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Texas chapter of the American Association of University Professors. We advocate for Academic Freedom, Shared Governance & Tenure in Texas Higher Education.

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@TexasAaup
Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
2 months
The purge of former DEI workers @UTAustin is only the beginning. We can expect to see institutions of higher education across the state making similar moves in the months ahead. Please consider joining Texas AAUP, your local chapter, or starting a new chapter on your campus. ✊
@aaup_utAustin
UT Austin AAUP
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These intrepid professors are affiliated with @aaup_utAustin . We stand for academic freedom, shared governance, and due process, all missing in the firings of staff for their previous DEI work. Our chapter is growing fast. Join us to stand up for faculty, staff, and students! ✊🏽
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@TexasAaup
Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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The AAUP has urged institutional authorities to refrain from sanctioning faculty for expressing politically controversial views. It is vital that universities live up to their commitments to academic freedom: Letter in Support of Jairo Fúnez-Flores
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Open Letter in Support of Jairo Fúnez-Flores

We write, as scholars within and beyond academia, in support of our colleague, Texas Tech assistant professor Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores, who has been targeted, doxxed, and slandered [and subsequently...

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THIS is how our state and higher education leaders treat students they disagree with. Unforgivable @JCHartzell @GregAbbott_TX .
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Karma Chávez
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The last person we saw arrested. They’re basically unconscious. This is so messed up.
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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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#NotOurTexas
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This is a violation of UT System policy and AAUP standards and suggests how #SB18 has eroded due process protections for faculty in Texas. @lilykepner @McGeeReports 2/2
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We call on @UTAustin to allow the peaceful student demonstration to continue. They are exercising their rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. We are appalled at the University’s decision to escalate the decision through police action.
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In January @UTAustin ’s legal team certified that the Department of Campus and Community Engagement, which was disbanded last week, was in compliance with anti-DEI SB 17. Staff from DCCE were in full compliance with the law when they lost their jobs.
20231213_SB 17 Compliance Certification[LCS signature].pdf
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Dr. Karma Chávez @queermigrations ⁦⁩: “If we truly believe that public universities are universities of the people…then we must equally defend all Texans’ rights to come to @UTAustin to join our students in exercising their freedom of assembly.” ⬇️⬇️
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In citing outside agitators, UT employs an old trope to justify police force | Opinion

In citing outside agitators, UT employs an old trope to justify police force | Opinion

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Thanks for this timely reminder of @UTAustin ’s supposed support for free speech on campus! Why has policy changed so drastically in 6 months @JCHartzell ?
@stevanzetti
steven monacelli
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UT Austin published this video for Free Speech Week 6 mos ago. Q: Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations A: State law in Texas allows members of the public...to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity
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The Texas Conference of the AAUP has just submitted a letter in support of @Jairo_I_Funez : “Texas Tech’s suspension of Dr. Jairo Fúnez-Flores violates multiple @TexasTech policies, infringes on AAUP principles regarding #academicfreedom , tenure, and shared governance…” 1/3 🧵
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Our President Dr. Brian Evans testifies that @UTAustin faculty could not renew an NSF grant because of SB 17. The law was not supposed to affect research but it is directly harming faculty members’ competitiveness and even eligibility for federal grants.
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AHA to Texas House: “Were Texas to eliminate ‘tenure-track’ positions… any public university in Texas would immediately become an employer of last choice among scholars who desire an environment amenable to high-quality teaching and research.”
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AHA Sends Letter to Texas House of Representatives Opposing Legislation to Eliminate Tenure (April...

The AHA has sent a letter to the members of the Texas House of Representatives opposing SB 18, which would eliminate tenure for new hires at public institutions in the state beginning in 2024.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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An astounding loss 💔 for West Virginia University, the impact of these cuts will be felt across the state. The attack on public institutions of #HigherEducation will not stop here. We must continue to fight back together. Standing with our colleagues at WVU. ✊
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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We have secured a copy of a termination letter given to @UTAustin Division of Campus and Community Engagement staff. The notice does not describe options for appeal or grievance. There is no severance, no description of how to continue benefits. ⁦
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UT Austin Division of Campus and Community Engagement (DCCE) Termination Letter April 2, 2024

