AAUP-CSU’s April newsletter is out. This month’s newsletter has information about faculty salaries and the CSU budget, reports on our involvement with No Kings 3 and the CSU Democracy Summit, and links to an app you can download that promotes solidarity and community engagement.
Please share this newsletter with your colleagues!
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AAUP-CSU’s March newsletter is out (click here) This month’s newsletter talks about boosting AAUP-CSU’s candidate for Faculty Council Board of Governors representative, attending our panel at the CSU Democracy Summit, and joining our table at the No Kings III rally (we’re working on a cool app for you to download in advance!). We’ve moved our monthly general meeting to campus (Monday, March 2, 4-5pm, Ramskeller) and would love for you to come (whether you’re a member or not), share your concerns, and get involved. It’s a great way to make connections with folks across the university.
Please share this newsletter with your colleagues!
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AAUP-CSU’s December 2025 Newsletter is now available (click here!). Read a summary of our Fall 2025 actions on campus and in the community, learn more about the impact of the TABOR Amendment on higher education in Colorado, and read a new report from AAUP National on how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is being weaponized to chill speech on university campuses. Please distribute the newsletter to all your colleagues, friends, and family and join us at this Wednesday’s (Dec. 3) general meeting, 4:30-5:30 pm, at Avogadro’s Number.
Wishing you peace, joy, and solidarity this holiday season.
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AAUP-CSU’s November 2025 Newsletter is now available (click here!). Get the details for the the AAUP Day of Higher Ed this Friday, Nov. 7. We’re participating in a student demonstration and hosting a free screening of The Librarians. You can also read about our recent actions on campus and in the community, see the results of a recent national poll to see how people feel about the Trump administration’s interference with higher ed (spoiler alert: people don’t support it!), and learn about resources available to members of AAUP National. Please distribute the newsletter to all your colleagues, friends, and family and join us at this Wednesday’s (Nov. 5) general meeting, 4:30-5:30 pm, at Avogadro’s Number.
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President Trump’s attacks on funding for the arts and the humanities, as well as support for scientific and medical research, might well reach the level of an existential threat if his 2026 budget is approved by Congress. His draconian cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities last spring are being followed by proposals to eliminate these programs altogether. The budget put forward by the administration also includes a nearly 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health and an almost 50% reduction in funds for the National Science Foundation.
Eliminating or slashing support for these agencies would mean a return to the white-washed histories of last century, the erasure of art programs, and the exclusion of already disenfranchised groups from the creative and scientific life of this country. The loss of funding would end life-saving research projects, shutter labs, eliminate jobs, and cut graduate programs.
The American Association of University Professors is asking members in all states to call or write to their elected officials and urge them to protect research funding (https://www.aaup.org/about/programs/government-relations/fighting-science-and-research-funding) . While budget negotiations are currently stalled, and a partial federal shut-down looms, the Congressional budget process will eventually resume, and legislators will determine specific levels of funding – if any – for all these agencies.
Suggestions for what to include in your call or letter:
How to contact your legislators:
Colorado Senators
Colorado Representatives, Fort Collins area
The AAUP@CSU is mobilizing to respond to threats aimed at higher education and changes faculty are experiencing on campus.
We want to grow our numbers and we need your help! Invite your colleagues and friends to connect with AAUP@CSU:
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Join AAUP@CSU at the No Kings rally on Saturday, October 18, 9:00-11:30 a.m. in Civic Center Park, 201 Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins.
AAUP-CSU will also sponsor a Sign-Making party on Oct. 16, 4:30-6:30pm in LSC Room 386. Join us for music and shared sign-making supplies, and come prepare a sign to support science, research and the arts.
We want our northern Colorado neighbors to hear more about what’s happening on our campus. Help us distribute postcards for our Postcard Campaign for Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Student Centers, and recruit new members and supporters for AAUP@CSU.
Look for the tent with the red and white AAUP banner. We will have information about how you can get involved in the struggle to support university employees, retain academic freedom, protect free speech, and keep student support services in resistance against a run-away executive branch that appears to bent against higher education. Come join us to enjoy a day of solidarity and resistance!
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On Thursday, October 9, 2025, The CSU Board of Governors is meeting in the Longs Peak room on the CSU campus. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a public comment period in which faculty, students, and staff may sign up to make short (~ 2 minutes) statements to the board.
AAUP@CSU will be there to make a statement and present the board with postcards from our Postcard Campaign for Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Student Centers . We need you to stand with us!
Arrive between 8:00-9:00 a.m. to sign up. Commenters are allowed to speak on a first-come, first-served basis. Use your 2 minutes to share your views with the board on topics like the university budget, changes to the free speech and peaceful assembly policy, responding to pressure from the federal government and special interests, lost grant support, or other concerns.
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AAUP National Updates
