We Are Higher Ed
We are a collective of academics who believe that higher education is vital to a functioning democracy--and we will fight for it. https://www.wearehighered.org
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- Reposted by We Are Higher EdIf you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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- "The university system will ban advocacy of 'race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity' without approval."
- "The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the 'Make America Great Again' slogan as an example of white supremacy."
- Reposted by We Are Higher EdThe UC Regents finally released the “settlement agreement” the Trump administration proposed in August. It’s a doozy. UC alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, donors—and all citizens of California: Now is the time to let the UC Regents know you do not want them to sign this bad deal.
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- Reposted by We Are Higher EdFrom the Daily Texan, the UT student newspaper: Academic freedom should not be for sale. thedailytexan.com/2025/10/16/a...
- Reposted by We Are Higher EdArts & Sciences Dean says WashU will not sign Trump’s higher ed compact as-is - Student Life www.studlife.com/news/2025/10...
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- Please call Cook County DA and ask them to drop charges against the group of protesters arrested in Chicago yesterday: (312) 603-1880 This is particularly for Illinois residents, but national calls couldn’t hurt.
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- Reposted by We Are Higher EdThis is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman. Amplify amplify amplify please.
- @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.
- Reposted by We Are Higher Ed🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
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- Strategies to Protect Yourself Online in the Current Climate A Guide from the AAUP and Faculty First Responders www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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- Reposted by We Are Higher EdThe professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
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- Before 9/29, comment on a proposed rule that international students will only have a fixed time during which they are permitted to stay in the United States:
- If you are a researcher in the LA area, please join the Science Fair for Suspended Research, sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute!
- "Faculty understand the stakes of the moment, feel firsthand the hunger of most students for knowledge and understanding, and carry on against heavy headwinds. Intimidation and pressure have not succeeded in silencing faculty or breaking the field."
- "This guide is for anyone studying or working in universities, or in research environments within healthcare, local government, NGOs, charities, or other health and social care organisations. It is designed to help you calm, focus, connect in order to prioritise your safety, rights and wellbeing."
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- Reposted by We Are Higher EdGreat article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
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- At least 13 university/college senates have passed Mutual Academic Defense Compact resolutions to unite against the current attacks on higher ed! Let's keep this momentum going. We're keeping track and posting links to the MADCs at wearehighered.org.
- Emergency action if you are in Wisconsin and can attend: www.mobilize.us/wfpower/even...
- Hopefully this sticks! www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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- Are you attending AERA in Denver? Want a WeAreHigherEd sticker? Can you help hand them out? @rachelefish.bsky.social will be at the conference registration area Thursday 10:15-11:15am with a stack of stickers (more times and locations coming soon).
- Reposted by We Are Higher EdThe presidents of 200 US colleges declare: "As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education." Good! www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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