Note: The following termination letter was without warning and came as a complete shock. The letter gives no reason for the termination nor acknowledges the work the staff member had done to comply…

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A UT junior on SB17: “Why should I have to take into consideration my safety when applying to a higher academic institution that boasts about being an intellectually pioneering institution? What intellectually pioneering institution ever led with racism?”
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After Texas’s DEI Ban, College Students Are Reconsidering State Schools

In June, Governor Greg Abbott signed a law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state university system—including multicultural centers and campus identity groups.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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⭐️⭐️It’s official! Following a historic vote this morning Texas AAUP is now an affiliate of @TexasAFT ! We will now be known as Texas AAUP-AFT. Looking forward to all we will accomplish together in the years ahead!👏👏
Historic vote by Texas AAUP to affiliate with the Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Updated March 30, 2024 Texas AAUP members took a historic vote on March 30, 2024, in favor of an Affiliation Agreement Between Texas AFT and the Texas AAUP Conference. Vote was 45 yes, 0 no, and 2 …

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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This is both absurd and cruel, @UTAustin . We will prevent your planned action, have you arrested on charges that will be dropped for lack of probable cause, and then we will prevent you from completing your academic work and possibly from graduating. How is this legal?
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A first-gen, queer, Latina @UTAustin student is testifying in tears about the impact SB 17 has had on her. She mourns the opportunities she had that will not be available to students like her. When you say, “what starts here changes the world,” what world are you referring to???
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@TexasAaup
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PRESS RELEASE from the Texas Conference of the Association of American University Professors concerning the House Higher Education Committee's passage of the committee subs for #SB17 and #SB18 . @AAUP @TexasAFT @TXFacultyAssoc #txlege /1
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UPDATE: @TexasAaup & @aaup successfully advocated for tenured Assoc Prof Mickie Mwanzia Koster to receive full due process from @UTTyler . Koster received a 15-day termination notice on 10/16; due to advocacy she remains employed and will receive a hearing.
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Texas AAUP Intervenes on Behalf of Tenured Assoc. Prof. Mickie Mwanzia Koster at UT Tyler

Texas AAUP and National AAUP successfully advocated for tenured Associate Professor Mickie Mwanzia Koster to receive full due process from The University of Texas at Tyler. Without advocacy from AA…

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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“Faculty senates are the new targets of the right-wing culture wars being waged by politicians like Dan Patrick. It makes sense, since as faculty begin… to defend themselves, their students, and institutions, they are speaking more and more in one voice.”
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Three Cheers for Faculty Senates and Faculty Associations in Texas

BY JENNIFER RUTH On the August 3 episode of the Progress Texas podcast, guests discussed the recent incidents of political interference at Texas A&M University. One situation involved trustee i…

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As the House prepares to vote on anti-tenure #SB18 later today, a reminder about how reducing tenure to a one year guaranteed contract will affect faculty’s ability to win, maintain and renew federal grants a 🧵: 1/8
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Our hearts are broken 💔💔but the battle is just beginning. Our students will return to campus in the fall to find the supportive services, staff, and programs they have come to depend on gone. We will continue to fight for what is right and we will win. #SB17 #DefendDEI
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More than 1,400 @UT_Dallas alumni have now signed a letter condemning the university’s violent retaliation against pro-Palestinian students, staff, and faculty and supporting student demands that the university divest from militarism.
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UT Dallas Alumni Letter on Encampment

