How life at universities is suddenly, and dramatically, shifting

It’s still early, but we’re starting to see some sorts of pushback. I don’t claim to know everything that’s going on out there, but here are just a few examples I’ve seen:

• More than 1,000 political scientists have signed a letter expressing grave concern about Trump’s rapid erosion of U.S. democracy and the rule of law, with the hope of drawing greater attention among news reporters.
• Scholars are building networks of people who can serve as reviewers for faculty whose research has suddenly become controversial but are coming up for tenure or promotion review.
• Scholars are organizing meetings and new sections at annual conferences to defend academic free speech.
• The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has become a logical coordination point for this work and has become increasingly active in drawing attention to the administration’s attacks on higher education.