Is the Compact 2.0 the Work of Authoritarian Entrepreneurs?
Academic status seeking might drive some campus executives to work with the Trump Administration.
Academic Freedom on the Line
This newsletter examines academic freedom, its role in democratic society, and what is lost when academic institutions face politicized attacks on institutional autonomy and shared governance. Views expressed are those of the authors, and not the AAUP.
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New International Student Visa Rules Squeeze Academic Freedom
Following their now established playbook, the Trump administration is using administrative rules to transform higher education and erode academic freedom.
The Stop WOKE Act Is Stopped!
Victor Ray tells us how important this ruling is and why the long fight is worth it.
Debt: An Under-appreciated Threat to Academic Freedom
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Academic Freedom on the Line: Organizing Lessons from Resisting ICE on Campus
A new podcast episode on how higher education workers can organize to resist rising authoritarianism.
You Can Help Stop the Unmaking of Higher Education
Two chances to be heard on issues that impact us all.
Yale! When it comes to academic freedom, heal thyself!
Yale tells the rest of the world what's "wrong" with higher education while throwing their own faculty under the bus.
The Wrong Debates
Viewpoint diversity and institutional neutrality aren't going to do much to help higher ed.
Academic Freedom First Aid Kit for Digital Security
A key resource for protecting against targeted attacks.
Tangled Up in Blue: Remembering Bill Herbert
A living memorial page for a legendary higher ed scholar, organizer, and activist.
The Higher Education We Can Afford
Hampshire College closes and an institute without faculty arises.
Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers
The right wing make work of those splashy new university centers.
Getting Academic Freedom in Writing
The first comprehensive report on collective bargaining and academic freedom has arrived.
The UT System Creates a Catchall Policy to Preemptively Silence Faculty
You can drive a truck through the phrase "controversies not germane to the course."
Governing Boards Need to Learn to Govern
Talking with Demitri Morgan about what changes on Virginia university boards may tell us about good governance in general.
Textbook Madness in Florida
How the state of Florida came to have approval over a sociology textbook.
Isaac's Annotations: Can Oklahoma End Tenure?
The latest assault on excellence.
The Technology That's Taking Your Freedom
It's more than AI. A Q&A with Matt Seybold.
Texas A&M Instructor Melissa McCoul Shares Her Story
The inside story of a true academic freedom outrage.
America's Censored Campuses
Q&A with Amy Reid of PEN America on a major source of threats to academic freedom.