May 3, 2024 To the President, Provost, Deans, and other leadership of UT Dallas: We, the undersigned alumni, write as a diverse group of Comets that are proud to call the University of Texas at...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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We are proud to sign this statement condemning #SB17 with @NAACP_LDF ⁩ ⁦ @esntx2 ⁩ ⁦ @EveryTxn ⁩ ⁦ @TFN ⁩ ⁦ @ACLUTx ⁩ ⁦ @TxTLEEC ⁩ ⁦ @TexasforDEI ⁩ ⁦ @aaup_utAustin ⁩ ⁦ @EqualityFed ⁩ -Texas @TXFacultyAssoc ⁩ 👊🏼👊🏾👊🏿
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A @UTAustin graduate points out the University’s disparate treatment of pro-Palestinian versus white supremacist protestors. “Those of us calling for peace are frightened.”
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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#SB16 , which severely limits academic freedom in teaching, research and expression on issues related to race, ethnicity and gender as well as political, social and religious beliefs, will NOT be moving out of the House Higher Ed Committee!
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DEI programs do not segregate students. They are not divisive. They do not give special preferences. They support students who have experienced discrimination and are marginalized on our campuses. We cannot pretend discrimination and inequality do not exist! #SB17
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👇👇👇NEW STATEMENT on #SB17 : The Texas Conference of AAUP is deeply disappointed to see the conference committee version of #SB17 and urges the House and Senate to vote down this destructive bill. 🧵1/4
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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In case you’re still wondering why so many leaders of public higher ed institutions in Texas have remained silent in the face of anti-DEI #SB17 and anti-tenure #SB18 : 💰💰💰💰
@McGeeReports
Kate McGee Balagia
@McGeeReports
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In Texas budget, higher ed priorities are laid bare: Certain universities may get extra state funding IF SB 17(anti DEI bill) and SB 18(tenure bill) pass #txlege
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🚨🚨Our joint press release with @TexasNAACP on mass staff firings @UTAustin yesterday. “None of the staff who received pink slips are currently working in DEI-related jobs.” 1/2
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Joint Press Release by Texas AAUP & Texas NAACP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED 04/03/2024 Texas NAACP & Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Contacts: Gary Bledsoe, President, Texas NAACP, gbledsoe@thebleds…

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🚨🚨Joint statement from Texas AFT-AAUP Statement on @UTAustin Protests Over the course of several hours on April 24, more than 100 local and state law enforcement including riot police responded violently to a peaceful protest, arresting 57 people… 1/4🧵
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During debate on #SB17 yesterday some House members claimed not to know of any grants that require DEI. Most federal agencies have built DEI into grant applications. #SB17 will cost millions in lost research dollars as many professors have warned. 👇👇
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Texas scientists fear DEI bill could cost research dollars

Texas researchers are concerned that federal funding will soon be out of reach for them if a Senate bill lawmakers are discussing is approved. The bill aims...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🌟🌟Official statement from tenured professor Mickie Mwanzia Koster on her unjust termination by ⁦ @UTTyler ⁩. Dr. Koster’s termination without due process is in violation of UT System policy and @AAUP standards. ⁦ @lilykepner ⁩ ⁦ @McGeeReports ⁩
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We are glad that, following @aaup_utAustin intervention, the TAs will have an income next semester, but this reassignment fails to remedy the violation of their #academicfreedom and right to due process.
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The Daily Texan
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Two @TexasSteveHicks TAs, who were previously released from their positions due to expressing disapproval of @UTAustin ’s response to the Israel-Hamas war with students, will be offered different employment in the spring semester.
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We are so proud of these students! The semester may be over, but their fight against anti-DEI SB 17 continues!
@beckyfogel
Becky Fogel
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A group of UT Austin students, faculty and staff, along with @TFN , are marching from the UT Tower to the Texas Capitol this morning to protest a state law that has banned DEI offices and programs at public universities/colleges. A hearing on compliance with SB 17 begins at 9
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Rep. Dutton says his staff told him no university professors visited his office about anti-tenure #SB18 . In fact, several of our faculty members visited his office.
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🌟🌟🌟NEW STATEMENT‼️Today, in response to the Senate’s passage of the House version of #SB18 we reiterate our defense of faculty tenure and academic freedom. 🧵 1/8
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🔔🔔Our statement on Gov. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-44. We are deeply concerned that this Order will unlawfully restrict political expression at institutions of higher education. It curtails the First Amendment freedoms of students and faculty at TX universities… 🧵 1/2
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Thank you to @LULAC ⁦ @NAACP_LDF ⁩ ⁦ @txblackcaucus ⁩ ⁦ @TXSenHispanics ⁩ @TexasNAACP @Menendez4Texas @SherylCole1 ⁦ @TeamBlackBrown ⁩ and many others who participated in this press conference drawing attention to the discrimination motivating anti-DEI SB 17. ✊🏾
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The @aaup_utAustin chapter is circulating an open letter expressing “no confidence” in @UTAustin President @JCHartzell citing not only his politically motivated purge of faculty, but his dangerous decision to invite hundreds of police and troopers onto campus this week. 👇👇
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UT Austin AAUP
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✴️Responding to overwhelming concern among UT faculty about increasingly untenable teaching and learning conditions, UT Austin AAUP has begun circulating an open letter intended to gauge support for a vote of no confidence in UT President Jay Hartzell. 1/x
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Admin at UT-San Antonio were caught on video by the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression telling students that they’d be turned over to police if they merely chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
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Scared about America losing democracy? Texas is already gone

