UConn-AAUP

06/05/2026

https://psc-cuny.org/clarion/online/legislation-to-protect-academic-freedom/

The union supports legislation that would protect academic freedom, especially for adjuncts, an important battle for everyone at CUNY.

06/05/2026

“As one of the CUNY Fired Four, it is an incredible honor to see our collective struggle, led by the PSC-CUNY, student organizers, and the broader CUNY community, inspire the Academic Freedom Protection Act. This bill is essential to ensure that no other educator loses their job for exercising their conscience, whether in solidarity with Palestinian liberation or the liberation struggles of other oppressed peoples, speaking out against racist police violence and fascist ICE attacks on our immigrant communities, defending LGBTQIA+ rights, or organizing for union rights. Academic freedom is not a privilege; it is a right, and I urge all of my union siblings to fight for its passage.”

—Corinna Mullin, PSC-Professional Staff Congress/CUNY

Read more at the link in comments.

06/05/2026

President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.

06/03/2026

https://www.courant.com/2026/06/03/yale-faculty-fear-threats-to-academic-freedom/?lctg=A454D478C411E42DF4A495B5A9&utm_email=A454D478C411E42DF4A495B5A9&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.courant.com%2f2026%2f06%2f03%2fyale-faculty-fear-threats-to-academic-freedom%2f&utm_campaign=trib-hartford_courant-breaking_news_Dont_Miss-nl&utm_content=alert

“Many faculty are in fact censoring themselves,” he said. “They are sometimes avoiding controversial topics, sometimes avoiding putting things in their syllabus.”

06/02/2026

05/30/2026

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/29/opinion/recession-inflation-middle-class-nightmare/

We’re not ready for what’s about to hit.

05/29/2026

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/education/article/cscu-general-counsel-leave-connecticut-maduko-22282478.php?utm_content=cta&sid=619ff10a26949c4f6460c6d6&ss=A&st_rid=11784ee0-d7bf-469c-a978-f6f2e53f1606&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CTINS_breakingnews

She was recently serving as the interim chancellor of the CSCU system following the resignation of another interim.

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/article/cscu-employee-maduko-harassment-title-ix-complaint-22278720.php

A CSCU employee says she came forward about the harassment, and top officials did not initiate the Title IX process.

05/28/2026