The Trump administration is leveraging the accreditation system to force its political agenda onto colleges and universities.

I have written many small internal grants. Initially, it was only one every couple of years, for special activities like ...

American History, a Family Mystery, and a Teacher Under Fire by Jane S. Smith. Rutgers University Press, 2025. A Blacklist ...

Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of ...

Everyday actions by department chairs and other tenured and tenure-track faculty can build solidarity and faculty power.

Henry Reichman is professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, a former AAUP vice president, and a ...

A virtual session celebrating a major victory for public higher education: the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s and Massachusetts AFT's successful push that led the governor to propose $400 ...

Join us for the virtual launch of a powerful new campaign uniting the full strength of the AFT and AAUP to protect higher education from authoritarian attacks.

Write to your elected officials and urge them to protect research funding in the Congressional budget process. More here (member login required).

Science and technology loom large in debates about higher education, but if democracy and a vibrant culture are among our goals, liberal learning must be part of the mix.

For many of the faculty, this deepened sense of connection proved to be more than just a happy byproduct of their organizing and advocacy — it became a lifeline. At a moment when faculty described ...