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's chilling pardon of the killer of a 2020 BLM protester is a rejection of democracy in a state banning dissent.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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AAUP National’s letter regarding Professor Fúnez-Flores urges @TexasTech President Schovanec to immediately rescind @Jairo_I_Funez ’s suspension. Full letter below. 👇
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Angela Valenzuela, professor of educational leadership and policy ⁦ @UTAustin ⁩: “I think that they want to eliminate critical thought.” Texas’ ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion for state-funded colleges goes into effect January 2024.
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Texas colleges notice changes after governor bans DEI offices

“I think that they want to eliminate critical thought.” Texas’ ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion for state-funded colleges goes into effect January 2024

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NEW‼️ Texas Conference of the AAUP statement on #SB18 , a 🧵: Today, the Texas House passed a House version of Senate Bill 18. 1/7
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As the House prepares to debate anti-tenure #SB18 tomorrow here are comments from TX faculty as to why tenure is important at their Community College a🧵: 1/
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🎉🎉Congratulations, @Jairo_I_Funez !! This is a win for all faculty in Texas’ rights to free speech and #academicfreedom which holds that faculty cannot be discriminated against for private political speech.
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UT Austin AAUP
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Congratulations to @Jairo_I_Funez ! @TexasAaup supported him throughout the investigation. This reinstatement is a validation of faculty members’ rights to free speech under the First Amendment. 👏👏👏
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⁦ @UNTsocial ⁩ and Austin Community College students standing up for #academicfreedom #DEI #SB18 #SB17 #txlege
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An interview with undergraduate students ⁦ @UTAustin ⁩ mourning the loss of the university’s Multicultural Engagement Center following anti-DEI SB 17. As @queermigrations Karma Chavez reminds viewers these are spaces student fought hard to build. 😢
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New Texas Law Prohibits Public Colleges, Universities From Having DEI...

A new Texas law prohibits public universities from having special programs supporting minority and LGBTQ students. Critics say these diversity, equity and inclusion programs are discriminatory and...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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A huge thank you to @TexasforDEI who have poured their blood, sweat and tears into the battle against anti-DEI #SB17 . We are grateful for your leadership in opposing this hateful bill. ❤️❤️❤️
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Many students testifying that protests @UTAustin were nonviolent BEFORE police arrived. A Muslim student tells lawmakers she did not feel safe on campus. She does not know what else to say because she does not believe lawmakers are actually listening to her. 🎧🎧
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Hmmm. Is it “indoctrination” that’s on the rise or political resistance to teaching about racism and inequality??
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Texas House Republican Caucus
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With indoctrination by tenured university professors on the rise, the Texas House is reforming how institutions of higher education grant an employee tenure. #SB18 will make way for faculty and staff to bring in fresh ideas to keep pace with changing times. #txlege
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One of the 60 staff members fired @UTAustin is testifying about the critical services students have lost. The Uni closed programs and centers that were in FULL compliance with SB 17, including the Monarch Program for undocumented students. 1/2
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🚨Under new Carnegie guidelines a university can achieve R1 status solely based on STEM funding and PhD grads. Old rules required major research expenditures and PhDs granted across a university. Anyone who cares about the humanities should be concerned.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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The attack on higher ed continues. Standing with our colleagues at UNC Greensboro. ✊
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Please sign the Petition Against Program Elimination at UNCG! Share widely! Link to petition: Faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students, alumni, retired faculty, donors, community members, and beyond are all encouraged to sign!
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🚨We are deeply disappointed to learn of academic freedom and due process violations against two TAs @UTAustin . We urge administration to reverse the TAs’ suspension immediately. ⬇️⬇️
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Rice University Pres. tells how state politics are pushing away new faculty hires. His remarks follow AAUP survey finding many TX professors are seeking employment elsewhere.
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Texas politics pushing away new faculty hires at Rice University

