Claremont Colleges AAUP

Chapter news: On Friday (10/17/25), we sent out a September summary of Executive Committee discussions to members of our mailing list!  If you are a member of the list and did not receive it, please email the chapter at the above email address (in red). 

National news: Academe's Fall Issue

 "...examines a range of threats to academic freedom, freedom of expression, and shared governance on campuses today. Contributors expose the strategies underpinning the Trump administration’s attempts to seize control of colleges and universities—including the weaponization of 'viewpoint diversity,' of accreditation, and of US civil rights law—and consider the role of the faculty in defending and reasserting core academic values."

The chapter has formally endorsed the petition opposing the compact.

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AAUP has expressed concerns about the federal government's letter to nine universities wanting them to engage in a loyalty oath and compact in exchange for priority funding.  There have been a number of good columns about this issue, notably: 

• The dean of UC Berkeley's law school referring to the letters as "extortion".

• A University of Virginia professor wrote an article in The New Republic raising alarm about the implications of his institution agreeing to the compact.  His column communicated concerns so effectively, it seemed to influence the Virginia legislature in warning UVa that they would lose state appropriations if they agreed to the compact.

• A columnist for The Atlantic Monthly describes this compact as ending "universities interdependence". 

• and AAUP's formal statement about the compacts.

• A group of higher education associations have written a letter opposing it.
  
  If you would like to individually sign a petition opposing the compacts, you may do so here.