Update. For a good history of US efforts to classify support for #Palestinians and criticism of #Israel as #antisemitism, see the Nov 2025 report from the Middle East Studies Association ( #MESA) and the American Association of University Professors ( #AAUP), "Discriminating Against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine."
https://mesana.org/pdf/Discriminating_Against_Dissent_Report.pdf

There's a good (but #paywalled) summary of the report in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-civil-rights-law-was-turned-against-civil-rights

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UT System Board of Regents to vote on new teaching restrictions just days after UT Austin collapses ethnic and gender studies departments

https://aaup-texas.org/blog/f/ut-regents-weigh-sweeping-course-restrictions

#AAUP #PolicingTheCampus #HighedEd #Academia #Texas #UT

Update. The Trump admin is demanding a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at #UPenn.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/upenn-trump-jews-list

Trump's #EEOC asked for the list last July. Penn refused, and the EEOC sued the university in November. What's new is that several groups just filed a motion in federal court to intervene in the lawsuit on the side of the university -- the American Association of University Professors (#AAUP, national and UPenn chapters), the American Academy of Jewish Research, the UPenn Jewish Law Students Association, the UPenn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty.

From #StevenWeitzman, UPenn prof of religious studies and past member of its antisemitism taskforce: “Part of what sets off alarm bells for people like me is a history of people using Jewish lists against Jews. The Nazi campaign against Jews depended on institutions like universities handing over information about their Jewish members to the authorities.”

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“Preexisting work intensification and devaluation are the main reasons respondents give for using AI to assist with academic tasks” uh-huh

#AAUP research findings on #EdTech squeeze of #HigherEd #academia

https://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/aaup-policies-reports/topical-reports/artificial-intelligence-and-academic

"in some letters declining the compact, much ink was spilled to reassure the Trump administration that universities were already complying with many of the proposed changes—without even being asked! These practices chill academic freedom" - my #USCAAUP chapter pres in LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-11-13/trump-compact-higher-education-academic-freedom

archive link: https://archive.ph/TxBWo

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Update. Here's the announcement from the American Association of University Professors ( #AAUP), a co-plaintiff in the case.
https://www.aaup.org/news/win-aaup-v-trump-court-blocks-attacks-university-california-system

"Friday’s decision orders a stop to the Trump administration’s illegal weaponization of civil rights laws and federal funding to restrict free speech on UC campuses. During the hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the court noted the overwhelming evidence plaintiffs provided, which included numerous declarations from UC faculty and staff describing how the administration’s actions have chilled their rights of speech and association."

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"Federal judge sides with #UCalifornia employees in free speech lawsuit against Trump administration."
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/federal-judge-sides-with-uc-employees-in-free-speech-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/article_e3b28762-0801-49c7-ae1e-4f50c56d76a6.html

"In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the federal government to cease threats of withholding federal funding, as well as to 'address Plaintiffs’ irreparable harm and to restore the status quo.' "

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"in some letters declining the compact, much ink was spilled to reassure the Trump administration that universities were already complying with many of the proposed changes—without even being asked! These practices chill academic freedom" - my #USCAAUP chapter pres in LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-11-13/trump-compact-higher-education-academic-freedom

archive link: https://archive.ph/TxBWo

#HigherEd #academia #AAUP #uspol

"Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/student-protest-trump-education-attacks

#AAUP #HigherEd #academia #uspol #HigherEdWorkersUnite

"Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/student-protest-trump-education-attacks

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Update. Here are some press releases and news stories on the lawsuit against the #Trump admin by American Association of University Professors (#AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (#AFT).

* From the AAUP
https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful

* From the AFT
https://www.aft.org/press-release/faculty-unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech

* From The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

* From the NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html

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