Resources & Press Coverage
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 Funding – The 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
* Read the complaint here.
* Read more about the case here, including about the motion for a preliminary injunction.
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)
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