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Just Jim

Rutgers University Libraries' Open and Affordable Textbook Program! Students are saving big $ on course materials. "The annual program awards research funds to Rutgers instructors who make their courses more affordable for their students by using low-cost materials, library content, or open educational resources."

#textbooks #rutgers #students #libraries #researchfunds #openeducation

libraries.rutgers.edu/news/ope

www.libraries.rutgers.eduOpen and Affordable Textbooks Program Eases Financial Burden for Rutgers Students | Rutgers University LibrariesCourse materials are notoriously expensive, and their cost can have serious impacts on students and their education. According to a recent national survey, more than half of college students have taken fewer courses or avoided taking a particular course due to the cost of required course materials.
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DoomsdaysCW

American Association of University Professors [] v.

A case challenging the administration’s policy of ideological deportation.

"On March 25, 2025, the Knight Institute filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian activism. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), AAUP’s , , and campus chapters, and the Association, argues that the policy chills noncitizens from speaking and, by extension, robs these organizations and their U.S. citizen members of noncitizens’ perspectives on a matter of significant public debate.

"The lawsuit responds to a climate of repression and fear on university campuses. Federal agencies are attempting to deport multiple individuals for their advocacy, including , a leader of protests at Columbia University. These actions have sent chills through the community of noncitizen students and faculty on campuses around the country, causing some to pull out of academic conferences, stay home from , and withdraw from other forms of public advocacy and engagement.

"The lawsuit alleges that the administration’s policy of ideological deportation violates the First Amendment right of the plaintiffs to hear from and associate with noncitizen students and faculty, that it is unconstitutionally vague, and that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act. The suit seeks a court order declaring that the policy is unlawful and enjoining the federal government from enforcing it."

Status: Complaint filed on March 25, 2025.

Case Information: American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, No. 1:25-cv-10685 (D.Mass).

knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
Knight First Amendment InstituteAmerican Association of University Professors v. Rubio
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DoomsdaysCW

Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!

, Allies Sue over Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport and for

"The national AAUP; chapters at , , and ; and the Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in and other protected activities.

"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the at , , and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.

"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association.

"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of and intense fear on university , 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'

"'The Trump administration is going after international and students who speak their minds about , but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of or who provide health care or who research or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson.

"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says , executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."

Source:
aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-

AAUP · AAUP, Allies Sue over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful SpeechThe national AAUP; chapters at Harvard, Rutgers, and NYU; and the Middle East Studies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and other protected First Amendment activities.
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Nonilex

Most of the new inquiries are focused on colleges’ partnerships w/the #PhDProject, a #nonprofit that helps #students from underrepresented groups get degrees in #business w/the goal of diversifying the business world.

The group of 45 colleges facing scrutiny over ties to the PhD Project include major public universities such as #ArizonaState, #OhioState & #Rutgers, along w/prestigious private schools like #Yale, #Cornell, #Duke & #MIT.

#law#education#USpol
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Weltschmerz à Gogo

A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has admitted to a hate crime, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, now faces up to three years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 11. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to damaging religious property.

Beacher initially was charged in April with single counts of intentional or attempted obstruction of religious practice and making false statements to federal authorities. The charges stemmed from an April 10 break-in at the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

Prosecutors have said Beacher damaged property at the site, including several religious artifacts and numerous other items that contained holy language from the Quran, Islam’s sacred scripture. Authorities said Beacher also stole a Palestinian flag and a charity box belonging to the center.

apnews.com/article/rutgers-isl

AP News · Man charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers UniversityBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
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@taylorlorenz
This is really valuable. "Tofugh0st said that consuming Twitch live-streams of protests herself has made her more skeptical of traditional media."

Can anyone provide (me) a (link to a) list of Twitch.tv streams that someone interested in these protests could watch? I've never used/watched Twitch, yet,

Twitch streamers from the article:
Bret Hamilton?
twitch.tv/caprisunnpapi
twitch.tv/frogan
twitch.tv/tofugh0st

TwitchCapriSunnPapi - TwitchI love it here. - You Saying That
#Gaza#Palestine#Twitch
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Led By Fools

Additional Universities follow:

Rutgers and University of Minnesota reach resolutions with Gaza protesters

Schools join Northwestern and Brown in arriving at agreements with students to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampments


theguardian.com/us-news/articl

The Guardian · Rutgers and University of Minnesota reach resolutions with Gaza protestersBy Erum Salam
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