SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon

Read Our National Call to Action here: released by the SUNY UFS Executive Committee in September, endorsed by the full body in October! hdl.handle.net/1951/89089

SUNY's University Faculty Senate and Faculty Council of Community Colleges, the system-wide governance bodies for SUNY's 64 schools, have both signed America's Compact for Higher Education 🎉 ✊️

New episode of AAUP Presents podcast is out! We discuss the AAUP report, “Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, & Shared Governance,” which exposes how the Trump admin has extended its pay-to-play approach to governance into higher education. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ bit.ly/47BZn8a

I am consistently vexed by the fact that elite consensus is more interested in holding US colleges and universities accountable for things that they have a little control over - white color wages, rent in Santa Barbara - than things they can influence - campus safety, instructional approach.

Thanks so much to student journalist Brendan Fijol, who allowed what was supposed to be a fluff piece on a new faculty book to instead highlight the catastrophic state of academic labor at GU & beyond, and the coordinated attacks on thought since 2020. + @devingarofalo.bsky.social

The plain fact of it is thus: the Trump administration wants to re-segregate higher education. It is a racist project straight-up-no-chaser. Accommodating any of this puts you on the wrong side of history, makes you a collaborator in this project. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Student debt dampens the positive economic effects of #highered. Among college grads, Black women are the group most likely to hold student debt. This debt constrains their ability to build wealth. #UncertainPathway bit.ly/39mn6ye #Debt #EconSky

The right-wing trick - what it did with most previous govt services (cut, privatize, complain about result) - now in public higher ed. Fight w budget action. Follow the money, demand change over the money $$$. Cuts are not the solution to the problem. Cuts are the problem. Stop accepting less.

I’m so glad @sunyofficial.bsky.social is a founding member of this initiative and has been acting on its underlying principles for years. I appreciate @sunychancellor.bsky.social John King’s vision, leadership, and untiring efforts to advance student success across SUNY. This, too, is #MADC

It’s Inauguration Day! Congratulations, President Treadwell!!

Congratulations to the 14th President of SUNY Geneseo, Melinda Treadwell! @sunygeneseo.bsky.social what an amazing, moving, joyful day! Thank you for having me, and best wishes for a long and successful tenure to Pres. Treadwell! (Don’t mind me, heading off to dry my eyes before hitting the road.)

We're having an in-person launch for the new book at the University of Mississippi today! @marcwatkins.bsky.social and I will be there on site, and @anetv.bsky.social will join us virtually. If you're in Oxford, come join us at 2:30pm Central at the Johnson Commons!

“International students, full-time faculty and part-time faculty in particular—we were all feeling very vulnerable,” said Hank Kalet, a journalism lecturer and vice president of the adjunct faculty union. “So these protections became a central focus for a lot of our members.” #academicfreedom

Our Operations Committee continues to get the job done! hdl.handle.net/1951/89147

Our Student Life Committee is doing great work. Note the collaboration with the Faculty Council of Community Colleges, @csvacin.bsky.social hdl.handle.net/1951/89149

"The current debate about the value of college is important, as it challenges us to check our assumptions about the college-for-all movement."—CEW's Jeff Strohl talks about the challenges facing postsecondary education. More here: bit.ly/47ymvEg #College #AcademicSky

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"Let’s help @uconn.bsky.social’s students to have a say in #AI, and let’s mobilize as a community to protect them from exploitation." #DefendHigherEd @aaup.org @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @uconnaaup.bsky.social

SUNY could create more public money than it already does. www.google.com/goto?url=CAE...

Likely the most important thing I've ever written — if you're an academic and the AI mania unsettles you, here's my best shot at presenting some intellectual tools that might help you articulate why. arxiv.org/abs/2610.27251

I am an NIH scientist, I am not anonymous, and RFK jr is destroying the NIH

This is great and SUFS deserves credit for their work. 💪

The director of FEMA is not allowed to do this legally. The director of OMB is not allowed to do this legally. The President of the United States is not allowed to do this legally. They're a gang of criminals, and should suffer the consequences.

I’m going to be talking tomorrow with folks in system about potential breach of contract by CircleIn. So many people put so much effort into getting “AI for the public good” right. This is not the way. There need to be clear consequences whenever corporations ignore established guardrails.

Great story from @texasmonthly.bsky.social on the rise of "neo-mccarthism" at UT www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

If Bhattacharya is now suddenly on the chopping block for saying no to Vought last month, that would imply Bhattacharya did not say no to Vought before — while Vought was tearing down NIH from 2025 until last month.

Empowering more New Yorkers to enjoy the great outdoors! @sunychancellor.bsky.social announced the 14 grant recipients from SUNY's Outdoors for All program which helps support programs so more students,… (1/2)

It's game time! SUNY's Free Application Weeks start Monday. Pick your top five SUNY schools to apply to FOR FREE between October 19th and November 2nd. For more information, go to suny.edu/go. ⚠️ This video was made with NO use of AI. It was made with care by our human creative team ⚠️

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New from @gallup.com: 8 in 10 employers prefer to hire candidates with a college #degree. This study also states that, quote: "nearly half of employers (48%) expect #AI to make #college degrees more important over the next five years." 👇 news.gallup.com/poll/715601/...

Maybe universities shouldn‘t be tying which departments and programs they decide to invest in based on projected job trends they have no actual clue about. Why not just invest proportionally in every field of inquiry rather than underfund some disciplines and overfund others?

If you’re in STEM and you’re eligible to vote in the midterms…YOU BETTER BE VOTING. I want “I VOTED” sticker selfies in the comments. This is an unconstitutional robbery of our scientific ecosystem cen.acs.org/policy/resea...