Category: Academic Freedom

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… Read More SU-AAUP condemns assault on free speech, suggests caution

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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… Read More Letter to the Chancellor on academic freedom and free expression at SU

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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… Read More SU’s AAUP speaks out against GSE disciplinary action

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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

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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… Read More FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

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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… Read More SU AAUP EC Statement on Negotiating with Students in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment

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The AAUP stands with SU students’ right to protest

Published in the Daily Orange May 1, 2024 Syracuse University’s AAUP Executive Committee supports and defends students’ rights to free speech, free assembly and free expression in creating a peaceful Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the Shaw Quadrangle at SU. We realize that members of our university have varying positions on the wider issues in the… Read More The AAUP stands with SU students’ right to protest

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All full-time faculty deserve a path to tenure

Letter to the Editor, published in The Daily Orange March 7, 2024https://dailyorange.com/2024/03/all-full-time-faculty-deserve-a-path-to-tenure/ Earlier this year, a few non-tenure track full-time teaching faculty in Syracuse University’s School of Architecture were told their contracts will not be renewed next academic year. It was striking evidence of the precarity of many instructional faculty at SU and across the… Read More All full-time faculty deserve a path to tenure

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