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Visa Revocations at Binghamton University Reflect Broader National Crackdown

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By Brendan McGovern, United University Professions–Binghamton Chapter President At least five international students at Binghamton University have had their visas revoked, as confirmed by the university and reported by the student newspaper, Pipe Dream. These students are among 21 across the SUNY system who have experienced changes to their visa status as of April 9. […]

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The Progressive: Reaffirming Higher Education as a Public Good

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College and university faculty, staff, researchers, and students are fed up. And for good reason: high-handed administrative and government attacks on curriculum, faculty governance, and tenure; the recent revocation of more than 1,700 previously authorized visas—hundreds of which have been restored—issued to international scholars and students; complicity between university policymakers and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE); and restrictions on how race, gender,

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STRIKE SUPPORT: University of Oregon Student Workers on strike starting April 29

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From our colleagues at AFT-Oregon: The newly formed University of Oregon Student Workers union announced that it will be going on strike on Tuesday, April 29. They are calling on the labor community to help them by donating to their hardship fund, which will go to supporting striking workers. They also want support for their

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Sign: Unite to Defend Public Education Against Federal Attacks

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United Campus Workers of Arizona – CWA Local 7065 (UCWAZ) and Community College Workers United (CCWU) represent faculty, staff, and students of University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University, and the Maricopa Community Colleges. We are organizing to resist the continued erosion of federal, public funding for higher education, moves to eliminate

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Labor Notes: Faculty Rally Nationwide for Free Speech, Free Tuition, and to Free Detained Students

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Faculty-student pairs set up “anti-fascist office hours” at three locations on the Northwestern University campus. Faculty, students, and staff created anti-fascist art at the University of Hawaii. American Association of University Professors members combined membership drives with tabling about the critical issues facing higher education on 30 campuses. And in New York City, 4,000 people

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What’s Happening and Why: HELU Calls on Academic Workers to Stand Up

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If institutions won’t stand up to the Trump administration, then it’s up to academic workers, students, communities, and citizens to stand up for them. Because we have the strongest levers of power over our local institutions.  While international students have become the first target on campuses, it’s important to remember that a portion of faculty

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AP News: University protests blast Trump’s attacks on funding, speech and international students

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About 150 protesters rallied at Columbia, which had been the scene of huge pro-Palestinian protests last year. They gathered on a plaza outside a building that houses federal offices, holding signs emblazoned with slogans including “stop the war on universities” and “censorship is the weapon of fascists.” The protests were organized by the Coalition for

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