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The American Association of University Professors Adelphi University Chapter seeks a Union Organizing & Contract Enforcement Intern (Part Time) to be based in Garden City, NY. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing/31428-… #1u #UnionStrong @aaupadelphi @AAUP

ACLU has filed a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of the plaintiffs, asking the Court to block Texas A&M's censorship policy until a final judgment is made. The Motion includes detailed allegations of how the censorship policy has been enforced throughout the A&M campuses. aclutx.org/cases/american-as…

Today I testified before the Texas A&M Board of Regents in opposition to Agenda Item 4.1, which seeks to remove courses addressing race, gender, multiculturalism, and contemporary social issues from the core curriculum: My name is Dr. Leonard Bright, professor at Texas A&M University. Today, I speak as a Texas citizen and President of the American Association of University Professors–Texas A&M College Station Chapter.   I rise in strong opposition to Agenda Item 4.1.   This proposal prepares students for a world we have left behind—and advances a political agenda unrelated to our educational mission.   It implies that understanding race, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and contemporary society is somehow less fundamental to education.   In what world is that the case?   A world in which our institutions emphasized whiteness, male-domination, and Western-centered? A world in which racial discrimination was written into law, women were denied equal opportunities, and people were persecuted because of their sexuality?   That world existed. And America has spent generations confronting that legacy and struggling to fulfill its promises of liberty, equality, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought in our continuing effort to form a more perfect Union.   North America has never been culturally monolithic. Long before the United States existed (and where you sit right now), hundreds of distinct Indigenous nations inhabited this continent. The nation that followed was shaped by Indigenous peoples, European immigrants, enslaved Africans and their descendants, and successive generations of immigrants from around the world.   That diversity is not peripheral to the American story. It is a fundamental part of the American story.   It shaped our economy and workforce. It shaped our culture, arts, sciences, and institutions. Civil-rights movements led by Americans historically excluded from power forced this nation to more fully honor its constitutional promises. And America's ability to attract talent from around the world has contributed enormously to our leadership in science, technology, medicine, economic innovation, and national security.   So I ask: What could possibly be more fundamental than teaching students about Texas as it is, America as it is, and the world as it is—and preparing them for what all three are becoming?   Yet Texas A&M now appears intent on reshaping our classrooms, programs, and degrees to manufacture a preferred political worldview.   That is political interference in education.   Texas A&M should no more produce conservative students than liberal students.   Our job is not to manufacture a political worldview.   History will judge whether, when confronted with political pressure, this institution had the courage to remain a university—a public good that serves all citizens of this state.   Reject Agenda Item 4.1.

We’re building a national movement for higher ed aftvoices.org/were-building-… @AAUP @AFTunion

Two more days left for AAUP Faculty in the South Survey. We ask have you applied for another job & why? If you are faculty in NC, SC, Va, GA, Fla, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, & Texas fill it out: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Imagine your bank changes the terms of a loan you've been paying down for a decade—it is increases your payment + extends the term by 5yrs. Any commercial bank would be accused of violating basic contract law. So what happens when the Dept of Ed does it? nytimes.com/2026/08/19/busin…

When students lose financial aid, it changes the financial landscape for colleges & universities. Workers bear the impact. Jobs get cut and programs closed. Join us Tues 9/1 at 7pm ET for a virtual Town Hall on the fight to protect and expand Pell Grants. tinyurl.com/PellTownHall

𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗖𝗘 @𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 Join the PSC contingent on Aug. 23rd for this month’s rally at Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ. If you plan to go, email PSC member Geoff Johnson at geoffjohnson@gmail.com for more information.

Professors sue Texas A&M System to block restrictions on race, gender teachings dallasnews.com/news/educatio… via @dallasnews

Great questions about the new core curriculum from UT students. If only there had been an open forum where students and faculty could ask these questions and offer insights before the plan was presented to the Regents… thedailytexan.com/2026/08/14…

Harvard announced that it is closing its writing center and laying off the center’s longtime director—a decision that could have repercussions far beyond Cambridge, @Tyler_A_Harper argues. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…

“Academic workers did not create this crisis. But we intend to fix it by building a system of higher education worthy of this country—affordable & accessible to every qualified student, governed once again by those who teach & learn within it.” insidehighered.com/opinion/v…

"...300 courses were “proactively” modified by faculty members before review." So much obeying in advance. Solidarity, @AAUP ✊️ They will lose in court. Outrageous.

Professors sue Texas A&M System over classroom ban on race, gender ideology houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

The American Association of University Professors has become political because politicians are increasingly making decisions that determine whether higher education can survive, @ProfTWolf, president of the @AAUP, writes in a letter to the editor. wapo.st/465udFf

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Our member John Waters is in @NCRonline explaining how the @StJohnsU administration’s union busting is a rejection of Catholic social teaching, its Vincentian traditions, and the university’s own history. ncronline.org/opinion/guest-… cc @AAUP

“A dystopian academic nightmare.” A Texas University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning Content nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/te… via @NYTimes

“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian & member of the academic freedom committee of the AAUP. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.” apnews.com/article/columbia-…

We stand in solidarity with our colleagues at @HofstraAAUP in their struggle for a fair contract! Administrators at @HofstraU are disrespecting these indispensable workers at the bargaining table with heavy-handed tactics and demands for unacceptable concessions. (1/2)