syllabi for fall, consider leaving November 5 open. Need to reduce as many barriers to voting as we can!

Dude is straight up saying he will follow playbook of fascist Viktor Orban, & take over higher ed, in order to control what we research, teach, say, and learn. This is fascism. We must be prepared to unite & fight! @AAUP @HigherEdLabor @ruaaup @ruaaup_ptl video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1…

Real academic salaries have not kept up with inflation. We need significant raises.