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AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter in the news

4/12/2025:   Harvard University faculty sue to block Trump review of nearly $9bn in funding - The Guardian

4/12/2025: ‘GUN TO THE HEAD’: HARVARD PROFESSORS SUE TRUMP ADMIN OVER REVIEW OF $9 BILLION IN FUNDING - Rolling Stone

4/12/2025: Cambridge protesters urge Harvard not to concede to Trump demands: ‘We have some demands, too. Back off.’ - Boston Globe

4/12/2025: Protesters call on Harvard to fight Trump threats, defending democracy, its students and its legacy - Cambridge Day

4/12/2025: Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Cut FundingThe New York Times

4/2/2025: “Harvard AAUP Asks For Injunction To Halt Trump Administration Attempts To Deport Students, Faculty.” The Harvard Crimson

3/31/2025: “Center for Middle Eastern Studies Leaders Dismissed for Alleged Lack of Balance in Events on Palestine, Harvard AAUP Says.” The Harvard Crimson

3/28/2025: Editorials, “Harvard Faculty Did the Right Thing. The University Should Too.” The Harvard Crimson

3/27/2025: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee op-ed, “We’re Harvard Professors Suing the Trump Adminstration. Here’s Why.” Harvard Crimson

3/27/2025: “More than 600 Harvard Faculty Urge Governing Boards to Resist Demands from Trump,” The Harvard Crimson

3/27/2025: “Academic Groups Sue Trump Admin to Stop Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Students,” The College Fix

3/26/205: “Hundreds of Harvard Professors Call for Resistance of ‘Attacks on American Universities,’” Boston Globe

3/26/2025: “AAUP, Middle East Studies Association Sue Trump over Deportations,” Inside Higher Education

3/26/2025: “Academic Groups Sue Trump Administration for Arresting Students and Faculty Linked to Pro-Palestine Protests,” NBC News

3/26/2025: “Harvard Professor Says Trump Administration is Infringing on Free Speech on College Campuses,” WBUR

3/25/2025: “ Harvard AAUP Sues Trump Administration over Attempts to Depart Pro-Palestine Students, Faculty,” The Harvard Crimson

3/25/2025: “Professor Groups Sue Feds, Claim Khalil Arrest and Visa Actions Created ‘Climate of Fear’ on Campuses,” WBUR

3/25/2025: “US Academic Groups Sue White House over Planned Deportations of Pro-Gaza Students,” The Guardian

3/25/2025: “AAUP, Middle East Studies Association Sue Trump Administration over ‘Ideological Deportations’”, The Chronicle of Higher Education

3/25/2025: “Professors Sue Trump Administartion over Arrests of Campus Protesters,” The New York Times

3/7/2025: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee op-ed, “Neither Silence nor Compliance Will Save Harvard from Trump. Resistance Might,” Harvard Crimson

2/20/2025: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee op-ed, “When Words Lose Their Meaning,” Harvard Crimson

2/6/2025: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee op-ed, “If Harvard Bends to Trump, It’s Already Lost,” Harvard Crimson

11/15/2024: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee op-ed, “Higher Ed Is Under Attack. An Organized Faculty Is Its Best Defense,” Harvard Crimson

10/25/2024: Faculty Members Suspended From Harvard’s Main Library After ‘Study-In’ Protest, Harvard Crimson

AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter Press Releases

4/12/2025: Harvard AAUP and National AAUP Sue Trump Administration to Block Unlawful Funding Cuts

* Read the complaint here.

3/31/2025: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee statement: On the Termination of Harvard’s CMES Leadership

3/25/2025: Professors at Harvard, Rutgers and NYU Join Columbia Knight Institute and AAUP to Sue Trump Administration for Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students for Lawful Speech

* Read the complaint here.

* Read more about the case here, including about the motion for a preliminary injunction.

3/12/2025: Joint Statement from Harvard, MIT, UChicago, and Cornell AAUP Chapters Regarding Ongoing Crisis at Columbia University

1/22/2025: AAUP-HFC Executive Committee statement re: Harvard’s January 2025 legal settlement

About AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter

06/21/2024: Read the press release announcing the establishment of our chapter.

About AAUP

The Redbook (AAUP Policy Documents and Reports)

One Faculty Campaign

AAUP Statement on Academic Boycotts

AAUP Statement on the Freedom to Teach

AAUP Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities

AAUP Council’s Statement on The Role of the Faculty in Budgetary and Salary Matters

Faculty Participation in the Selection, Evaluation, and Retention of Administrators

AAUP Report on the Inclusion of Contingent Faculty in Governance

Data Snapshot: Contingent Faculty in U.S. Higher Ed

Resisting the Increase in Contingent Appointments

AAUP Statement on Racial Justice in Higher Education

Persistent Inequity: Gender and Academic Employment

Report: Gender Inequity Indicators

Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work

1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure

About AAUP Local 6741 of the AFT

General information about AAUP Local 6741

Local 6741 Constitution and Bylaws