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…
Topic: American Association of University Professors
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…
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)…
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…
Does Campus Carry Endanger Academic Freedom?
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) avers that it does.
Purdue Professors Unhappy with President’s Acquisition of For-Profit Kaplan University
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels is being criticized by professors and faculty members for buying Kaplan University for a myriad of reasons, as well as being called names.
New McAdams Ruling Attacks Academic Freedom
John K. Wilson of the AAUP points out the problems in a recent legal decision by a judge to uphold the suspension of Marquette University professor John McAdams over academic freedom
Class Warfare Among College Professors & Adjuncts?
Class warfare, or more like class struggles, are hitting academics and college professors as adjuncts are not being paid fairly, in their mind.
University Professor Association Still Unhappy with Revised Immigration Executive Order
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) does not like the revised immigration executive order from the Trump administration and has a history of not liking what is going on in the Trump White House.
Sanctuary Campuses that Enable
While the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) made an attempt at an even-handed approach to the growing “Sanctuary Campus” movement, there is some evidence that there are campuses going well beyond the letter of…