The Wesleyan Argus reports on the May Day rally in support of workers across campus. The rally was organized by Wesleyan United Student/Labor Action Coalition, the Wesleyan AAUP, the Wesleyan Union of Student Employees (WesUSE), OPEIU Local 153, and Local 217 Connecticut. @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social

“The university is producing ideas … that wealthy and well-connected people disagree with on political grounds. They misinterpret that as ideological.” -- Isaac Kamola (President of Trinity AAUP and Director of the @aaup.org Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom)

Florida uses public universities to build conservative civics pipeline ahead of ‘America 250’

Several civics centers opened in Florida as part of the Department of Education’s America 250 Civics Education Coalition to “renew patriotism”

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"education is a right, not a privilege" -- Kate Jackson and Jeremy Gilbert, student interns for @csuaaup.bsky.social ctmirror.org/2026/04/28/a...

Opinion: A public education should be attainable for all

It is an unfortunate reality that the pursuit of higher education has become a financial burden for the majority of students.

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"What are Yale’s institutional priorities? It is hard to reconcile the call to 're-center the classroom' with decisions that reduce the number of instructors teaching the courses that anchor undergraduate education." -- Daniel HoSang and Alessandro Gomez of @yaleaaup.bsky.social

Rally at the CT State Capitol on “Tax Day,” hosted by Connecticut For All, a statewide coalition of labor, community and faith organizations. @uconnaaup.bsky.social and @csuaaup.bsky.social were represented at the rally

Rally planned at CT State Capitol on ‘Tax Day’ calling for greater fairness for middle class

Health care workers, union members, students and small business owners will hold a rally at the Connecticut State Capitol calling on lawmakers to create a more fair tax system.

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"AI is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining" because “AI will impact our working conditions." -- Louise Williams, President of @csuaaup.bsky.social

AI reading your resume? This Connecticut bill would require employers to tell you

Labor unions say AI is changing the workforce now, but employers argue the bill would increase expenses.

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Wesleyan AAUP thrilled to participate in this year's MAY DAY celebration! @aaup.org @ct-aaup.bsky.social

NEW: Preliminary findings released today from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey reveal that real wages for full-time faculty decreased & remain below pre-pandemic levels. The FCS is the largest independent source of data on faculty salaries. Check out preliminary findings below. ⬇️

Faculty Compensation Survey

The AAUP publishes faculty compensation survey results in the spring for the current academic year and a full report in the summer.

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“Professor Shelton has courage. He is not afraid of losing his job for saying exactly what he thinks. Through the efforts of the AAUP, he is secure from dismissal on that score. If faculty were made like a sales force in ease of hiring & firing, it would be a death-blow to free speech" -- Dec. 1927

Yale students support “the right to teach without fear of censorship or reprisal" -- Daniel HoSang @yaleaaup.bsky.social yaledailynews.com/articles/stu...

“If we want to be considered a flagship university where top researchers want to come, where students think they’re going to get a great education, then we have to maintain breadth--and breadth requires programs small and large" --Jeremy Pressman of @uconnaaup.bsky.social

UConn faculty call out closure of small programs, say they fear bigger cuts ahead

University of Connecticut’s continued evaluation of small programs with low enrollment is troubling several university professors who say that the review process lacks transparency, may impact majors, and contributes to fears of wider cuts …

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“What does the University of Connecticut stand for? What do we want of the flagship university in the state, what should it offer?” -- Valerie Duffy @uconnaaup.bsky.social on threats to low-enrollment academic programs www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

You have this confluence of this right-wing attack machine that had been focusing on higher education for two decades that now is able to move away from the language of race and gender and also weaponize accusations of antisemitism - Isaac Kamola @aaup.org Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom

The Fight to Defend Pro-Palestine Speech on Campus Isn’t Over

Targeted for pro-Palestine speech, these academics are refusing to back down.

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"What we’re doing is making it harder for students to prepare themselves for the future job market in the long run by failing to give them the breadth of skills that they’ll need." -- Wynn Gadkar Wilcox, WCSU-AAUP on the limitations of a 90-credit bachelor’s degree @csuaaup.bsky.social

Connecticut 3-Year Degree Bill Dies in Committee

Advocates are concerned about falling behind neighboring states, but opponents worry about quality and confusing students.

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CT House Bill 5550 would exempt course syllabi from disclosure, given the politically-motivated attacks on research and teaching related to DEI and LGBTQ topics. @uconnaaup.bsky.social testified for the exemption, noting that record requests have been weaponized to target and harass faculty

Why Connecticut could shield college course syllabuses from the public

The legislation reflects rising concerns about college material being used to weaponize open records laws to target or harass faculty.

