This is the same AAUP that is currently embracing the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
AAUP President: Election of Trump-Vance ‘Disappointing,’ ‘Higher Ed Must Organize’The president of the American Association of University Professors called the presidential election results “disappointing” in a news release Thursday titled “Higher Ed Must Organize to Ensure a Future for American Democracy.”“We remain steadfast in our commitment to our principles and ensuring that future generations of Americans are afforded the opportunity that higher education provides,” wrote Todd Wolfson, whom AAUP convention delegates selected as their president this summer.Back in August, Wolfson called JD Vance a “fascist” in a statement on the organization’s website. Vance, former president Donald Trump’s running mate, had previously called professors “the enemy” and praised how Viktor Orbán, the authoritarian Hungarian prime minister, dealt with universities in his country.Trump and Vance are now set to occupy the White House come January. While Wolfson didn’t use the word “fascist” in Thursday’s statement, he did warn that higher education’s plight may worsen.“We are deeply concerned that the ongoing crisis in higher education of declining public funding, ballooning student debt and attacks on academic freedom will only be intensified under the incoming administration,” Wolfson wrote. “Without a thriving, inclusive higher education system that serves the public good, the majority of Americans will be excluded from meaningful participation in our democracy and this country will move backwards.”The AAUP is both an American Federation of Teachers–affiliated union and a 110-year-old group of scholars that wrote the rules—adopted by colleges and universities across the country—defining what academic freedom, tenure and shared governance mean. Wolfson has sought to organize all higher education workers into one labor coalition.
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