I am working with my local #AAUP chapter, and we want to propose a path to tenure for full-time lecturers.

Are there any models out there to follow? Are you a tenured teaching faculty, or have this position at your institution?

#academicchatter #academia

All academics should join their local #AAUP or start one at their institution.

I am not happy with the cost of yearly dues, but consider it an investment in the future of our profession and your place in it.

All academics should join their local #AAUP or start one at their institution.

I am not happy with the yearly dues, but consider it an investment in the future of our profession and your place in it.

Actors and writers, even as upper class workers...are still workers and can be exploited.

I am in solidarity with them, and I hope my fellow academics join the #AAUP and work collectively in our best interests.

As a proud Union member, American Association of University Professors, I am indicating today that I no longer buy Starbucks coffee and will not until that corporation stops their punishment of American workers who have voted to legally unionize.

#Starbucks #unions #2023 #AAUP #OUAAUP

https://wapo.st/3XgzdC0

New #AAUP report finds that real average faculty salaries have declined sharply for 3 consecutive years, with a cumulative decrease of 7.5% from fall 2019 to fall 2022 after adjusting for inflation:

https://www.aaup.org/report/annual-report-economic-status-profession-2022-23

#HigherEd #FuckYouPayUs

How to stenograph the administration’s POV, tacitly endorse the “cancel culture” trope, and not interview any of the protesters, all in one simple example. Thanks, Chronicle!
‘Appallingly Coarse and Deliberately Abusive’: University President Condemns Students’ Commencement Protest https://www.chronicle.com/article/appallingly-coarse-and-deliberately-abusive-university-president-condemns-students-commencement-protests
#AAUP #HigherEd #journalism

More news from the DeSantis/Rufo takeover of Florida’s New College: the BOT starts denying legitimate tenure cases, while the new college president pushes a plan to attract “world-class faculty.” 🤔 The description of Rufo, attending remotely and hovering over the proceedings on a screen, is particularly symbolic of the totalitarian turn. Kudos to the professor and faculty chairperson who took the opportunity to resign from the college.
#HigherEd #Fascism #AAUP #Florida

https://www.chronicle.com/article/shame-on-you-over-fiery-protests-floridas-new-college-trustees-deny-5-tenure-bids

It’s absolutely crucial that faculty, students, and concerned administrators form a united front against this kind of legislation, which, as the screenshot below shows, is opposed by overwhelming numbers of students but is empowering the vilest sentiments among those who see it as a license to discriminate.

Hundreds of Students, Faculty, and Administrators Speak Out Against Ohio’s Proposal to Reform Public Colleges https://www.chronicle.com/article/hundreds-of-students-faculty-and-administrators-speak-out-against-ohios-proposal-to-reform-public-colleges #AAUP

Now that they have a supermajority, NC Republicans are moving to both eliminate tenure and impose surveillance on all research conducted. #NCpol #AcademicFreedom #AAUP #HigherEd #Democracy
New bill targets tenure, calls for scrutiny of research at UNC System campuses, community colleges | NC Newsline https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/new-bill-targets-tenure-calls-for-scrutiny-of-research-at-unc-system-campuses-community-colleges/

Important essay by Jennifer Ruth on the Stanford Law protests against Kyle Duncan. #AAUP #AcademicFreedom

https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-stanford-law-students-were-right-to-protest

NC State Chapter of the AAUP presents:

Assaults on Academic Freedom, Curriculum, Shared Governance and Us: What Are They Afraid of and What Do We Do about it?
A talk by Charles Toombs
April 21, 2023, 1:00-2:30 PM
Open to all faculty and allies in North Carolina. https://www.ncstateaaup.org/events

#AcademicFreedom #AAUP

NC State AAUP statement on changes to Policy 300.5.1, “Political Activities of Employees,” in the University of North Carolina code: https://sites.google.com/view/ncstateaaup-org #AAUP #AcademicFreedom

The word for this is Gleichschaltung. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/gleichschaltung-coordinating-the-nazi-state #Florida #DeSantis #HigherEd #fascism #AAUP

(h/t @jkfecke for the Rufo tweet)

Here is a piece by @donmoyn that offers an insightful analysis of the dangers of DeSantis's education policies but also a good line of attack in response. #HigherEd #Education #AAUP
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-latest-desantis-attack-on-education

Joint #AAUP - #AFT signature campaign re Florida situation. USians please ✍️ & 🔁!

"Faculty, advocates of academic freedom & anyone interested in preserving our democracy must fight these draconian measures with everything we have. The events unfolding in Florida are state-sponsored efforts to stifle ideas, silence debate, & limit the autonomy of educational institutions whose faculty, staff, students, or administrators may disagree with the party in power..."

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/florida-bill-would-destroy-higher-education-as-we-know-it/

#HigherEd

In #academic #labor news, Wesleyan University's AAUP chapter has just released its totally badass campaign:

winding down hiring of contingent faculty; path to continuous tenure for all current contingent faculty; fully staffed university.

Read it here:
https://www.wesleyanaaup.org/one-faculty

#highered #academia #labor #labour #aaup #organize #workers

As fights over academic freedom intensify, here's some urgent, essential reading from Lisa Levenstein and Jennifer Mittelstadt. #AcademicFreedom #AAUP #HigherEd #HigherEducation #activism https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-real-fight-for-academic-freedom.

#IndianaUniversity violated Academic Freedom when they fired Professor McPhail. #AAUP report:

#IndianaU #HigherEd

https://www.aaup.org/report/academic-freedom-and-tenure-indiana-university-northwest

yes. I have many colleagues that maintain a substantial (primary?) focus on sports, beer, and sports and beer. Massive intellectual capacity around the world debates sport; over beer … while terrifying crises are build such that much of humanity may never recover. #CAUT #AAUP