From: Kelly Benjamin, AAUP Media and Communications
It’s been a busy month in the world of higher education. Below are a few of the AAUP’s press clips from around the country since our last email. Read on to see the great work your fellow members have been doing to keep academic freedom, shared governance, and the economic security of the profession in the spotlight.
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AAUP Top Clips:
- Tenure was already in decline. Now some Republicans want it gone from colleges for good. – USA Today (AAUP senior researcher Glenn Colby quoted)
- The myth of ‘woke’ indoctrination of students – The Hill (Tweet)
- Average full-time faculty wages fell 2.4% after inflation, AAUP finds – Higher Ed Dive
- Report Shows Shift Away from Tenured Faculty in the U.S. Academic Workforce – Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Tweet)
Florida:
- Florida bill would bring bans on gender studies and critical race theory to colleges and universities – The 19th
- FL university system imposes 5-year tenure review; profs, other advocates criticize the change – Florida Phoenix (AAUP tenure definition quoted)
New Jersey:
- Rutgers University Faculty Members Strike, Halting Classes and Research – New York Times
- This is what led to the Rutgers strike as a wave of activism hits colleges – MarketWatch (Tweet)
North Dakota:
- ND Senate Narrowly Rejects Bill on Firing Tenured Faculty – Inside Higher Education
Ohio:
- A ‘chilling effect’: How SB83 could change Ohio’s education system – The NewsRecord
- Unwieldy bill would destroy higher education in Ohio – The Columbus Dispatch
Pennsylvania:
- More student workers are forming unions – and striking – at universities in Philly and beyond – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Texas:
- Students, faculty defend DEI at Texas colleges as lawmakers consider banning such efforts – Dallas Morning News (AAUP president Irene Mulvey quoted, Tweet)
- How Republicans’ threats to tenure and diversity might undercut their own efforts to advance Texas’ universities – Raw Story/Texas Tribune (UT Austin AAUPpresident Brian Evans quoted, Tweet)
In Solidarity,
Kelly Benjamin
AAUP Media and Communications