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We champion #academicfreedom , advance shared governance, and organize all faculty to promote economic security and quality education.

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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
13 days
It bears repeating: it is unacceptable to respond to peaceful campus demonstrations with violent repression. 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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It’s worth reminding those critical of the student protests raging across the US: Gaza no longer has universities. Every single university in Gaza has been bombed into oblivion. Hundreds of academics, scholars, professors, & students have been killed since Oct. 7. #scholasticide
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
3 years
1. 🧵 Tomorrow, the @BORUSG is expected to vote to end tenure for Georgia's public universities. The AAUP has warned that this move will destroy protections for academic freedom, which is indispensable for the quality of teaching and research in higher education.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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This is unacceptable.
@RyanChandlerTV
Ryan Chandler
16 days
Incredible scene here at UT as 50 or so protesters cower together in the center as DPS pulls them from the pack to detain them one by one
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Non-tenure-track positions of all types now account for over 70 percent of all instructional staff appointments in American higher education. #DefendHigherEd #Organize
@latimesopinion
L.A. Times Opinion
3 months
Editorial: U.S. colleges are overusing — and underpaying — adjunct professors (via @latimesopinion )
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The AAUP & our chapters defend the right to free speech & peaceful protest on university campuses, condemn the militarized response by institutional leaders to these activities, & vehemently oppose the politically motivated assault on higher education. 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
20 days
It’s come to this… “Can you call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested?” 🤯
@PatrickQuinnTV
Patrick Quinn
20 days
WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University. I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet. This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
5 months
“By ceding the high ground to demagogues like Stefanik, the fallout from this affair is more likely in the long run to hamper the fight against antisemitism than to bolster it, which is beyond unfortunate bc no one can deny the scourge of antisemitism.”
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
21 days
"The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms the crackdown on peaceful dissent occurring this week at @Columbia , @nyuniversity , & other universities nationwide." - statement from AAUP president Irene Mulvey 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
🚨 🚨 🚨 On the day FL governor DeSantis is to announce his bid for president, the AAUP has released a preliminary report on the impact of his unparalleled ideologically driven assault on higher education in the state. 🧵
@insidehighered
Inside Higher Ed
1 year
. @AAUP Calls to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ in Florida: “Florida’s public colleges and universities currently face a politically and ideologically driven assault unparalleled in U.S. history,” a preliminary report says. #HigherEd
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
3 years
1. It's Official: In an unprecedented attack on #academicfreedom in higher ed, @BORUSG has approved changes that effectively gut tenure in GA. This move does not serve the public interest & will impede on faculty's ability to advance & transmit knowledge.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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by taking action similar to the 1974 investigation & censure of the governing board of the Virginia Community College System for abolishing tenure. In service of the common good, tenure allows faculty members to pursue research & innovation & to draw evidence-based conclusions…
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
3 years
2. if the board votes to approve the changes, tenure & the academic freedom it is designed to protect will be severely compromised at the 25 tenure-granting institutions in the system. Given the severity & scope of this attack on tenure and academic freedom, AAUP will respond…
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
2 years
BREAKING: Moments ago, the governing Council of the AAUP voted unanimously to censure the @BORUSG for the unilateral action of its admin & governing board to remove the protections of tenure & #academicfreedom from the system’s post-tenure review policy. 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
"The DeSantis legal position is, in effect, that there is no such thing as #academicfreedom for professors in most of the universities in America. Because they work for state institutions, they are obliged to follow government speech. This is a truly radical & dangerous notion."
@PENamerica
PEN America
1 year
“With one action, DeSantis is thumbing his nose at the #ruleoflaw , attacking #freespeech , and #highereducation ,” writes @donmoyn , who notes, “this should be a red line for conservatives”… but is not “in the Trumpified version of the Republican Party.”
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
20 days
These arrests are antithetical to the mission of higher ed. Our institutions exist to foster robust exchanges of ideas & open dialogue in service of knowledge & understanding. Sometimes that includes open dissent. Peaceful campus protests should never be met w/ violence.
