Update. Here are some press releases and news stories on the lawsuit against the #Trump admin by American Association of University Professors (#AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (#AFT).
* From the AAUP
https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful
* From the AFT
https://www.aft.org/press-release/faculty-unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech
* From The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
* From the NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html
#Academia #Censorship #DefendResearch #MahmoudKhalil #Protests #Travel #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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Nice portrait of my friend and former colleague Todd Wolfson, new pres of #AAUP who's taking it in a more fighting direction
Important new resource!
"Faculty First Responders [exists] to proactively educate and support faculty and administrators about the causes and consequences of right-wing attacks on faculty, while providing advice about how to effectively respond to targeted harassment"
https://facultyfirstresponders.com/
#AAUP pushing back against the coordinated efforts by conservatives to end academic freedom.
#AAUP, #AFT, and other organizations are planning a National Day of Action on April 17th, 2024.
Old Dominion University's AAUP chapter will participate in the event.
We are looking for someone to speak via Zoom to our local on that day about higher education policy in Virginia.
If you are interested - or you know of someone who might be, please email me - rgraham@odu.edu
Addendum 1
Texas’ political environment driving faculty to leave
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/07/texas-higher-education-faculty-dei-tenure/
* legislators passing laws banning diversity initiatives & targeting tenure at state universities
* 1/4 of 1,900 Texas professors surveyed by faculty associations said they plan to look for positions out of state
New instance, first introductory post:
I teach American history at Colorado State University - Pueblo where I cover everything after the Civil War. With respect to research, I specialize in food history. I used to be "that guy who hates MOOCs," and still spend a lot of time on edtech issues, just not publicly anymore. I'm a longtime member of the #AAUP who's working with them and the #AFT to organize my campus and my whole state university system.