The U of California Council of Faculty Associations has launched an "SOS" coalition -- when SOS stands for Save our System! Support our Students! Save our Science! and Support our State! One purpose is to organize the response from faculty to attacks from the Trump admin. Well-done.
https://cucfa.org/sos-coalition/

"The UC SOS Coalition stands against any agreement with the federal government that will have adverse consequences for employment, healthcare access, the diversity of our community members, student speech, and academic freedom at the UC. We propose a path for Californian independence from federal overreach, including (1) the release of emergency funds to stem the losses researchers and workers at UC are currently facing and (2) the creation of a new, long term funding solution for higher education in California."

h/t @lschiff

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The U of California Council of Faculty Associations has launched an "SOS" coalition -- when SOS stands for Save our System! Support our Students! Save our Science! and Support our State! One purpose is to organize the response from faculty to attacks from the Trump admin. Well-done.
https://cucfa.org/sos-coalition/

"The UC SOS Coalition stands against any agreement with the federal government that will have adverse consequences for employment, healthcare access, the diversity of our community members, student speech, and academic freedom at the UC. We propose a path for Californian independence from federal overreach, including (1) the release of emergency funds to stem the losses researchers and workers at UC are currently facing and (2) the creation of a new, long term funding solution for higher education in California."

h/t @lschiff

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It provides the telephone numbers of the #universities that employ them for students & parents to register their complaints. While the site claims the organization supports #FreeSpeech, many #professors have recounted enduring campaigns of #harassment after being put on the list. (Nikole Hannah-Jones was placed on it in 2021 because of her work on the #1619Project, after it was announced that she would be a professor at Howard University.)

Sadly, having worked in universities for 25 years before I retired, its not surprise to me that a new survey of final year under-graduates find that a third of females have experienced sexual harassment...

I've had all sorts of toxic male behaviour reported to me by female students (often informally) & I know that while universities have tried to deal with the tide of toxic masculinity, it remains one of the key problems encountered by student services.

#universities

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/sep/25/third-of-women-endure-sexual-harassment-university-england-survey-finds

Sadly, having worked in universities for 25 years before I retired, its not surprise to me that a new survey of final year under-graduates find that a third of females have experienced sexual harassment...

I've had all sorts of toxic male behaviour reported to me by female students (often informally) & I know that while universities have tried to deal with the tide of toxic masculinity, it remains one of the key problems encountered by student services.

#universities

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/sep/25/third-of-women-endure-sexual-harassment-university-england-survey-finds

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Congratulations to #UCLA for its victory in court against the Trump administration. This is the first step in the reinstatement of approved but unlawfully withheld research grants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/health/ucla-research-grants.html

PS: No university that has brought such a suit has lost. Harvard and UCLA have both won. There's no reason for other universities in the same boat to capitulate.

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