@UICProfWatch
Natasha Barnes
20 days
@MiddleEastEye Here’s @EmoryUniversity economics professor Caroline Fohlin knocked to the ground with her head on the concrete. Her glasses are thrown off. She shouts “I’m a professor” #Gaza #Protesters
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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🚨🚨🚨 The first tenured faculty member has been given a summary dismissal under Texas’s SB 18. The tenured professor was given a two-week notice, afforded no hearing in her defense prior dismissal, & no opportunity to appeal. More details soon. 👀
@TexasAaup
Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🚨🚨We have recently learned of a flagrant due process violation in the case of a tenured professor at @UTTyler . The professor was simultaneously alerted to allegations against them and given two weeks notice without any opportunity to respond to the charges. 1/2 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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"What we are witnessing in Florida is an intellectual reign of terror. There is a tremendous sense of dread, not just among faculty; it’s tangible among students & staff as well. People are intellectually & physically scared. We are being named an enemy of the State." 1/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
2 months
There appears to be a major problem with due process at @TexasTech .
@Jairo_I_Funez
Jairo I Fúnez-Flores
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What I find “interesting” about all this is that the President & Chancellor concluded that I’m antisemitic before initiating an investigation. I also find it interesting that they shared this with the media immediately after informing me I was suspended. Character assassination?
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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…free from corporate, religious, or political pressure. The @BORUSG -proposed policy unlinks a procedure for academic due process from post-tenure review, thereby undermining tenure and #academicfreedom .
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The anger behind the right wing rhetoric against DEI, CRT, “woke,”etc is manifesting on college campuses right now in the form of physical violence against students & faculty. 1/2
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
Breaking: students at universities across Florida have walked out in protest of Ron DeSantis’s crack down on #AcademicFreedom in public education. Students @USouthFlorida are staging History Teach-Ins.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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They leave us no choice but to act. At reputable institutions of higher education, #academicfreedom is protected because tenured professors can be dismissed only for reasons related to professional fitness & only after a hearing before a faculty body…
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
14 days
Here’s a quick thread clarifying the AAUP’s stance on antisemitism. The AAUP views the growth of antisemitism as a severe threat which can & should be addressed under existing civil rights laws as religious or race discrimination. 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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at which the admin must make its case that the faculty member's conduct/performance warrants dismissal. If passed, the @BORUSG ’s policy undermines the #academicfreedom that the AAUP exists to protect & the very standards that maintain quality in education in this country.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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We’re pleased to announce that the AAUP has received a grant of over $1.5 million from the @MellonFdnto to establish a Center for the Defense of #AcademicFreedom , with the aim of examining & confronting the recent surge of political & ideological attacks on American higher ed. 1/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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This is unsettling. Codifying the IHRA definition of antisemitism privileges the political interests of the state of Israel & suppresses discussion & activism on behalf of Palestinian rights. 🧵
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keep on rockin in the free world
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House votes 320-91 to urge the Department of Education to codify criticism of Israel as unlawful antisemitism
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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BREAKING: @NewCollegeofFL Board of Trustees denies tenure to 5 professors in a 6 - 4 vote. Crowd in the hall burst out: “Shame On You.” Trustee Matthew Lipinski expressed concerns about the direction of the Board and abruptly resigned and walked out. #SaveNewCollege
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
2 years
BREAKING: Faculty at @miamiuniversity in Ohio have officially filed to form a Union! This is a huge step for collective bargaining in Ohio. @famiamioh is the largest faculty bargaining unit to file in OH since Bowling Green State University in 2010. #UnionStrong #Organize #1u 🏆
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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🚨🚨🚨 Not. A. Drill. #HB999 would enact the most draconian restrictions on higher ed in US history. It bans all majors & minors in ANY critical theory & allow unqualified political appointees to call for post-tenure review of any faculty member at any time. Time to fight back.
@JoshGellers
Josh Gellers
1 year
The latest version of Florida’s HB 999 goes FURTHER than merely eliminating academic programs focused on Critical Race Theory. It takes aim at anything related to CRITICAL THEORY IN GENERAL. Unbelievable. Read the current text here. #flapol #highered #AcademicChatter
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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We object, however, to the use of the IHRA definition, which expands the definition of antisemitism to encompass political criticisms of the state of Israel, which is speech protected by the First Amendment & #academicfreedom . 2/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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. @TeenVogue killing it again: "The only way to save the American university is for students and professors to take back control of campuses." The Modern American University Is a Right-Wing Institution
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
NO CONTRACT, NO PEACE!!! @ruaaup @ruaaup_ptl #FairContractNow #RUonStrike Support Rutgers unions strike fund here:
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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For further insight, please see the AAUP’s Sept 24 letter to the Georgia AAUP state conference regarding @BORUSG ’s proposed changes to post-tenure review: #academicfreedom
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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We have opened investigations into dismissals at Linfield University and Collin College, where faculty were dismissed in apparent violation of their academic freedom, and without due process
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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New laws in Florida & elsewhere are pushing faculty to leave. Almost 85% say they would not encourage a grad student or professor in another state to come to FL. More than 95% described the political climate around higher ed as “poor”/“very poor.”