Rice University is pushing to hire around 200 new faculty members as part of an...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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In light of the passage of #SB17 banning diversity, equity and inclusion officers, we ask our public university and community college administrations to look for ways to make the best continuing use of the invaluable service to our campus communities by DEI staff and faculty. 🙏
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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@UTAustin prof. ⁦⁦ @albutters : “University and state leaders have mischaracterized the intentions and nature of the protesters in order to justify a crackdown, and rather than making students safer, have unleashed a torrent of hate toward them.”
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Teaching Middle East Journalism in the Midst of a Crackdown

A University of Texas professor considers the effects of an alarmingly disproportionate police response to peaceful campus protests

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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Prof. Karma Chávez @queermigrations on how @UTAustin faculty of color, @NAACP_LDF , @TexasforDEI and @aaup_utAustin members among others built a powerful coalition in response to state lawmakers’ attacks on #DEI , #academicfreedom , and #HigherEd ! 👊🏻👊🏽👊🏿
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Lessons from AAUP Advocacy in Texas

This article is part of a series, "Dispatches from States under Legislative Attack." On February 14, 2022, well into the nationwide assault on the teaching of critical race theory, the University of

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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With both anti-DEI #SB17 and anti-tenure #SB18 in conference committee, here’s a reminder of what comes next in the legislative process: If the conferees reach agreement, both houses would have to adopt the conference committee report(s) by majority vote or the bill(s) die. 1/
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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🌟🌟🌟ACTION ALERT ‼️ It is urgent to contact your Chancellor’s office, as well as the Faculty Senate President, Provost, and other Administrators at your institution, to ask them to create a faculty-led committee at the system/district level to update tenure policies. 🧵1/7
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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“If the professor is terminated Oct. 31, this would be the first known instance of a tenured faculty member being fired in Texas after the governor in June signed into law SB18 — a new rule that regulates tenure at public universities.”
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'Challenging this termination': UT-Tyler professor fired without due process, emails say

National and Texas AAUP sent letters to UT Tyler President Wednesday night asking for them to rescind a resignation for not providing due process.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Please sign and share to help get the American Indian/Native Studies course back on track for review and approval by Texas State Board of Education this year. 👇
@esntx2
Ethnic Studies Network of Texas
@esntx2
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The Texas SBOE has yet to add the American Indian/Native Studies course to the April agenda. If it is not added this Spring, the course could be delayed indefinitely. Sign and share the petition here:
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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URGENT:🚨 Brian Evans, president of the TX AAUP Conference, urges all TX public #HigherEd institutions to formulate campus-specific policies on tenure revocation to (1) comply with #SB18 and (2) create additional safeguards like those passed by the Faculty Senate @TexasTech 1/9🧵
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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The House votes to pass #SB18 . The House version of the bill weakens, but does not end tenure as the Senate version does. After the bill passes the third reading it will likely go to conference committee where the two versions of the bill will be reconciled. 1/
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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@OrtizGuajillo Sending strength and solidarity. ❤️❤️❤️We will not stop fighting back.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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Agreed! Much still remains to be seen with both #SB17 and #SB18 but we are grateful to be in coalition with all of these groups, and thankful for the work of so many individuals who called and emailed reps., visited staffers, testified and demonstrated. Thank you all. 🙏🙏
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UT Austin AAUP
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@AAUP @TexasAaup @TXFacultyAssoc @txblackcaucus @queermigrations It’s not over until it’s over, but this is a good time to say we appreciate the support of @AAUP @TexasAaup @TexasAFT @txblackcaucus @TexasforDEI @NAACP_LDF @TXFacultyAssoc
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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⭐️⭐️Today we will be live tweeting the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Hearings on anti-DEI SB 17, the governor’s Executive Order expanding the definition of antisemitism, and free speech policies on college campuses. Watch the live stream here:
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Senator José Menéndez @Menendez4Texas requested that members of the public who testified today send him their comments. He said the testimonies need to be taken into account moving forward. 📩📬
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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Thank you to @johnbryantfortx for making a final attempt to stop anti-DEI bill #SB17 from passing the House. Unfortunately his point of order was withdrawn, and the bill passed the House. It now heads to the governor’s desk.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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⭐️⭐️While university leaders label pro-Palestinian protestors as “disruptive,” their own actions have been far more detrimental to the functioning of institutions of higher education. Dennis Hogan on academic “disruption from above.” ⬇️
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Who Has the Right to “Disrupt” the University?

