SU-AAUP condemns assault on free speech, suggests caution
Published in The Daily Orange, September 29, 2025: https://dailyorange.com/2025/09/letter-to-the-editor-aaup-condemns-assault-on-free-speech-suggests-caution/ To the campus community, In the wake of the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk, we’ve seen faculty and students across the nation punished for exercising their rights to free speech on social media. The Executive Committee of the Syracuse University Chapter of the AAUP condemns these…
Faculty involvement in Provost search
We urge [SU leadership] to reconsider your plan and follow established procedures for the appointment rather than merely soliciting comments.
Faculty Control over the Curriculum: a listening session
DEI listening session on Friday, August 29, 11am-12:30pm
HANDS OFF RALLY APRIL 24
WE need to make a VISIBLE assertion of what the Syracuse University community will not accept the attempts to undermine the university, democracy and justice! COME on Thursday!!! Bring your outrage, energy, hope, concern for social justice, and love of learning! Come together to assert the value of the university as a project for the…
ICE/DHS Know Your Rights Session
SU-AAUP is sponsoring an info session on how to deal with ICE/DHS in the current context. If you are keeping up with the news, you know that ICE/DHS is already participating in Trump’s assault on universities, starting with Columbia, very close to home. Knowing your rights is both urgent and an important response to the…
Letter to the Chancellor on academic freedom and free expression at SU
December 11, 2024 Dear Chancellor Syverud, We, the executive committee of Syracuse University’s chapter of the AAUP, write to share some of our thoughts and concerns about the future of academic freedom and freedom of expression here at SU, particularly as relates to the impending political shift to the right across all branches of the…
SU’s AAUP speaks out against GSE disciplinary action
Published in the Daily Orange Recently, the Syracuse University American Association of University Professors convened to discuss assaults on academic freedom and free speech, where attendees expressed concern not only about disciplining our students for engaging in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment last spring, but also our chapter’s silence on this matter. We are speaking out…
New Policies with no faculty input
“Updated” policies have just been rolled out on posting, events and demonstration on campus (links below). They are long, and in legalese. They had no faculty input, but they will impact on us all. You may also want to review the recent AAUP statement denouncing restrictive administrative policies: https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-condemns-wave-administrative-policies-intended-crack-down-peaceful-campus-protest
FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Our upcoming member meeting, October 16, 4-5:30pm and October 17, 4-5:30pm, on Zoom (to accommodate different teaching schedules) will provide focused attention to the Faculty Manual section on “Academic Freedom” (see https://academicaffairs.syracuse.edu/faculty-affairs/policies-and-procedures/faculty-manual/3-51-academic-freedom/) and the “Syracuse Statement,” (see here) with an eye to making a plan to establish the protections that WE would like to see…
SU AAUP EC Statement on Negotiating with Students in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment
May 10, 2024 As the AAUP’s statement “In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses” indicates, “colleges and universities are places of free and open expression, inquiry, and debate. Even in sharp disagreement, our goal is communication in service of learning and understanding.” In that spirit, the AAUP Executive Committee strongly…
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