Francie Diep and Eric Kelderman
Chronicle of Higher Education
Excerpt: Across the country, faculty activism is surging — a “direct result” of the federal government’s “attacks” on higher education, said Kelly Benjamin, a spokesperson for the national AAUP. Between January 1 and July 31 of 2025, the AAUP saw membership in its nonunion chapters, like Harvard’s, grow by 57 percent.
Interest in the AAUP seems especially intense at some of the most recognizable brand-name colleges, including those in the Ivy League. All of those chapters grew in 2025 — all but two of them faster than the national average. Columbia’s membership more than doubled. Princeton’s more than tripled.
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