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 Kimberly Terrell, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Environmental Integrity Project What would higher education look like if universities started proactively dismantling academic freedom, without waiting for a federal mandate? At a time when colleges and universities across the nation are struggling to defend themselves from political interference, Louisiana is taking a preemptive approach. This past summer, two […]

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By Corinna Mullin, one of the “fired four” adjuncts at City University of New York, PSC delegate In mid-June, the City University of New York carried out what our union has called a “political purge,” targeting the fired four — three adjunct faculty members, including myself (after 8 years of teaching at CUNY), who were

Helena Worthen, Co-Chair, Media/Comms, National Writers Union A new HELU Steering Committee will be seated in January 2026 for a two-year term. Elections for these positions will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Why run for these positions? Things are moving fast. Run because you are ready to join others and put some energy

Joe Berry, delegate from AFT 2121 City College of San Francisco, member of HELU Outreach Committee and liaison with the National Labor Commission of DSA The 2025 Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Convention was held in Chicago at McCormick place August 7-10. DSA had invited over 20 allied organizations to come so TJ Acena, Jenna

The University of Maryland, College Park, has over 5,000 faculty members, of which 2,300 are non-tenure track researchers dependent on grant funding and cooperative agreements with federal agencies. The UMD chapter of United Academics of Maryland began during the pandemic as an AAUP advocacy chapter. With help from AAUP and AFT, it is fighting to

From Mike Budd, United Faculty of Florida and Higher Education Labor United Governors in Old Confederacy States Authorize Their Own Accreditation Cartel Governors and other politicians in at least seven southern states are reportedly making plans to replace the current accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), with a new, politically conservative accrediting