Here is an open letter signed from UChicago AAUP signed by over 200 faculty to our administration on what we believe this moment requires: uchicagoaaup.wordpress.com - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

gabrielwinant.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Here is an open letter signed from UChicago AAUP signed by over 200 faculty to our administration on what we believe this moment requires:
https://uchicagoaaup.wordpress.com/

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randoman9000.bsky.social•1 day ago

It saddens me greatly to know that what this is really about is it's been decided that there isn't enough resources, nor real innovation on the horizon, sufficient to maintain current expectations for s.o.l., and we don't have the people necessary to change their minds.

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Excellent

graysidhe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Honestly, this is a pretty tame set of requirements. All reasonable and consistent with the mission of ANY university.

euniceszaki.bsky.social•1 day ago

👏👏👏

mujergenia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bravo !!!

hereandaway.bsky.social•1 day ago

Glad to see this, thank you. And hope to see more Harris faculty sign on. #alum

gabrielwinant.bsky.social•1 day ago

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connor.neblett.com•17 hours ago

How do you draw a clear line between religion and politics when so many people have made politics into a religion?

kakotechnia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Awesome! I should know this, but are y’all a CBA unit or advocacy?

gabrielwinant.bsky.social•1 day ago

Advocacy, private sector

kakotechnia.bsky.social•1 day ago

A fulsome blend of speaking out and very specific institutional rules I’d guess, well communicated in the statement. We’re negotiating at the moment and I’m trying to see what others are doing to strengthen the case

aarongell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can’t help wondering about the folks who didn’t sign

blerdmommy.bsky.social•1 day ago

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blerdmommy.bsky.social•1 day ago

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lifelearn.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s going to be a long fight. Pressure the senate, the only chance we got u less we flip seat in the house special elections.
Resistance is the key . Go to the courts. Jam them .

itstricky5252.bsky.social•1 day ago

Primarily professors from the arts? 🤔

annaeuchner.bsky.social•1 day ago

😀

emoontxwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good job.

ctwrestle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fantastic, love seeing people defend their institutions and core values.

clarkindeir.bsky.social•1 day ago

Strong and clear. "No ambiguity" within the university's policies about how it should react to such an intrusion.

They are right, there is no middle ground with fascists.

tjfinan.org•1 day ago

Well done UChicago faculty.

portlandval.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAGA won’t understand the higher than 4th grade level letter but I completely free with it. They don’t even understand what is happening all around them.

lovedemocracytoday.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks! Stand up and speak out while we can

buebs.bsky.social•1 day ago

Excellent letter. Please consider signing this, too. And good luck to us all. https://act.moveon.org/survey/impeach

lindarn.bsky.social•1 day ago

We need a spine people!!

ninaberry.bsky.social•1 day ago

An an alum for UChicago, I'm grateful to all of the faculty who signed on to this. As a US citizen, I'm even more grateful.

ksasha.bsky.social•1 day ago

AAUP?

onevoiceofmany.bsky.social•1 day ago

At Iowa State University they have started retracting research grants to prospective grad students citing "...current uncertainties with federal research funding..."

sickofelon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Get louder! Get tougher on GOP!

Call everyday at #5Calls
#VoteVets #StopProject2025
#StandUpForScience #DontDefundPublcSxhools

Run! Donate! Write! Show up!Support those running against GOP’s billionaire$

#PennilessPolitics - https://VOTUS.us
#generalstrikeus - #democrats.org
https://ActBlue.com

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octobermystic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you. I have been hoping to see universities respond to protect their students, professors and staff, and their institutions. Our universities contain some of the best snd brightest minds and their voices are important to all.

flaxponder.bsky.social•1 day ago

Every university, every business, every law firm needs to avow their adherence to principle, mission, rule of law & to refute the overbearing, anti-constitutional directives of the trump admin. Every action or inaction will either support or deny the burgeoning authoritarianism of the Trump admin.

auntieme62.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bravo!! Every academic University needs to send us to their administration.

bkchez1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bravo UChicago AAUP!

brian-life-model.bsky.social•1 day ago

1. Do not obey in advance.

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ellajakobson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not bad…
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The University of Chicago's endowment ended FY24 at $10.4 billion as of June 30, 2024 with a 8.4% ROI. Annual endowment figures reflect the net impact of fundraising, investment performance and endowment payout, which contribute to the University's operating budget

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chachaholt.bsky.social•1 day ago

As an alum, I fully support you. Thank you!

lizgr24.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is exactly what it means to stand up to tyrants...let's hope the admin agrees and backs faculty/students/staff. The loss of academic freedom will not magically reappear once it's taken away

danieltuke.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good luck, solidarity for all of the researchers and educators trying to hold the line.

I hope university administrators can find some of the same backbone.

connectedcooking.bsky.social•1 day ago

Notably missing: Zero Economics professors signed on.

susiegquesie7591.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please read this letter!
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Every School, K - PhD, would do well to follow your lead.

libertyschilpp.bsky.social•1 day ago

Waiting to see how Columbia responds…

fourstarr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Looks like Chicago has a lot of faculty who chose not to sign…

https://data.uchicago.edu/data-employees/

lc100d.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a grandmother of a UChicago student, totally support the faculty and students!

carneliancube.bsky.social•1 day ago

An excellent set of principles and actions. I’d ask though for ideas on the source of funds - what do we rob - to pay for “We ask that the university publicly commit to providing stopgap funding for federally-funded grants that may be blocked”

murgatroidbonbon.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Yep. My pinned post from 3 months ago, like university administrations couldn't see this was coming...
https://bsky.app/profile/murgatroidbonbon.bsky.social/post/3larg3q5ua22y

studiousotter.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m an alum, and I back this statement 100%. So glad to see the faculty organizing!

nhamadou.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you to the faculty for speaking out.

dizbeleaf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes!!!!

lindaboccia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Keep education open and thriving. Just because donald trump can not comprehend what is written nor what cause and effect stand for, we MUST keep open education with freedom to do research, have opposing opinions and to ignite students with the will to fight oppression.

biknmusicmama.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is only one way through this, and that is the universities fighting together against fascism, not capitulating

ghostofeinstein.bsky.social•1 day ago

"We may all be facing a future as Palestinians." - Jeff Halper

"Global Pacification Industry"

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konnym.bsky.social•1 day ago

Human cruelty. Not sure how cruelty can feel satisfactory but it must for certain among us. Sickening literally

ghostofeinstein.bsky.social•1 day ago

Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, and many others tried to warn us.

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ghostofeinstein.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYorkTimes.December41948

chem-mom-of-4.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for standing up. More members of AAUP need to follow suit. Here is Ohio SB1 is likely to be signed by our very weak Governor, Mike DeWine. It is union-busting.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/ohio-senate-sb1-bill-ban-dei-faculty-strikes-tenure-review/740139/

lucyksy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Guessing that if you had to ask, then they were not stepping up? Are any universities? They seem to be completely unprepared even after the fiasco of the campus protests trampled on 1st amendment rights.

sfritts.bsky.social•1 day ago

YES!! We need more of this from every sector of society. Educational Institutions, Large Corporations, Large Law Firms, Media Companies.

blueskypaladin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for having the courage to rise up against those who would enclave us and cripple the sovereignty of these institutions we now need more than ever

mgindmv.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for your work! Members of Va Coalition for Human Rights (VCHR) are supporting the efforts of AAUP of local northern VA's George Mason University.

birchbot.bsky.social•1 day ago

This alum is very happy to see this letter, and happy to see a few (but not enough!) of my former professors on the list of signatories.

nokoolaid.bsky.social•1 day ago

THANK YOU!!!