The George Washington University chapter of the AAUP rejects the Department of Justice’s attempt to chill academic debate and crush academic freedom on the GWU campus.

This meeting, open to AAUP chapter leaders, will explore the contours of the public settlements and their implications for academic freedom and shared governance. We will also discuss what AAUP ...

As public funding for higher education has declined, many state college and university systems have increasingly come to depend on revenue from campus-related nonprofit foundations. Yet faculty, ...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson, AFT President Randi Weingarten, and AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram have issued statements in response to President Donald Trump’s directive requiring colleges and ...

Join members of the AAUP’s ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), as it continues to become more ...

In July 2025, Republicans in Congress passed—and President Donald Trump signed into law—new provisions that will strip critical funding from our colleges and universities to pay for tax cuts for the ...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson released the following statement on August 1, 2025: Last weekend, the Israel Defense Forces intercepted a Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship that was attempting to breach ...

Yesterday the AAUP sent a letter of support for Ramzi Kassem, a professor of law at the City University of New York singled out by US Representative Elise Stefanik in a recent hearing of the US House ...

On July 25, the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent a letter launching an investigation into the George Mason University Faculty Senate—because faculty members dared to show support ...

This page showcases the work done by fellows while at the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Also check out events hosted by the Center as well as fellow Don Moynihan's Substack: "Can We ...

Join Isaac Kamola, director for the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, for an overview of teaching resources on how to respond to current attacks on campuses and classrooms.