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AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.

AAUP President on the Elimination of Tenure at Oklahoma Regional Universities and Community Colleges.

WASHINGTON—AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to the Governor of Oklahoma’s signing of Executive Order 2026-07, which immediately eliminates the conferral of academ...

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Tom Alter was a tenured professor at Texas State University until September 2025 when he was fired after a pressure campaign led by a right-wing agitator who had secretly recorded and edited comments he made at an online socialist conference. Listen to his story.

Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”

Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”

The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.

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Academic freedom will not survive by encouraging professors to censor themselves more. “Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.” — @johnkwilson.bsky.social

Discretion Is Not the Better Part of Academic Freedom

In a free society, we strive to eliminate the punishments that make discretion a rational choice—and not glorify discretion as a virtue when it is actually a vice.

insidehighered.com

"Declining international student enrollment is a piece of the larger puzzle undermining the financial health of higher ed. [We see] programs shut down, campuses shut down, smaller public or private institutions closing & a curtailment of opportunities for students." — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

'A perfect storm' — more colleges at risk as enrollment falls and financial pressures mount

In part due to the Trump administration's changes to the student visa policy, there are fewer students on college campuses this fall.

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