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  • AAUP National: April AAUP Digest

    AAUP All-Member Meeting Tomorrow AAUP national continues to take the fight to defend higher ed to the streets and in the courts. Join us tomorrow, May 1, at 7 p.m. ET /4 p.m. PT for an AAUP national member meeting… Continue reading

  • The April 17 Day of Action for Higher Ed

    Dear Colleague,   With rallies, teach-ins, and events on more than 170 campuses nationwide, we’re ready to “Free Higher Ed Now!” during tomorrow’s April 17 Day of Action for Higher Ed! If you attend events in person tomorrow, please post… Continue reading

  • JMU National Day of Action for Higher Ed – April 17

    Fellow JMU Faculty, On April 17, 2025, campus workers across the country will renew a vision of higher education as an autonomous public good, and university workers as its most important resource. Join colleagues at campuses across the country to say no… Continue reading

  • AAUP@JMU: Social+Discussion 10/11/24 at Pale Fire…

    and we’d love to see you! There is a lot going on these days and much to talk about, so we would like to invite you all to another AAUP-JMU Social happy hour this Friday! AAUP-JMU Social happy hour Friday,… Continue reading

  • UVA virtual townhall on the repression of student protests – Sunday, Oct 6 at 11am

      ###FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE###### October 2, 2024Charlottesville, VA. In the aftermath of the violent repression of the encampment protests at UVa in May by police and administration, and with issues about first amendment rights at UVa still unresolved, faculty at… Continue reading

  • JMU Faculty Handbook Revision

    From the Office of the Provost email of June 20, 2024 9:08 AM with subject “Faculty Handbook Revision” “During the spring 2024 semester, the Joint Senate/Provost’s Task Force on Shared Governance recommended a comprehensive review and substantive edit of the… Continue reading

  • Free Expression Compromised at JMU?

    Would James Madison have been able to post his The Federalist Papers at JMU? No – not if the new proposed JMU policies concerning free expression on campus are approved. The Federalist Papers were published under the pseudonym “Publius.”  … Continue reading

  • Post and contribute

    Please contribute thoughts and insight to discussions about the presidential search or other topics on this website, either anonymously or publicly. Also, please consider sending us an op-ed that we might post online. Continue reading

  • Our work: July 18, 2024

    On July 18, 2024, the JMU exec committee sent a letter to all JMU instructional faculty to share our concern about the JMU presidential search committee. We noted that while there are 7 BOV members on this 11 person committee,… Continue reading

  • JMU Presidential Search: 7 of 11 are BOV members, but only one instructional faculty

    The search for JMU’s next president has begun, and the committee has met! As currently constituted the committee has 11 members with 7 BOV members but only 1 instructional faculty member, as reported on the presidential search webpage. JMU’s faculty… Continue reading