Pennsylvania AAUP Conference

Pennsylvania AAUP Conference

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The PA—AAUP Conference is a state-wide organization that works to advance AAUP goals. Through a state conference, existing chapters are able to have more influence statewide and new chapters can find the support and guidance they need closer to home.

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BOOM! 💥💥💥 The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted Penn-AAUP’s motion to vacate the bad district court opinion on Trump’s absurd demands. Trump tried to get a list of Jews from Penn & failed, & now, thanks to @aaup-penn.bsky.social, the admin leaves with nothing that it can use elsewhere.

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed
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Yesssssss -- take despair and frustration and turn it into organizing. Fight now, plan for future, produce policy and practice demands.

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A very provocative and important piece from Sylvia Chou and colleagues, who @aaup-penn.bsky.social hosted at Penn last semester. www.aaup.org/toward-recon...

aaup.orgToward the Reconstruction of US Research InfrastructureAcademia must organize now to secure the future of the US academic research enterprise.

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BU President reverses position on Pride flags removal without discussing broader censorship on campus. “The statement did not address the larger pattern of free speech suppression...the admin either does not see those issues as important or does not plan to address them." —Joseph Harris, BU AAUP

wbur.orgBU president pauses removal of pride flags, reversing positionThe pause follows weeks of public backlash by faculty members and others over the administration’s enforcement of a policy it defended as “content neutral.”

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Columbia faculty are proposing to reform Columbia's Board of Trustees with "competitive direct elections" to increase transparency & to reinforce shared governance. Columbia AAUP's Jean Howard claims it is necessary to amend this "unusually insular & inward facing" Board. @aaupcu.bsky.social

columbiaspectator.comUniversity Senate hosts 2 forums on shared governance as student, faculty concerns over current balance of power persistAmid ongoing concerns over shared governance at Columbia, the University Senate held two forums on the subject last week, giving a space for members of the Columbia community to discuss the <a href="h...

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Boston University's removal of Pride flags from faculty offices follows a forty-year-long pattern of silencing political speech on campus and violating the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act. The most recent op-ed in BU AAUP's multipart series with #TheDailyFreePress discusses this history⬇️

dailyfreepress.comOP-ED: A history of suppressing speech on campusOp-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. BU AAUP is the Boston University Chapter of the American Association of University Profe...

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Removing pride flags from public view “suppresses free speech on campus” and is “just one of a growing number of disappointing choices by the administration to contradict the values it purports to champion." —Joseph Harris, Boston University AAUP

wbur.orgBU faculty decry removal of pride flags from campus officesSome faculty members believe university officials are suppressing free speech or expression around certain causes in direct response to the federal government’s crackdown on diversity, equity and incl...

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Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday: “I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”

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“The American Association of University Professors and its faculty, staff, and student members across Texas are committed to defending the freedom to teach so that students have the freedom to learn, and maintaining the excellence of the state’s public colleges and universities.” Share widely!

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⭐️📢PRESS RELEASE: Across Texas, students and faculty at all seven public university systems face efforts to censor student learning and faculty teaching. See below for an overview of the ways AAUP members and leaders are fighting back! Join us! ✊ aaup-texas.org/blog/f/facul...

aaup-texas.orgTexas Faculty Fight Censorship of Students and TeachersFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Mother Jones
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A federal judge voided a Trump administration directive that pressured educational institutions to end all programs related to DEI last month. Sarah Hinger, deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program, walks us through how this ruling could impact state law.

motherjones.comTrump's DEI crackdown hit a wall in court. What's next?Sarah Hinger, deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program, walks though how a federal judge's ruling could impact state law.
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

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UPDATE: 4 Down 5 to Go Who’s Next? When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us. Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DefendHigherEd

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🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social

thedp.comPenn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatmentWith the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.