This weekend I spoke at an academic freedom conference today where I first wanted to thank our Canadian colleagues for their continued solidarity with American higher ed faculty and staff. @caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social - ThreadSky

rweingarten.bsky.social • 17 days ago

This weekend I spoke at an academic freedom conference today where I first wanted to thank our Canadian colleagues for their continued solidarity with American higher ed faculty and staff. @caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social

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roxanneruston.bsky.social•16 days ago

Thank you Randi!

eileenmclaughlin.bsky.social•17 days ago

Thank you for all you are doing for our students and our teachers.

rweingarten.bsky.social•17 days ago

Trump is implementing a destructive, dehumanizing and undemocratic policy out of the Project 2025 authoritarian playbook. Public research & academic freedom are under attack. And our international allies are facing uncertainty. But @aftunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social are fighting back.

rweingarten.bsky.social•17 days ago

Elon Musk is an unaccountable oligarch sending in aides to raid private data and dismantle agencies designed to benefit the public interest. All of this is chilling, but at this point the courts are upholding the US Constitution

sluggishcheetah.bsky.social•17 days ago

I doubt any ‘evidence’ of irregularities would be admissible at this point, the opportunities for his Teen Nazis to plant or alter data are overwhelming.

rweingarten.bsky.social•17 days ago

The AFT will continue to fight for freedom of expression, for academic & intellectual freedom. We also fight against hate and for colleges to be safe & welcome for all students. Colleges are also essential economic engines. All of this is essential for our society https://www.aft.org/realsolutionsforhighered

rweingarten.bsky.social•17 days ago

Colleges and universities—and higher education faculty and staff—play an essential role in ensuring vigorous debate on important matters and about the issues that shape our world.

rweingarten.bsky.social•17 days ago

It’s important to provide inclusive learning environments where difficult discussions and debates can happen respectfully and where free speech on campus is protected. Higher ed as a site of free speech and protest is “even more “ essential during times of unrest and uncertainty.

rweingarten.bsky.social•17 days ago

Moreover, funding freezes result in very real harm to the public—disrupting our members’ research on cancer, opioid addiction, and type 1 diabetes. This is an unprecedented attack on public health, and on the integrity and independence of academic research.

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