George Station<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> </p><p>New report:<br>Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions</p><p>Full text of the report is at the link, as well as a PDF version.</p><p>There's also a huge honkin' resource guide supporting the recommendations, but I haven't reviewed that yet.</p><p><a href="https://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/aaup-policies-reports/topical-reports/artificial-intelligence-and-academic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/reports-publications/</span><span class="invisible">aaup-policies-reports/topical-reports/artificial-intelligence-and-academic</span></a></p>
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Vida Latina :mastodonworld:<p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scholars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tenure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tenure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>College</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Muhlenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muhlenberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FIRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FIRE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MauraFinkelstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MauraFinkelstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Zionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zionists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> </p><p>🎁 🔗 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/magazine/academic-freedom-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.gQ30.UhQ4hZH-6cxj&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/06/magazin</span><span class="invisible">e/academic-freedom-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.gQ30.UhQ4hZH-6cxj&smid=url-share</span></a></p>
janggolan<p>Resources on Legislative Threats to Higher Education (regular updates as well): <br><a href="https://www.mla.org/Resources/Advocacy/Resources-on-Legislative-Threats-to-Higher-Education" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mla.org/Resources/Advocacy/Res</span><span class="invisible">ources-on-Legislative-Threats-to-Higher-Education</span></a><br>The <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLA</span></a> is collaborating with other organizations, including <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/PEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PEN</span></a> America’s Freedom to Learn Network, the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ACLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACLS</span></a>, and the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>, to speak out against state and local encroachment on higher education and gathering resources to help you navigate the current moment.</p>
George Station<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> </p><p>The latest issue of Academe is a good primer for anyone trying to get their head around federal (& red state) attacks on higher education.</p><p>(BTW "primer" is with a short "I" here)</p><p><a href="https://www.aaup.org/issue/spring-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">aaup.org/issue/spring-2025</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
babakofi<p><a href="https://union.place/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> ruled that Middle East Studies Association (<a href="https://union.place/tags/MESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MESA</span></a>) & <a href="https://union.place/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> case over <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> policy of arresting and threatening <a href="https://union.place/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> for lawful speech can go forward<br><a href="https://union.place/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://mailchi.mp/mesana/mesa-lawsuit-ideological-deportation-academic-freedom-us-13445714" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/mesana/mesa-lawsuit</span><span class="invisible">-ideological-deportation-academic-freedom-us-13445714</span></a></p>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.thelantern.com/2025/04/ohio-state-student-and-faculty-organizations-speak-out-against-student-visa-revocations/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ohio State student and faculty organizations speak out against student visa revocations - Laurence Myers-Bailey</a>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> professors sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration over funding cut threats</p><p>by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WBUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WBUR</span></a></p><p>"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> discrimination on campus.</p><p>"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.</p><p>"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a>, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.</p><p>"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.</p><p>" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'</p><p>"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inquiry</span></a> at Harvard.'</p><p>"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> and students that engaged in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harva</span><span class="invisible">rd-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
AIF-Massachusetts<p>Happening Saturday in Cambridge, MA:</p><p>STAND UP HARVARD!<br>Rally to STOP the domino effect!</p><p>Join Cambridge community leaders in solidarity with Harvard faculty to call out federal overreach for what it is: an attack on academic freedom - and democracy itself.</p><p>RAIN OR SHINE!</p><p>SATURDAY APRIL 12th, 2025<br>12 PM - 2 PM <br>CAMBRIDGE COMMON, HARVARD SQUARE</p><p>Harvard Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 50501, and City of Cambridge</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/1jvfq0l/rally_on_cambridge_common/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comme</span><span class="invisible">nts/1jvfq0l/rally_on_cambridge_common/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarvardUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a></p>
John McChesney-Young<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> and others are sponsoring a National Day of Action for Higher Education on April 17th.<br><a href="https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dayofactionforhighered.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>I haven't seen anything about it on Mastodon but I admit I might have missed it.</p>
Ben Lockwood, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PennState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennState</span></a> (or central <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PA</span></a>) people across the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> – Sign this letter to tell congressman Glenn Thompson (PA) to publicly oppose the cuts to federal funding for research, healthcare, and education. </p><p>We'll be delivering the letter to his office on 4/8 as part of the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/killthecuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>killthecuts</span></a> national day of action ✊ </p><p>Please give this post a boost so it gets to the right people</p><p><a href="https://www.jotform.com/form/250887035514055" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jotform.com/form/2508870355140</span><span class="invisible">55</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/UAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAW</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>A faculty-led open letter (with union co-sponsorship) about USC's response to federal actions went to <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/USC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USC</span></a> administrators today! 270 signatures from faculty, staff, & students initiated by our <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> chapter </p><p>Read here:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vR4zupYs_XJN3hRUjuCNfZgO4ZU4eZPKb5RAkhw0v4aounGCCg2_wI-uHwRYS0jaN7MQh9NN08OhdAx/pub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/u/1/d</span><span class="invisible">/e/2PACX-1vR4zupYs_XJN3hRUjuCNfZgO4ZU4eZPKb5RAkhw0v4aounGCCg2_wI-uHwRYS0jaN7MQh9NN08OhdAx/pub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>American Association of University Professors [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>] v. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a></p><p>A case challenging the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s policy of ideological deportation.