Higher Education

Black Student Unions Are Under Pressure

November 30, 2025 Antar A Tichavakunda, Counter Punch. Educate! Black Student Unions, Higher Education, Student Activism, Trump Administration

Black student unions have been a vital part of many Black college students’ lives for more than 60 years. But since 2024, Black student unions have lost their institutional support, campus space and funding with the rise of anti-diversity, equity and inclusion laws in Utah and Alabama. Black student unions now face a new wave of pressure, as more than 400 colleges and universities under the Trump administration have rebranded or eliminated programs and centers that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Amy Lieberman, education editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Antar A. Tichavakunda, a scholar of race and higher education, to better understand what Black student unions are and how they influence Black students’ experiences in higher education.

University Strikes Escalate As Derby And Lancaster Walk Out

November 16, 2025 Alex/Rose Cocker, The Canary. Resist! Higher Education, Strikes, Unions, United Kingdom (UK), Worker Rights and Jobs

Across UK universities, we’re seeing union members undertaking a massive wave of industrial action in recent weeks. Currently, over 65,000 University and College Union (UCU) members are having their say on potential nationwide university strikes. The ballot opened back on 30 October, and will run up until 28 November. The union will aggregate the results across  137 institutions. As such, should the majority of members wish it, we could see strikes on every one of those 137 campuses in 2026. Meanwhile, the UCU declared strike action at both Lancaster and Derby universities this week, with Northumbria also taking a step closer to strikes of its own by declaring a dispute with management.

Thousands Of UC Employees Plan Strike To Protest Wage Stagnation

November 14, 2025 Vanguard, Portside. Resist! Higher Education, Strikes, University of California, Worker Rights and Jobs

More than 65,000 University of California campus and health center employees will launch a two-day strike on November 17 and 18 over the university’s failure to settle contracts addressing the cost of living and affordability crises facing its most economically vulnerable workers. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) Local 3299, which represents more than 40,000 UC service and patient care technical workers, will lead the strike, joined in solidarity by 25,000 UC nurses represented by the California Nurses Association.

‘Students Rise Up’ Actions Hit 100 Cities

November 13, 2025 Martha Grevatt, Workers' World. Organize! Austerity, Health Care, Higher Education, Students, Youth Activism

The new coalition “Students Rise Up” held actions in 100 cities at schools and where politicians were targeted on Nov. 7 to protest President Donald Trump’s attacks on higher education and address a range of issues impacting students. Nearly 20 unions and organizations endorsed the actions, including the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Ohio Students Association, New Hampshire Youth Movement, Students for a Democratic Society, Campus Climate Network, Gen-Z for Change, Indivisible, Jewish Voice for Peace and March for Our Lives. Sunrise Movement, whose executive director, Aru Shiney-Ajay, stressed in a Nov. 4 press release that “everyone deserves an accessible, affordable and quality education.”

If Trump Sells Student Loan Portfolio, Paths To Debt Cancellation Could Close

November 11, 2025 Kristin Collier, Truthout. Strategize! Higher Education, Privatization, Student Debt, Trump Administration

Trump administration officials are once again exploring the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio, held by about 45 million borrowers, according to recent reporting by Politico. Federal law dictates that such a sale cannot cost taxpayers any money. But, as Eileen Connor, executive director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, told Politico, executing a deal that benefits both taxpayers and borrowers is nearly impossible. The federal government enjoys extraordinary powers of collection that private lenders do not — such as garnishing tax refunds, disability benefits, and Social Security payments. Absent those collection methods, private lenders make money through higher interest rates and longer repayment plans.

Lawsuit Charges That California Law Illegally Muzzles Students, Teachers

November 6, 2025 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. Resist! California, Free Speech, Higher Education, Palestine, State Repression

Beginning January 1, 2026, teachers in California classrooms will be looking over their shoulders to avoid running afoul of a frightening new “antisemitism” law. On October 7, despite widespread opposition from civil rights groups, teachers’ unions, and education advocates, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 715, which amends the California Education Code to police what teachers can teach and what students can learn about Israel and Palestine. “This problematic classroom censorship bill silences Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, Jewish, and other marginalized voices in California public schools by shielding a foreign government — Israel — from legitimate criticism and criminalizes honest discussions on Palestine and other global human rights issues,” the Council on American Islamic Relations said in a statement.

Tulane Students Disrupt IDF Event, Resist Police Repression

November 5, 2025 Annabelle Jones, Fight Back! News. Resist! Higher Education, Israeli Occupying Forces, New Orleans, Student Activism

New Orleans, LA – On the night of Monday, November 3, 60 Tulane students and community members gathered for a noise demonstration to protest the first stop of a national “Combat on Campus Tour” of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. The IDF event was hosted by Tulane Students Supporting Israel (SSI) at the Chabad Center of Louisiana near Tulane University’s campus. Protesters, called together by Together United Louisiana Students for a Democratic Society (TUL SDS), banged pots, pans and drums to disrupt the two IDF soldiers who came to share “their firsthand stories from October 7 and the war that followed.”

Climate Justice At The University: Integrating Struggles For Liberation

November 4, 2025 Semine Long-Callesen, Resilience. Strategize! climate crisis, Fossil Fuels, Higher Education, Student Activism

Universities are not simply places for learning and research but are also centers of power and influence that can shape society. This idea about the power of higher education is cemented over and over again in the panel conversation between Fernando Racimo, Associate Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution at the University of Copenhagen and Jennie Stephens, Professor of Climate Change at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. They met at the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen to discuss the state of university institutions in the context of the urgent climate crisis.

