A hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and how contingency and adjunctification contribute to the suppression of political speech on campus. Speakers
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From our colleagues at NIH Fellows United UAW Local 2750: The current government shutdown has left some of our members without pay. This fund provides direct emergency financial support to affected physician and scientist members to help cover essential expenses like rent, groceries, and medical bills during this uncertain period. Every contribution helps sustain the researchers
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From our colleagues at HUCTW: Sign our petition to let University leaders know that the Harvard community is united in the fight to protect University staff and programs from drastic budget cuts. Everyone in the University community—including staff, managers, faculty, students, and other community allies— is encouraged to sign, and the final petition will be delivered
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Who is Marc Rowan? The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Higher Ed Loyalty Oath & How We Fight Back Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of the private equity giant Apollo Global Management, is a key author of the Trump administration’s “Compact” for higher ed—a loyalty oath that would award federal research funding based on allegiance to Trump’s far
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From our colleagues at AAUP Texas: Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse has terminated Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, the Committee to Defend Tom Alter announced today. The decision represents a direct assault on the First Amendment and academic freedom. In a public statement released after his
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“This compact [is] starting with nine colleges and universities, but we know that this is just the beginning of this latest escalation in this administration’s continuous attacks on higher education,”said Evan Bowman, vice chair of Higher Education Labor United, in a statement issued by Sunrise. “Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming
Evan Bowman, vice chair of Higher Ed Labor United, said that the battle against the Trump administration’s efforts to infringe upon academic freedom were being waged with an all-hands-on-deck effort. “Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming together to fight for a higher education system that actually works for all,” he
Trump and his allies have a vision for higher education. So warned Ian Gavigan, the executive director of Higher Education Labor United (a national labor formation uniting Higher Education unions across the country), on the podcast The Dig earlier this month. In Trump’s world, according to Gavigan, fewer students attend college, fewer subjects are taught, more education
From our colleagues at UIC United Faculty Local 6456: Sign onto a letter in support of faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago Library! UIC Library workers understand that faculty from the UIC Daley Library and Library of Health Sciences passed a vote of no confidence in the Dean of Libraries, Rhea Ballard-Thrower. During a
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From our colleagues at AFT-Wisconsin Higher Education Council: Faculty and staff in the UW system have been pushing for the Board of Regents to recognize our unions and mandate that campus chancellors meet with elected union leadership to discuss salaries and working conditions. Gov. Evers supports union recognition, and now we just need the BOR
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