</p><p>"On March 25, 2025, the Knight Institute filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian activism. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), AAUP’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYU</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a> campus chapters, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEastStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastStudies</span></a> Association, argues that the policy chills noncitizens from speaking and, by extension, robs these organizations and their U.S. citizen members of noncitizens’ perspectives on a matter of significant public debate.</p><p>"The lawsuit responds to a climate of repression and fear on university campuses. Federal agencies are attempting to deport multiple individuals for their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> advocacy, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>, a leader of protests at Columbia University. These actions have sent chills through the community of noncitizen students and faculty on campuses around the country, causing some to pull out of academic conferences, stay home from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>, and withdraw from other forms of public advocacy and engagement.</p><p>"The lawsuit alleges that the administration’s policy of ideological deportation violates the First Amendment right of the plaintiffs to hear from and associate with noncitizen students and faculty, that it is unconstitutionally vague, and that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act. The suit seeks a court order declaring that the policy is unlawful and enjoining the federal government from enforcing it."</p><p>Status: Complaint filed on March 25, 2025.</p><p>Case Information: American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, No. 1:25-cv-10685 (D.Mass).</p><p><a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-v-rubio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-</span><span class="invisible">v-rubio</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YunseoChung</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>, Allies Sue over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faculty</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawfulSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulSpeech</span></a></p><p>"The national AAUP; chapters at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYU</span></a>; and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEastStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastStudies</span></a> Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> and other protected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> activities. </p><p>"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AhilanArulanantham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AhilanArulanantham</span></a>, and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.</p><p>"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association. </p><p>"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> and intense fear on university <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/campuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campuses</span></a>, 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'</p><p>"'The Trump administration is going after international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholars</span></a> and students who speak their minds about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> or who provide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderAffirming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAffirming</span></a> health care or who research <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson. </p><p>"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JameelJaffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JameelJaffer</span></a>, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-</span><span class="invisible">over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Here are some press releases and news stories on the lawsuit against the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin by American Association of University Professors (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>) and the American Federation of Teachers (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFT</span></a>).</p><p>* From the AAUP<br><a href="https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-</span><span class="invisible">over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful</span></a></p><p>* From the AFT<br><a href="https://www.aft.org/press-release/faculty-unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aft.org/press-release/faculty-</span><span class="invisible">unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech</span></a> </p><p>* From The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p><p>* From the NYTimes<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/professors-sue-trump.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> demands unprecedented control at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, alarming scholars and speech groups</p><p>By COLLIN BINKLEY and JAKE OFFENHARTZ<br>Updated 7:52 PM EDT, March 14, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.</p><p>"Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEasternStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEasternStudies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAsianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsianStudies</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanStudies</span></a> Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.' The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding, including $400 million already pulled over allegations of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>.</p><p>"Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, it was seen as a stunning intrusion.</p><p>"'It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,' said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>]. 'Even during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> period in the United States, this was not done.'"</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Christine Johnson<p>"Sacrificing the principles and independence of the University in the short-term hope of pacifying the administration will not work. By abandoning our most vulnerable and stigmatized colleagues, we would simply invite further threats and the eventual destruction of things that are worth fighting for."</p><p>Profs. Vincent Brown and Walter Johnson of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> History Department on standing up to <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/7/brown-johnson-harvard-trump-dei-aaup/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/</span><span class="invisible">7/brown-johnson-harvard-trump-dei-aaup/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a></p>
Ⓐ Consciousness Revolutions 🏴<p>Attention <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cornell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cornell</span></a> students:<br>"What the fuck is happening? The end of American democracy?"</p><p>Join faculty for a TEACH-IN on recent executive orders. Sponsored by Cornell chapter of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.thelantern.com/2025/03/photo-gallery-striking-scenes-from-tuesdays-protest-against-senate-bill-1-and-ohio-states-dei-changes/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Striking scenes from Tuesday’s protest against Senate Bill 1 and Ohio State’s DEI changes - Anthony Hanna</a>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.thelantern.com/2025/03/buckeyes-dont-stand-for-foolishness-roughly-900-students-faculty-and-staff-gather-to-protest-sb-1-criticize-university-president-ted-carter-jr-and-state-legislature/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">‘Buckeyes don’t stand for foolishness’: Roughly 900 students, faculty and staff gather to protest SB 1, criticize university President Ted Carter Jr. and state legislature - Laurence Myers-Bailey</a>
inquiline<p>Nice portrait of my friend and former colleague Todd Wolfson, new pres of <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> who's taking it in a more fighting direction ✊ </p><p><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/10/30/aaups-new-president-not-staying-neutral" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/news/facult</span><span class="invisible">y-issues/academic-freedom/2024/10/30/aaups-new-president-not-staying-neutral</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a></p>
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