The very administrators now cracking down on student protests’ “disruptiveness” have been dismantling higher education for decades.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Joint Press Release by Texas AAUP and Texas NAACP on Police Crackdown on UT Austin Teach-In – AAUP @UT
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Joint Press Release by Texas AAUP and Texas NAACP on Police Crackdown on UT Austin Teach-In

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Texas NAACP and Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Contacts: Gary Bledsoe, President, Texas NAACP, [email protected], a…

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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NEW‼️ “This is a giant step backwards for our diverse state of Texas.” Our statement on the #txlege ’s passage of anti-DEI #SB17 : ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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A university staff member shares the climate of fear she is working under. Her colleagues would not testify for fear of retribution. They are awaiting further staff firings. Because SB 17 is so unclear programs are being closed by legal advisors “just to be safe.”
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Brian Evans, Interim Pres., TX branch of the AAUP: “This is so out of line with national due-process standards for tenured faculty…If this is the minimum set of legal protections defined by state law, those are not competitive nationally.” ⬇️⬇️
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
@TexasAaup
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We are stronger with ⁦ @TexasAFT ⁩! Our recent vote to affiliate unites higher education employees and K-12 public educators in the fight to protect academic freedom and unify faculty voices at the local, state, and federal levels! Join us! 👊🏻👊🏽👊🏿
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Amid Attacks on Higher Education, Texas AAUP Votes to Affiliate with Texas AFT ‣ Texas AFT

Last Saturday, members of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors voted to affiliate with the Texas American Federation of Teachers.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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A mother of two trans @UTAustin students testifies that her children chose UT because of the supportive services it offered for LGBTQ students. Now she wonders if her children are actually safe in campus. “Is that equal opportunity? I don’t think so.”
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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A sad day for #HigherEd in Texas. But we will continue fighting for DEI and #academicfreedom . 💔💔
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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and violates Dr. Jairo Fúnez-Flores’ state and constitutional rights. The Texas AAUP stands with the National AAUP in urging, in the strongest possible terms, Texas Tech University System and Texas Tech University to promptly and fully reinstate Dr. Fúnez-Flores…2/3
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Texas’s war on #highereducation is just getting started. Anyone who cares about Texas’s future should be very, very concerned. 👇👇
@aaup_utAustin
UT Austin AAUP
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Saddle up for the next session, folks.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Committee Hearing on #SB18 closed! Chair John Kuempel has never heard a bill with 0 supporters testifying. Testimony in #SB17 beginning now.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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⭐️⭐️”The AAUP and its chapters defend the right to free speech and peaceful protest on university campuses, condemn the militarized response by institutional leaders to these activities, and vehemently oppose the politically motivated assault on higher education.”
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Irene Mulvey
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ICYMI @AAUP 's latest statement "In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses. " Sign on info at end of statement. 🙏to the dozens of organizations that have signed on already. Join us! @AFTHigherEd @AFTunion
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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⭐️⭐️Our Pres. Brian Evans: SB 17 was always a solution in search of a problem….SB 17 sends a message to marginalized students that they are not welcome….If SB 17 were reversed tomorrow it would be a long hard road to make our universities competitive again. #NotOurTexas
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🌟🌟NEW Press Release! Results from the AAUP’s survey of TX faculty are in. More than 1/4 of respondents are considering leaving the state; more than 2/3 would NOT recommend a position in TX to a colleague. Political climate is #1 reason for concern. 👇👇
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🚨”A violation of the University’s mission and core values.” More than 100 faculty @UT_Dallas have signed the following letter objecting to the use of police force to break up pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus.
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UTD Faculty Letter May, 2024

