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AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT Sue Texas Tech over Restrictive Course Content Policies

The AAUP and Texas AAUP-AFT sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the board of regents over two system memoranda that stifled debate, undermined students’ ...
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AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT Seek Injunction to Block Classroom Censorship

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit Texas AAUP-AFT et al.  v. Creighton et al. filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the court to immediately halt enforcement of university policies that restrict ...
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AAUP, AFT Urge Yale to Resist Trump Administration Demands

The AAUP, AFT Connecticut, and the national AFT call on Yale University to reject any negotiated settlement that would ...
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Academic Freedom and the Death of Charlie Kirk

The AAUP condemns the shocking murder of Charlie Kirk and all violent acts committed on college and university campuses. We issued the following response to actions taken in the aftermath of the ...
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AAUP Files Suit in University of California Case

The AAUP and a broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions today filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech within the ...
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Muhlenberg College Violated Academic Freedom in Dismissing Finkelstein

Today, the AAUP is releasing a new report, Academic Freedom and Tenure: Muhlenberg College, on the 2024 dismissal of Dr. Maura Finkelstein, a tenured associate professor and chair of the Department of ...
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AAUP Condemns Wave of Administrative Policies Intended to Crack Down on Peaceful Campus Protest

As an apparent reaction to student protests since last October, a number of college and university administrations have hastily enacted overly restrictive policies dealing with the rights to assemble ...
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Polarizing Times Demand Robust Academic Freedom

Today, the integrity of research, teaching, and learning in US higher education is under sustained attack. In the aftermath of the events of October 7, 2023, powerful campus outsiders—including donors ...
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Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian ...
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Legislation Would Boost Pell Grant Program

The AAUP has joined other education organizations in endorsing the bicameral Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024. The act would nearly double the maximum amount awarded to Pell Grant ...
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Data Snapshot: Full-Time Women Faculty and Faculty of Color

An in-depth look at recent US Department of Education data on the makeup and salaries of full-time faculty members in higher education. This data snapshot provides an updated demographic profile of ...