AAUP-AFT at UT Austin
@aaup_utAustin
Standing up for academic freedom, shared governance, due process, tenure and fairness in higher ed. Member @texasAAUP, Texas AFT @local6741 ❤️RT🚫endorsements.
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/story/news/edu…
“Our entire model of learning is based on the unfettered expression of ideas. Once you start telling people what they can and cannot say, it’s game over. And it’s even worse when we let the government in on the game. That’s what Columbia did”—J. Zimmerman
Opinion | Columbia University didn't just waver from its "North Star" of protecting academic freedom. It threw academic freedom under the bus. chroni.cl/4o6gJAR
Same story, over and over: “This campaign against George Mason and its president isn’t about antisemitism or so-called reverse racism. It’s about political control — plain and simple.”
Opinion | Three GMU professors unravel the network of individuals and ideas that succeeded in removing the president of the University of Virginia and have their sights set on GMU next. chroni.cl/4f7oRx2
The Department of Education helps fund over 18,000 school districts across the country & its funding makes up about 14% of public school budgets, helping to close gaps in underfunded districts. Public education needs more funding, not less. #ProtectPublicEducation
✴️ Great piece on the faculty exodus from @utaustin by @BrantBingamon. Thanks to current and former faculty who were willing to speak out in an increasingly censored environment. AAUP continues to fight for #FreedomToTeach and #FreedomToLearn austinchronicle.com/news/2025-07-2…
“What we see here is the administration doing whatever they can to expedite as many deportations as they can, not only w/o regard to due process for the people going through the system, but also w/o regard to whether it just breaks the system entirely”-@UTAustin Prof. D. Gilman
Moves to end bond for migrants and fire dozens of immigration judges deprive undocumented detainees of due process and may keep them in overcrowded centers longer, experts say. bit.ly/4lOjMwd
Don’t look away from the harm to Texas students.
My advocacy work is centered in my family, students, & community. ICE & “mass deportation” have rocked my students and community this summer—so much so that I haven’t known what to say. But my wife, Hannah, is an amazing writer. Please read her op-ed in today’s Statesman.
Excellent thread on how SB-12 threatens school districts, especially rural ones.
This #TxLege special session, @mayes_middleton's SB-12 would silence the advocacy efforts of #RuralTX and #RuralEd. This bill has been described as “banning taxpayer-funded lobbying,” but it’s really about gutting #TxEd’s voice, particularly in Rural TX. A #TxLege 🧵.
Right-Wing Crackdowns Drive Academics Away From UT and the U.S. austinchronicle.com/news/2025-07-2… via @austinchronicle
“Public education is a public resource. It is what we need to create an enduring democracy and opportunity and dignity for all, and we will not stop fighting for it.” - @rweingarten aft.org/news/senate-fo…
Atlanta HBCUs see applications surge: “The dismantling of DEI and other political constructs have also aided in the increase of interest of attending Black colleges.” ajc.com/education/2025…
Congress can stop the Trump-Vance administration from abandoning public education, but Republicans aren’t using their constitutional powers. Urge your lawmakers to protect kids and communities by releasing funds and rejecting all cuts to education: actionnetwork.org/letters/protec…
Exclusive: The deal that the Trump administration struck with Columbia on Wednesday is now a blueprint for negotiations with other universities, a White House official said on.wsj.com/3IKyDcg
“This isn’t implementation,” Gomez said. “It’s chaos.” 19thnews.org/2025/07/texas-…
We know. Texas Lege is a lot. So here’s a guide to Texas’ special legislative session. texastribune.org/2025/07/18/tex… via @TexasTribune
Report: Faculty Often Missing From University Decisions on AI A new survey from the @AAUP shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security. bit.ly/3H0mcZp
In a closely watched fight over more than $2 billion in canceled federal research funding, a judge said the government’s arguments raised “mind-boggling” questions. chroni.cl/4kPOC6k
New from me on the @AcademeBlog: The Time To Act Is Now: Accreditation Edition Faculty senates need to pass this resolution against the state's control of the higher education accreditation process. academeblog.org/2025/07/23/the…
KU doublespeak: while KU’s new policy applies to “all employees & all affiliates that use ku.edu & kumc.edu email addresses” it also says “this policy shall not apply to or limit or restrict the academic freedom of faculty.” insidehighered.com/news/diversity…
We are in the richest country in the history of the world. There is plenty of money to go around, and it should belong to the people who do the work every day! America’s unions will keep organizing to make sure working people have the freedom, fairness and security they deserve.