Another Supreme Court ruling resulted in the the Left acting apoplectic in the last week of judicial decisions when it struck down the Biden administration’s student loan program, which was marketed as a student loan…
Topic: AAUP
Thank Biden? Faculty struggle with inflation, too
The U.S. economy still suffers from persistent, nagging inflation despite the reassurances from the Biden administration that inflation was supposed to be “transitory.” A recent report highlighted how faculty members are struggling with inflation, too….
Rutgers University workers go on strike
After several months of negotiating and discussions, graduate student workers and other staff members officially began their strike this past Monday. The workers, represented by the Association of American University Professors (AAUP)-American Federation of Teachers…
Rutgers University union opens vote to authorize strike
After the university administration did not acquiesce to its demands met last month, unionized workers at Rutgers University began voting on whether to authorize a labor strike. According to the Daily Targum, voting began on…
Professor group announces investigation of Florida tenure review
A faculty organization said it will formally review the state of Florida’s efforts to reform tenure. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said it will formally investigate the Sunshine State’s tenure reform law over…
Florida professors don’t want to be held ‘accountable’
Being held accountable is commonplace in work and normal life, but apparently, Florida professors are unhappy with the idea of accountability. Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law which creates a five-year…
The Moral Incoherence of an Academic Boycott Against Israel
Seeming to give credence to Orwell’s wry observation that “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” the fatuous members of the Virginia Tech Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS)…
Left-wing scholars blast states banning critical race theory
Blowback against critical race theory has spread across the country, where Republican-majority state legislatures have proposed or passed laws banning critical race theory in school classrooms. Now, academics criticize these efforts as heavy-handed, authoritarian, and…
The Left’s New Deal ‘for Higher Education’ pushes Big Government rules
Two higher education labor groups, discontented with the status quo in higher education, launched a campaign to push for more federal government requirements to hold institutions accountable for student loan debt, post-graduation job prospects, and…
Activists lament ‘partial win’ in push to disarm police at Portland State University
Portland State University’s administration has been besieged by leftist student activists to back off its 2014 decision to arm its campus police force. For the past six years, the student activists under the “Disarm PSU”…