May 10, 2024* To the President, Provost, Deans, and other leadership of UT Dallas: We write as Comet faculty proudly committed to the University’s stated mission of “graduating well-rounded citizens...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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⁦ @MonicaMnzMtz ⁩ “Every student has a right to learn their full history!” “Truthful accounts of history are not dangerous, they are inspiring.” “DEI programs are in part an attempt to remedy the long history of discrimination and segregation…” #FreedomtoLearn #Txlege
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🚨Anxiety among TX faculty is real, but NEITHER anti-DEI SB17 nor SB 18 codifying tenure in state law affect content, discussion and instruction in courses at public colleges or universities. We must resist the chilling of speech and learning on campus.
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New laws fueling fear at college campuses, causing some faculty to leave state

While the laws that put an end to DEI offices and changed tenure policy haven't triggered a mass exodus, some worry about their longterm impact.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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“If students allege they are being disciplined for actions they undertook that were consistent with their First Amendment rights, they absolutely can get a court to intervene to set aside that discipline” - Prof. Keith Whittington
@insidehighered
Inside Higher Ed
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The Litigation After the Protest Storm After tense campus protests over the Israel-Hamas War resulted in hundreds of arrests and suspensions, universities are facing a wave of lawsuits in the fallout. #HigherEd
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🚨🚨⁦⁦In yet another example of over-enforcement of anti-DEI SB 17 today @UT_Dallas ⁩ President Richard Benson announced the shuttering of the Office of Campus Resources and Support (OCRS) and the firing of twenty staff. #NotOurTexas
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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🌟🌟Important update! To counter the chilling affect of anti-DEI Texas Senate Bill 17, the Texas Conference of the AAUP has put together a rider instructors of #highered at public colleges and universities in TX can add to their syllabi. Rider language and link follow…🧵 1/4
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Chemistry Professor Brent Iverson testifies that the majority of federal research grant money goes to fund and train graduate and undergraduate students. SB 17 threatens hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding in Texas that trains future generations.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Gallego: “The only people who would feel fully welcome in Texas would be the academic recruiters coming from other states to steal our faculty.” In fact, this has already begun. To stop 🛑 the “brain drain” let #SB18 die!
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Former TX lawmaker Pete Gallego: “Texas attracts the nation’s top talent — but with no chance at tenure, the best new teachers and brightest scholars will head to states that offer that potential job security…” 👇👇👇
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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ACTION ALERT‼️Faculty, administrators, students, and staff must have a voice in the implementation of #SB17 and #SB18 . We urge you to reach out to the Faculty Senate President, Provost Office, and Chief Academic Affairs Officer at your public university or community college! 1/🧵
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Sameeha Rizvi of Texas Students for DEI: “Dear Politicians, let me make one thing clear, DEI is woven into the very fabric of a this state, so stop messing with Texas! We won’t sit idly by while you try and destroy our futures.” #FreedomtoLearn #TxLege
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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⭐️⭐️A new student group, #NOTOURTEXAS , has come together to protest @UTAustin ’s over-implementation of anti-SB17, including the purge of 60 former DEI staff this week. Find them on Instagram. ⬇️⬇️
@thedailytexan
The Daily Texan
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Happy Friday, Longhorns! In today’s issue: + Hundreds of flyers and sticky notes reading “ #NOTOURTEXAS ” were posted all over campus around midnight Thursday + Rapper and founder of Cactus Jack @trvisXX and @Fanatics CEO @michaelrubin visited @UTHogg on Thursday + No. 4/5
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Whether the excuse is financial pressure, DEI, or “woke” professors, the attack on academia is national. From Texas and Florida to New York and Connecticut we are fighting the same fight, to save #HigherEd and #academicfreedom . Join @AAUP . ✊
@cnewf
Christopher Newfield
@cnewf
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Manhattan College has now fired 25% of its faculty since June 15, 2023
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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☎️☎️Calling on all faculty, staff, and graduate students to join the AAUP in advocating for academic freedom! Academic freedom, which is the freedom from censorship by the institution or government, is under attack in Texas and across the US. 🧵
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
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Zero people have testified in favor!
@meganmmenchaca
Megan Menchaca
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We're now at 40+ people who have testified or signed up to testify against the Texas House Committee on Higher Education advancing Senate Bill 18. About 12 hours after the meeting began, we're still at zero people who have testified in favor of passing it. #txlege
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