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
A note about high ed #tenure : tenure is not a "lifetime appointment" as opponents of tenure would have you believe. It is Due Process: Termination only for cause & with a hearing. In other words, a just & fair system. From the AAUP's 1940 Statement:
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The inevitable result of a relentless campaign to destroy public education in Florida…
@AaronHillegass
Aaron Hillegass
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I was hired at New College of Florida (my alma mater) immediately before Governor Desantis replaced the trustees and president in an effort to make it "The Hillsdale of the South". I just gave notice.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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"If higher ed faculty are beholden to saying only what powerful people want them to say, & if they stray out of the line they're going to get fired, we are living in an authoritarian society." – Irene Mulvey, @AAUP president
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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This moment lays bare the disingenuousness behind the “intellectual diversity” & “free speech” narrative often used to denigrate higher education. Where is the breathless concern from politicians about the attacks on campus free speech this week? 2/2
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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As they should.
@thenation
The Nation
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As the crackdown on campus protests continues, professors have routinely stood up for their students.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
3 years
The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision by @UF to deny permission to three faculty members to provide expert testimony in a major voting rights case challenging Florida Senate Bill 90. -statement from AAUP president @imulvey 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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"The decision to remove sociology from Florida's core curriculum is a tragic blow to students’ intellectual freedom. It will prevent generations of students from being introduced to subject matter that is uniquely suited to address complex challenges."
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Beautiful interaction @KevinMKruse @NRGalica (And we agree!)
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
The AAUP stands in full solidarity w/ @TUGSA_6290 on strike at @TempleUniv . Cutting grad student healthcare & tuition benefits rather than simply sitting down at the table to negotiate is a shameful tactic that sends a clear message: 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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“Schools must resist the pressures placed on them by politicians seeking to exploit campus tensions” Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The decision to discontinue an academic program is a matter of educational policy & faculty should be afforded an initial & decisive role in any deliberations over program closure. @WestVirginiaU #DefendHigherEd 1/2
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
The transparent use of @NewCollegeofFL as a political stunt to further a presidential campaign has very real consequences.
@NCFEduFreedom
NCF Students for Educational Freedom
1 year
NCF faculty votes to censure the New College of Florida Board of Trustees:
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
2 years
The press conference that @DanPatrick just gave at the Texas Capitol was a naked attack on Higher Education in this country. There were so many falsehoods, misconceptions, & ridiculous rhetoric, that it will take a while to dissect it but let’s try. 🧵 #AcademicFreedom
@meganmmenchaca
Megan Menchaca
2 years
@DanPatrick Breaking: @DanPatrick says he plans to END tenure in Texas for all new hires. He says he has the support of Brandon Creighton, chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee, on this issue.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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“Tenure serves the public interest because society benefits when teachers and researchers are free of control by corporations, religious groups, special interests, and the government.” It’s that simple. #AcademicFreedom
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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BREAKING: As WVU Board meets to vote on massive program cuts, AAUP calls out lack of faculty involvement, urges adherence to academic due process 1/ @WVCampusWorkers
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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On Friday, the AAUP filed an amicus brief in the US Court of Appeals in support of Florida faculty who are challenging the law known as the “Stop WOKE” Act as the law violates the 1st Amendment, threatens to destroy #academicfreedom , sabotages higher ed & undermines democracy. 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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What is unfolding in Florida is horrifying. It should serve as a cautionary tale to all in higher education. We call on all concerned about the future of higher ed to stand up now and fight to save it. 3/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The clamor for political & financial interference in higher ed in the name of fighting antisemitism creates a climate of chilled speech & censorship that violates core principles of #academicfreedom & does nothing to combat the scourge of antisemitism or other forms of hate. 🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The president of Barnard College lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence spearheaded by the AAUP Barnard Chapter. This is the first recorded instance of a Barnard president ever receiving such a vote.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Academic institutions exist for the transmission of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the development of students, and the general well-being of society. Free inquiry and free expression are indispensable to the attainment of these goals. 2/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Such overly broad statutory restrictions create a chilling effect on teachers & students, who may avoid assigning reading materials or engaging in classroom discussions about controversial issues concerning the state of Israel or Zionism. 3/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Report: Women faculty members are not only more likely than men to hold appointments in lower-paying academic ranks & types of institutions, but are also paid less than men within the same academic ranks on average.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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We are pleased with @UF 's reversal today of their misguided decision to ban faculty from providing expert testimony in a major voting rights case against the state. This episode was revealing in a number of ways... 🧵 @imulvey
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The AAUP stands w/ our members nationwide defending student free speech. We call on institutional leaders to drop charges against peaceful protesters, observe due process in disciplinary actions, & stop armed law enforcement from assaulting students. 10/10
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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"The human toll in Florida is catastrophic. We are tired of being demonized by our government. Many of us are looking to leave Florida. And when we leave, our communities, our students, families—they will all suffer." 2/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
3 years
🧵: The executive director of the AAUP has authorized an investigation of the @BORUSG regarding their adoption of a post-tenure review policy that makes it possible to release a tenured faculty member without a dismissal hearing. /1
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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“In order to defund the university, they first had to delegitimize the university.” - @isaac_kamola on the big picture & how higher education fits into the far right agenda.
