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AAUP Presents

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A podcast by the American Association of University Professors on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education. Visit aaup.org for more news and information.

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What is AAUP Presents about?

A podcast by the American Association of University Professors on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education.

Who hosts AAUP Presents?

AAUP Presents is hosted by The AAUP. The show has published 41 episodes to date.

What has AAUP Presents covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Extorted Compliance: What the Trump Pay-to-Play Model Means for Higher Ed" (26 October 2026, 61 minutes), "Organizing Lessons from Resisting ICE on Campus" (22 June 2026, 55 minutes), and "Title VI vs. Academic Freedom" (20 March 2026, 61 minutes).

How often does AAUP Presents publish?

AAUP Presents publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 43 minutes across 41 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on AAUP Presents?

Booking probability for AAUP Presents is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. AAUP Presents requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. AAUP Presents's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch AAUP Presents?

The strongest fits for AAUP Presents are Universities & Colleges. AAUP Presents has an education audience.

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The AAUP hosts AAUP Presents, an education podcast with 41 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #1

    Extorted Compliance: What the Trump Pay-to-Play Model Means for Higher Ed

    Oct 26, 20261h 1mS6

    In the episode we discuss the AAUP report, “Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance,” which exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play...

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    Organizing Lessons from Resisting ICE on Campus

    Jun 22, 202655 min

    On today’s episode of Academic Freedom on the Line, we’re talking about students, labor, migration, and what happens at the intersection of all those categories. We talk about how and why higher education workers must...

  • Episode #12

    Title VI vs. Academic Freedom

    Mar 20, 20261h 1mS5

    This episode of the special series “Academic Freedom on the Line” includes an excerpt from the webinar announcing the release of the AAUP’s Report On Title VI, Discrimination, and Academic Freedom last year. Committee A...

  • Episode #11

    Defending Academic Freedom: Learning to Resist

    Oct 22, 202546 minS5

    The 9th episode of our special series “Academic Freedom on the Line” is a conversation among 4 authors who contributed to the recently published University Keywords , a volume on how universities operate as social and...

  • Episode #10

    Faculty on the Front Lines (Intro)

    Oct 9, 202517 minS5

    In this special episode of our series Academic Freedom on the Line, Vineeta Singh interviews Anna Feder , an organizer, curator, and cinema exhibition consultant who serves as the Director of Programming for the...

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  • Episode #9

    AAUP v. Rubio: The AAUP Takes the Trump Administration to Court

    Sep 10, 202549 minS5

    Update : Judge William G . Young ruled in favor of the AAUP and its fellow plaintiffs in the case. The full ruling is here . In this episode we discuss case AAUP v. Rubio, the lawsuit challenging the Trump...

  • Episode #8

    Understanding Governing Boards & Academic Freedom

    Sep 9, 202545 minS5

    A new episode of our special series Academic Freedom on the Line with the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom focuses on university governing boards and their workings. Raquel Rall, Associate Professor in...

  • Episode #8

    Academic Freedom on the Line: Science Funding

    Jul 24, 202537 minS5

    We’ve all heard about the changes to federal research funding since the beginning of the Trump administration. This episode of our special series Academic Freedom on the Line takes a deeper look at the landscape of...

  • Episode #7

    Academic Freedom: Thinking Transnationally

    Jun 18, 202548 minS5

    This episode of our special series in partnership with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom zooms out from the “Trump versus Harvard” headlines to situate attacks on US higher education institutions in a...

  • Episode #6

    Educational (e)quality on the Line

    May 15, 202536 minS5

    This episode of our special series “Academic Freedom on the Line” takes a look at accreditation, a seemingly complex but essential mechanism for safeguarding both the quality of education our institutions offer as well...

  • Episode #5

    Academic Freedom On the Line: The Students

    Apr 30, 202546 minS5

    In this episode, we speak with a coalition of student leaders actively organizing against state-level DEI bans in Texas and Kentucky. This is the third episode in the special series, "Academic Freedom on the Line,"...

  • Episode #4

    Public Life on the Line

    Mar 25, 202533 minS5

    This is the second episode of the limited series AAUP Presents : Academic Freedom on the Line. Our guest Dr. Stephanie Hall is a leading expert on college accountability and the for-profit higher education industry. Her...

  • Episode #3

    Academic Freedom on the Line

    Mar 25, 202542 minS5

    This episode kicks off a new limited series hosted by the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF), AAUP Presents: Academic Freedom on the Line. CDAF serves as a resource and knowledge hub for all...

  • Episode #2

    Anticipatory Obedience: 'To Yield a Little is to Run the Risk of Sacrificing All'

    Mar 25, 202552 minS5

    In this episode we discuss the AAUP's statement "Against Anticipatory Obedience" which offers guidelines about how to respond to attacks on higher ed like those being launched by the Trump administration and its right...

  • Episode #1

    On Institutional Neutrality

    Feb 12, 202539 minS5

    In this episode we discuss the AAUP's new statement On Institutional Neutrality . As college and university communities begin to suffer the consequences of unchecked power, the statement reaffirms that institutional...

  • Episode #8

    The Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project: What Faculty Can Do

    Sep 30, 202419 minS4

    In this episode we discuss the Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project, a student voter registration project that aims to increase student voter registration and turnout by asking faculty to devote...

  • Episode #7

    New AAUP Statement on Academic Boycotts: What It Really Means

    Sep 20, 202434 minS4

    In this episode we discuss academic boycotts and the AAUP's revised policy on boycotts, released this August. We’ll hear more about the statement, how it came about, and where it fits in the current debates about...

  • Episode #6

    The AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965

    Jul 11, 202436 minS4

    In this episode, I discuss the AAUP’s involvement in the Black Freedom Struggle in the 1950s and 1960s as it related to higher ed with Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, dean of the graduate school and professor of social and...

  • Episode #5

    The Campus Protests: A View from the Ground

    May 10, 202451 minS4

    As campus protests in support of Palestine are met with often violent and repressive crackdowns, we talk to three faculty members, all AAUP members, who report on what's happening at their respective campuses. We speak...

  • Episode #4

    Political Interference in Higher Ed: Escalations, Attacks, and the Billionaires Behind It

    May 3, 202453 minS4

    As violent, militarized responses to protests on campuses across the country continue, in this episode we look at how political interference in higher education has expanded in dangerous ways. We discuss how the right...

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