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Standing up for academic freedom, shared governance, due process, tenure and fairness in higher ed. Member @texasAAUP, Texas AFT @local6741 ❤️RT🚫endorsements.
Austin, TX
Joined March 2023
Our statement: “The AAUP supports collaborative decision-making in administrative hiring, as has been customary at UT Austin until recently. This allows the perspectives of various stakeholders, including faculty, to be heard. 1/
statesman.com
Regents name Jim Davis as sole finalist as president of UT Austin, John Zerwas as sole finalist for chancellor position.
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RT @thecrimson: When the Religion and Public Life program was swept up in raging debates over the Israel-Palestine conflict on campus, Harv….
thecrimson.com
A Divinity School Program Became a Political Liability. In One Semester, Harvard Took It Apart. | News | The Harvard Crimson
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RT @jaweedkaleem: NEW: Senior UCLA and University of California officials say they will negotiate with the Trump administration over liftin….
latimes.com
UCLA and University of California officials said Monday that it will negotiate with Trump over $339 million in medical and science grant freezes.
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RT @SenatorBaldwin: Donald Trump’s budget would have gutted the NIH and taken us a step back in our fight to find cures for deadly diseases….
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A proposed map could trigger U.S. Reps. Casar & Doggett to face each other in a primary for Central Texas’ lone remaining blue district. Or one of them would have2 step aside or run an uphill race for Casar’s new district, based in San Antonio & the solidly red outlying counties.
The Texas redistricting fight spurring a legislative standoff: What you need to know.
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RT @PSU_AAUP: Columbia’s deal reaffirms rather than challenges a narrative of widespread antisemitism, while reinforcing the ongoing erasur….
insidehighered.com
Columbia’s deal reaffirms rather than challenges a narrative of widespread antisemitism, while reinforcing the ongoing erasure of Palestinians, Jennifer Ruth writes.
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The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs has advanced SB 7, seeking to bar transgender Texans from using public gendered spaces—including restrooms and locker rooms in public schools,—aligned with their gender identity.
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Senate Committee Advances Legislation Barring Transgender Texans From Accessing Gendered Public Spaces. Read our full statement: #txlege
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RT @TexasAFLCIO: Workers across this country — from both red & blue states — know what’s at stake with Trump’s rigged redistricting scheme.….
texasaflcio.org
AUSTIN, Texas – Today, the Texas AFL-CIO, California Federation of Labor Unions, Florida AFL-CIO, Illinois AFL-CIO, Missouri AFL-CIO, New York State AFL-CIO, Ohio AFL-CIO and Washington State Labor...
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RT @TAMU_AAUP: This is not how any student should be treated in America. Mr. Kim deserves due process.
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RT @chronicle: Red alert for student visas: Education groups warn that new international enrollments at American colleges could fall by mor….
chronicle.com
Estimates suggest 150,000 fewer new students could be awarded U.S. visas. International-ed groups are urging the State Dept. to deal with the backlog.
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RT @chronicle: Opinion | What happening at Georgetown looks a pretty clear-cut case of violating academic freedom.
chronicle.com
Plus: Incompetence vs. ideology in the classroom.
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RT @TexasAaup: Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities: “what are described as ‘best practices….
insidehighered.com
The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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RT @ruaaup_ptl: Read 🗞️of the Day: a great piece on the work of Paul Boxer & the @RutgersU faculty Senate's Mutual Academic Defense Compact….
newrepublic.com
The press acts as if “higher education” = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland by schools that have a lot more going for them than football.
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RT @ColumbiaSpec: Three ICE officers testified on July 15 in the American Association of University Professors’ lawsuit against President D….
columbiaspectator.com
Three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers testified on July 15 in the American Association of University Professors’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration that they had...
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RT @RyanEQuinn: "Other examples of 'potentially unlawful proxies' include . narratives about how the applicant has overcome obstacles, A….
insidehighered.com
The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected | Race | The Guardian
theguardian.com
Jaime Slaughter-Acey said it was ‘heartbreaking’ to discover her study on Black maternal health was cancelled after the Trump administration’s NIH cuts
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RT @thecrimson: Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has denied to faculty that the University is considering a $500 million settlement wit….
thecrimson.com
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson
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RT @eschisgall: Alan Garber isn’t interested in meeting Trump’s $500 million price tag for Harvard to resolve its disputes with the White H….
thecrimson.com
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson
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RT @JoaquinCastrotx: Six years ago, a gunman in El Paso murdered 23 innocent people and wounded 22 others in the worst targeted attack agai….
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RT @democracynow: "It's going to be impossible to teach a whole range of topics.". Palestinian American scholar Rashid Khalidi is canceling….
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