@AymanMSNBC
AYMAN
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Several billionaire megadonors have pulled their donations from elite universities, in the wake of mass Pro-Palestinian protests over Israel's war in Gaza. Professor @isaac_kamola says attacks on higher education are “just the tip of the iceberg.”
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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@yashar This thread is great thank you for starting it
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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BREAKING: Ron DeSantis just held a press conference in Sarasota, Florida w/ Christopher Rufo, the engineer of the right wing panic over #criticalracetheory & newly appointed Trustee at @NewCollegeofFL ... #DEI #HigherEdReform #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter 🧵 1/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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HUGE CONGRATS to the Faculty Alliance of Miami (Follow ➡️ @famiamioh ) on officially winning a Union today for over 800 faculty members @miamiuniversity !!! Please join us in welcoming this new chapter of the @aaup / @AFTunion into our Union family... 🧵 1/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Proponents of overly broad definitions of antisemitism & proponents of eliminating teaching about the history of racial & other violence share a desire to mobilize the government to enforce particular, emaciated accounts of history, harm, and injury. 4/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
2 years
Continuing a relentless crusade to destroy higher ed in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis staged a performative & disingenuous press conference yesterday in order to sign #SB7044 into law & further attack professors & erode #academicfreedom in the state.🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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As members of the academic community, students should be encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment & to engage in a sustained & independent search for truth. 3/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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🚨 🚨 🚨 BREAKING: Faculty at Eastern Michigan University are going on STRIKE for a fair contract. Show your solidarity: Follow @EMUAAUP #1U #FairContractNow
@EMUAAUP
EMU-AAUP #UnionStrong
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As of midnight tonight we are on strike 332/365. 91% were forced to vote YES for a strike. It did not have to be this way. We hate to do this. It is breaking our hearts. #faircontractnow #TruEMU #UnionStrong
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American Association of University Professors
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What an incredible fight for the future of higher education in Texas this has been. Congrats to all those who have worked so diligently to save academic tenure & due process protections. @TexasAaup @aaup_utAustin @TXFacultyAssoc @txblackcaucus @queermigrations
@meganmmenchaca
Megan Menchaca
1 year
Big news: The Texas Senate votes to adopt the House version of Senate Bill 18, the tenure bill, and send it to Gov. Greg Abbott. The bill codifies tenure into state law and makes other adjustments to tenure policy. Notably, tenure will remain in Texas. #txlege
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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As our Statement on Legislation Restricting Teaching about Race observes: “When politicians mandate academic content that faculty can & cannot teach or the scholarly areas they can or cannot research/study, they prevent colleges & universities from fulfilling their missions.” 5/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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DeSantis’s signing of anti-DEI #SB266 today further cements the decline of Florida’s higher education system by enshrining into law culture-war-inspired censorship that will have a disastrous impact on students, faculty, & the future of education in the state. 1/ 👀
@swalker_7
Steven Walker
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DeSantis on the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion at Florida colleges
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American Association of University Professors
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Today, the AAUP released our Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2022–23, which examines whether economic conditions in the academy have returned to “normal” after 3 years of pandemic. 🧵
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American Association of University Professors
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“The AAUP’s scathing new report documents the “horrifying” deterioration of higher education in Florida. It should be required reading for every college student — and come to think of it, every taxpayer too.”
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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Student debt is a labor issue. Student debt is an education issue. Student debt is a racial justice issue. #CancelStudentDebt
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American Association of University Professors
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Today the AAUP released a 70 page report calling attention to alarming trends in the @UNC_System relating to governance, #academicfreedom , & a toxic climate of institutional racism. 🧵 1/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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BREAKING: @aaup_penn ’s response to @Penn admin’s threat to shut down peaceful protests. “Do not escalate the situation. Do not violate the rights of students & faculty. Remember that the actions you choose to take today will be your legacy.”
