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It bears repeating: it is unacceptable to respond to peaceful campus demonstrations with violent repression.
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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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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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This is unacceptable.
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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Non-tenure-track positions of all types now account for over 70 percent of all instructional staff appointments in American higher education.
#DefendHigherEd
#Organize
Editorial: U.S. colleges are overusing — and underpaying — adjunct professors (via
@latimesopinion
)
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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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It’s come to this…
“Can you call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested?”
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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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Someone who calls professors “enemies” & openly advocates for an authoritarian takeover of colleges & universities (despite benefiting from both public & ivy league educations) is now on a presidential ticket.
Drop everything & organize like hell now.
#defendhighered
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Nearly 70% of US faculty members hold contingent (nontenured/non-TT) appointments compared to about 47% in 1987. This trend is not sustainable if
#academicfreedom
is to survive in our society.
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“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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"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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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.
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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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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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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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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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"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."
“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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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.
@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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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. 👀
🚨🚨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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"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."
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There appears to be a major problem with due process at
@TexasTech
.
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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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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…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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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.
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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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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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As they should.
As the crackdown on campus protests continues, professors have routinely stood up for their students.
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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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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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House votes 320-91 to urge the Department of Education to codify criticism of Israel as unlawful antisemitism
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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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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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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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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.
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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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
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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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NO CONTRACT, NO PEACE!!!
@ruaaup
@ruaaup_ptl
#FairContractNow
#RUonStrike
Support Rutgers unions strike fund here:
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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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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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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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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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"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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The inevitable result of a relentless campaign to destroy public education in Florida…
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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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…👀
In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his GOP allies.
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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?
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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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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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“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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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
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The AAUP has released a new statement on Academic Boycotts, which was written & unanimously approved by Committee A on Academic Freedom & adopted by the AAUP’s governing Council on August 9.
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The transparent use of
@NewCollegeofFL
as a political stunt to further a presidential campaign has very real consequences.
NCF faculty votes to censure the New College of Florida Board of Trustees:
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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.
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#AcademicFreedom
@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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BREAKING:
As WVU Board meets to vote on massive program cuts, AAUP calls out lack of faculty involvement, urges adherence to academic due process
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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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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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Ahead of the fall semester, the AAUP condemns the wave of administrative policies intended to crack down on peaceful campus protests.
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The AAUP's full report: Political Interference & Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System is out now:
#DefendHigherEd
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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.
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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.
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“There’s no compelling reason why the university has to do this. They already had these students arrested. The idea that the university is intent on permanently damaging these kids’ futures is so anti-education, it’s breathtaking.”
-Rebecca Karl,
@aaup_nyu
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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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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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The ascension of J. D. Vance to the Republican presidential ticket has brought the decades-long battle to define the future of American higher education to a tipping point.
Statement from AAUP president Todd Wolfson (
@ProfTWolf
)
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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.
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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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Today, the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom released a new white paper that examines the partisan megadonors funding of right wing attacks on higher education.
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Read the full report here:
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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."
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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.
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The "Professors are the Enemy" is running for vice-president.
“This is What They Say They’re Doing. And They’re Doing it!”
We should take them at their word.
A Conversation w/ Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of
#AcademicFreedom
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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
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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.
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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🧵: 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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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.
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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...
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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.
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"AAUP's statement reflects growing concerns among many in academia that the heated political climate & increasingly polarized debates around issues of free speech, diversity & inclusion on campus are leading to a crackdown on legitimate protest & dissent."
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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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BREAKING: Faculty at Eastern Michigan University are going on STRIKE for a fair contract.
Show your solidarity: Follow
@EMUAAUP
#1U
#FairContractNow
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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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
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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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.”
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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.
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DeSantis on the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion at Florida colleges
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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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“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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Congratulations to the new elected leadership of the AAUP:
@ProfTWolf
, Rotua Lumbantobing,
@DanielleAubert
, & Chenjerai Kumanyiki
@catchatweetdown
Get to know
@AAUP
’s new leadership:
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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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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.
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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.
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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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We are out here! 💥 💥 💥
The AAUP Summer Institute at
@waynestate
has officially begun!
✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿
#AAUPSI2024
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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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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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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
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BREAKING: The AAUP has released a report outlining the
@BORUSG
’s flagrant violation of long established principles on
#academicfreedom
& tenure. 🧵
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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...
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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.
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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.
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