Civil Society Should Be Resisting Trump’s Authoritarianism

November 2, 2025 Amy Hagopian, Mondoweiss. Strategize! Higher Education, Human Rights, Public Health, Retaliation, Trump Administration

This November, I’ll be standing outside the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., holding a sign that reads: “Ask me why I’m not allowed inside the APHA meeting.” After more than two decades as a member — serving as editorial board chair of the American Journal of Public Health, as an elected section chair, and as a governing councilor — APHA revoked my membership in September, stripped me of my elected leadership position, and banned me from attending meetings for two years. My offense? In November 2024, I participated in a protest at APHA’s Minneapolis meeting. Three dozen of us donned red latex gloves — signifying “blood on our hands” — and walked through the exhibit hall.

McGill University Professors And Librarians Endorse Boycott Of Israel

October 23, 2025 Malek Abisaab, Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Michelle Hartman, Mondoweiss. Resist! BDS Movement, Canada, Higher Education, Palestine Solidarity

On October 10, 2025, the McGill Association of University Teachers (MAUT) succeeded in passing a resolution at a special general meeting endorsing the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. The resolution calls for the association to “take all necessary steps to implement the boycott of Israeli academic institutions, while ensuring that the boycott applies to institutional partnerships and agreements, not individual Israeli academics.” This principled stance taken by full-time professors and librarians is a major victory at a university where such an action was thought to be impossible until recently.

What’s At Stake: USC And LMU Push Back Against Untenured Faculty Unions

October 1, 2025 Julia Barajas, Portside. Educate! California, Higher Education, union busting, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Last summer, after nearly two years of organizing, hundreds of untenured faculty at Loyola Marymount University celebrated the certification of their newly formed union. In a message to the campus community, Thomas Poon, who served as LMU’s executive vice president and provost, wrote: “We honor the will of our [non-tenure track] faculty and the perspectives they expressed throughout the election campaign.” The university, he added, “will continue to engage the union in good faith and with transparency.” Poon is now president of LMU and, earlier this month, he changed his tune. Poon announced Sept. 12 that the university’s board of directors decided to invoke a religious exemption to the National Labor Relations Act.

Tom Alter’s Firing Marks A New Front In Campus Political Repression

September 26, 2025 Victor Harlan, Left Voice. Strategize! Employer retaliation, Free Speech, Higher Education, Socialism

Many people in the United States and around the world were watching the news very intently on September 10, but they could be forgiven for not knowing that a Texas professor was illegally fired for his political views, as it wasn’t much reported on, even in Texas. History professor Thomas Alter was terminated after being accused by Texas State University president Kelly Damphousse of “conduct that advocates for inciting violence.” This politically motivated firing, while outrageous, is sadly becoming less and less unprecedented — it’s part of a new McCarthyism in American higher education. The university said the illegal firing was the result of comments made by Alter at the virtual Revolutionary Socialism Conference. The conference was organized by Firebrand, Socialist Horizon, and the International Socialist League in early September, and was geared towards the formation of a revolutionary party.

Research And Public Service Professionals Vote To Form Union

September 25, 2025 Josephine Murphy, Portside. Organize! California, Higher Education, Unions, Worker Rights

Research and public service professionals across the UC voted Tuesday to form a new union that will represent 7,200 workers. The union, Research and Public Service Professionals-United Auto Workers, will represent workers who run “core facilities,” administer grants and analyze data, among other services. About half of those who the union will represent voted in the election, with 83% voting “yes” for the union’s formation. RPSPs have cited multiple reasons for the formation of RPSP-UAW, including stagnant salaries amid increasing workloads and a lack of administrative transparency. “In the face of federal funding cuts to higher education, many RPSPs also want a union to gain a stronger political voice,” a RPSP-UAW press release said.

UC Berkeley Hands Over Private Staff And Student Information For Trump’s ‘Antisemitism’ Probe

September 18, 2025 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. Educate! California, Higher Education, Israel, Palestine, Political repression, UC Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has provided the federal government with the private information of more than 150 students, staff, and faculty. The move comes in response to the Trump administration’s investigation into alleged campus antisemitism, which is widely viewed as a means to crack down on campus Palestine activism. The Daily Californian reports that the school’s Office of Legal Affairs sent emails to those impacted on September 4. “As part of its investigation, OCR required production of comprehensive documents, including files and reports related to alleged antisemitic incidents,” the email read.

A Public Call For Accountability At The Harvard Education Publishing Group

August 26, 2025 Open Letter, Mondoweiss. Resist! Academic Freedom, Higher Education, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Retaliation

We, the undersigned scholars, educators, and education practitioners write to express our alarm at the Harvard Education Publishing Group’s (HEPG) cancellation of a special issue on Palestine and Education in the Harvard Educational Review (HER). Such censorship is an attempt to silence the academic examination of the genocide, starvation and dehumanisation of Palestinian people by the state of Israel and its allies. As reported by The Guardian, contributing authors of the special issue were informed late into the process that the publisher intended to subject all articles to a legal review by Harvard University’s Office of General Counsel. In response to this extraordinary move, the twenty-one contributing authors submitted a joint letter to both HEPG and HER, protesting this process as a contractual breach that violated their academic freedom.

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