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
2 years
BREAKING: The AAUP has authorized an investigation into the extraordinary summary dismissal of 33 faculty members at @emporiastate , most of them long-serving professors with tenure. 🧵 1/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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The real threat to free inquiry at colleges & universities comes from censorship & political interference in academia pushed by politicians, donors, alumni, administrators & trustees — not professors. #academicfreedom
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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As #DeSantisDestroysFlorida is trending (again), it behooves us to chronicle the many ways higher education in the state is under attack. 1: In 2021 @UF barred 3 professors from serving as expert witnesses in a voting rights case against the state ...
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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President Biden’s long awaited announcement of a plan to alleviate the student debt of roughly 20 million Americans has ignited a national debate about the fundamental role of higher education in our society. The AAUP would like to weigh in... 🧵 1/
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American Association of University Professors
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DeSantis went on to demean @NewCollegeofFL for several minutes justifying his appointment of Christopher Rufo & 6 others to the school's Board of Trustees. Obviously, the AAUP has A LOT to say about these announcements today. Stay Tuned. #DefendHigherEd 8/8
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
3 years
Faculty & students on the offensive to block @UnivOfKansas from stripping faculty of tenure &, along with it, the academic freedom and shared governance tenure is meant to protect. #solidarity
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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It's time for all those who care about the future of higher education to fight back. “The Florida of Today Is the America of Tomorrow”: Ron DeSantis’s New College Takeover Is Just the Beginning of the Right’s Higher Ed Crusade #AcademicTwitter
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
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This is disappointing and furthers the likelihood of delinquency & default for many borrowers still reeling from the economic consequences of the pandemic. #CancelStudentDebt
@mstratford
Michael Stratford
11 months
NEWS: Biden admin confirms how it will implement the provision of debt ceiling deal that terminates the federal student loan payment pause: ➡️ Interest will start accruing on Sept. 1 ➡️ Monthly payments will be due starting in October
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American Association of University Professors
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Our colleges and universities are places of free and open expression, inquiry, and debate. Even in sharp disagreement, our goal is communication in service of learning and understanding. 2/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
After interviewing dozens of faculty members at multiple public colleges & universities in the state, our preliminary report concludes that #academicfreedom , tenure, & shared governance in FL’s public higher ed system are indeed under attack. 3/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
13 days
Institutional procedures for achieving these purposes may vary from campus to campus, but the minimal standards of #academicfreedom & freedom of speech for students are essential to any community of scholars. 4/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
In January, after a number of alarming events in Florida, the AAUP established a special committee to review the apparent pattern of politically, racially, & ideologically motivated attacks on public higher education in the state. 2/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
13 days
College & university students are both citizens & members of the academic community. As citizens, students should enjoy the same freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, & right of petition that other citizens enjoy. 8/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
DeSantis has made clear his aim to destroy #academicfreedom in Florida's higher education system. #HB999 would effectively silence faculty & students across the ideological spectrum & purge whole fields of study from public universities. Statement:🧵
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
13 days
The student press should be free of censorship and advance approval of copy, and its editors and managers should be free to develop their own editorial policies and news coverage. 6/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
1. DeSantis & the state legislature are using their swift, aggressive, & ongoing “hostile takeover” of @NewCollegeofFL as a test case for future encroachments on public colleges & universities across the country. #SaveNewCollege 5/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
1 year
2. Academic administrators throughout FL’s public university & college systems, from the highest to the lowest levels not only have failed to contest these attacks but have too frequently been complicit in and, in some cases, explicitly supported them. 6/
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
17 days
16 @USC historians: President & Provost Should Resign Immediately. “The actions of USC admin needlessly & irresponsibly subjected students, faculty, & the wider community to violence leading to the arrests of 93 individuals including 2 History Dept faculty” @CFA_United
@arohelmet
Aro Velmet
18 days
Sixteen USC historians condemn the needless police actions on campus and demand the resignation of the university president and others who have completely failed in their duty of care to the students.
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@AAUP
American Association of University Professors
5 months
The AAUP condemns the escalating assault on #academicfreedom at @Penn & nationwide. The autonomy of colleges & universities are being undermined by a sudden opportunistic governmental interest in “antidiscrimination” deployed to restrict & censor... 🧵
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