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Amid a flurry of articles on how funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom are pushing US researchers to Europe, @isaackamola.bsky.social emphasizes that a lack of mobility is actually the norm. “That’s why it’s important to be fighting to preserve academic freedom," he says. @aaup.org

“We’ve lost a generation of scientists”: US talent turns to France

Funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom are driving US researchers to seek opportunities in Europe, as stakeholders warn of “historic damage” to America’s scientific ecosystem.

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want to get involved in state-level AAUP work? RUN FOR OFFICER of the CT State Conference AAUP! nominations & self-noms due March 14 more info: ctsc-aaup.org/2026-28-ct-s... @aftct.bsky.social @csuaaup.bsky.social @uconnaaup.bsky.social @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social @yaleaaup.bsky.social

2026-28 CT State Conference Elections

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS February, 2026 The 2026-2028 CSC–AAUP Nominating Committee—comprising Chair David Stoloff (CSC–AAUP Immediate Past President, Education Department, ESCU), Member Diana Rios (UC…

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“We’re really seeing an intellectual drain in this country" -- Nathan Alder, of @uconnaaup.bsky.social UConn has lost $95 million from federal research grant terminations, non-renewals, and loss of new awards. Cuts to academic research will have drastic consequences to the country’s future.

Reality of cuts to UConn research funds emerges. ‘There’s just this aura of awfulness’: professor.

In addition to funding availability, the federal government has limited the ability of researchers to receive reimbursement for indirect costs.

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Every worker deserves paid sick days and guaranteed job security while recovering from illness or a catastrophic personal event. But 58% of @csuaaup.bsky.social courses are taught by part-time workers, who have none of that. -- Tim Parrish on expanding paid leave benefits to part-time faculty

Opinion: No rest for the part-time at CSCU

All workers -- including part-timers at CSCU --deserve paid sick days and job security while recovering from illness or a catastrophic personal event.

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On Feb 23, @aaup.org hosts a conversation about activism and academic freedom, inspired by legacy of Chandler Davis (fired after upholding his 1A rights). Featuring Isaac Kamola, Henry Reichman, Marjorie Heins + Melanie Tanielian #academicfreedom @isaackamola.bsky.social @hankreichman.bsky.social

Union membership is on the rise — and our ranks in AAUP are growing as part of this trend. Organizers across sectors and in higher ed are building the infrastructure to accomplish major wins in the future. See below for more on 2025 as a banner year for membership growth in the AAUP:

A Banner Year for Membership Growth

More than eleven thousand new members joined the Association over the past year as member­ship grew by roughly 20 percent, buoyed by a remarkable rise in membership in advocacy chap­ters. This growth ...

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NEW: AAUP President Todd Wolfson & council member Chenjerai Kumanyika sat down with the hosts of the excellent Citations Needed podcast to discuss the acceleration of Trump's assaults on American higher education & how the AAUP is fighting back. Check it out here:

Citations Needed: News Brief: As Trump Crushes Academia, the NYT and Atlantic Still Fight 'Woke' Wars from 5 Years Ago

In this News Brief, we are joined by Chenjerai Kumanyika and Todd Wolfson of the American Association of University Professors to discuss Trump's gutting of higher education, its expansion on previous...

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"Let's be clear, the strain on higher education is not a failure of our students or our faculty and staff. It is a result of policy choices." "Connecticut has the resources to do better. What we need is the political will." -- Valerie Duffy, president of @uconnaaup.bsky.social

UConn and CSCU advocates condemn state funding 'disaster,' demand more for public higher education

Professors, union leaders and students from public colleges statewide are warning that layoffs, inflated class sizes, program cuts and shrinking services will only get worse without the state's...

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"given...the Trump administration’s efforts to use allegations of antisemitism to discipline, defund, and attack academic institutions, we should assume that the proposed task force could only serve as a welcome mat to MAGA politicians to target Connecticut schools" -- Isaac Kamola, @aaup.org

Coalition concerned about CT antisemitism working group; Jewish, Muslim leaders say discrimination is rampant

Many organizations “recognize that antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism are interconnected and must be addressed through a human rights framework,” she said.

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"Our newly launched academic freedom campaign will create opportunities for faculty from every rank and every corner of the university to share their experiences of why academic freedom matters" -- Daniel HoSang @yaleaaup.bsky.social

The Wesleyan Argus reports on a Middletown ICE protest and rally organized by a coalition of student advocacy groups called “ICE Out" alongside other Middletown, student, and faculty groups including Wesleyan University's AAUP chapter @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social

Dr. Hank Reichman, former chair of AAUP's Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, emphasizes that the struggle to protect academic freedom and the rights of faculty is part of a larger struggle to defend the rights for everybody in a democratic society.

@biblioracle.bsky.social has a great interview with @mattseybold.bsky.social on techno-feudalism, mass surveillance, Ed Tech, and what this means for academic freedom, and higher ED more generally. A chilling read. @aaup.org academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/the-techno...

The Technology That's Taking Your Freedom

It's more than AI. A Q&A with Matt Seybold.

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