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UNC-Chapel Hill Concludes Civics School Investigation, Won’t Release Findings A law firm's external investigation into UNC-CH's civics school is complete, but the university won't provide details.

UNC spent $1.2 million, over 6 months, to investigate its School of Civic Life. It won’t release findings. 🤔

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their…

We used financial records included in this trove of data to report on Blanche owning at least $159K in crypto assets when he shut down investigations into crypto companies.

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How Viktor Orbán Wins | Journal of Democracy The case of Hungary shows how autocrats can rig elections legally, using legislative majorities to change the law and neutralize the opposition at every turn, no matter what strategy they adopt.

The case of Hungary shows how autocrats can rig elections legally, using legislative majorities to change the law and neutralize the opposition at every turn, no matter what strategy they adopt.

At this stage of the finance, corporate, government funding, and administrator assaults on higher education--every faculty and staff should be finding ways to speak in legislatures, public hearings, candidate town halls, and school committees.

Virginia State University ignored tenure & procedural protections when they abruptly fired 6 faculty from the university's Agricultural Research Station.

In this episode of AAUP TV, @chenjerai.bsky.social and @proftwolf.bsky.social speak with two of VSU's Fired Six about this egregious decision.

A Secure Future for Contingent Higher Ed Faculty: Developing a Legislative Policy Agenda. Join us on Wednesday, March 18 at 12 p.m. ET for "A Secure Future for Contingent Higher Ed Faculty: Developing a Legislative Policy Agenda.” Led by members of the AAUP’s Committee on Contingency a...

Wed 3/18 12pm ET
“A Secure Future for Contingent Higher Ed Faculty: Developing a Legislative Policy Agenda”
Members of @aaup.org Committee on Contingency and the Profession, virtual workshop is meant to help adjunct, lecturer and NTT leaders develop a legislative policy agenda.

Virginia moves to forbid schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful In what appears to be a first in the country, legislation headed to the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) would prohibit public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capit...

“Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was peaceful or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the 1st Democratic state to try to shape how such events are taught” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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AAUP's Wolfson and AFT's Weingarten on the NIH’s Decision to Strip Fellows of their Right to Collective Bargaining AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in response to the decision by the National Institutes of Health to strip research fellows of their right ...

Shame on the NIH for stripping fellows of collective bargaining rights!

"The fellows at the NIH deserve the same voice, protections, and dignity on the job that academic workers across the country are fighting for every day."

Read @proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social's statement⬇️

McMahon: Education Department shutdown is still the goal One year into the job, the education secretary is setting her sights on improving literacy and expanding school choice.

Linda McMahon is still gunning to shut down the Education Department, using a manufactured shutdown to claim public schools “don’t need” federal oversight or civil rights protections.

www.k12dive.com/news/mcmahon...

By banning authors as renowned as Plato, Texas A&M has staked out turf as the epicenter of higher educational censorship. Resistance can sometimes feel futile — but as @jennyboylan.bsky.social says here, we must stand up for Aggies’ freedom to read, write, and learn.

Join elected officials and community groups calling for statewide proposals to increase taxes on the richest New Yorkers and most profitable corporations, in addition to measures to raise city revenues. #TaxTheRich

Series: Forgotten Pasts, Alternative Futures
"How to Build a College: Experimental Alternatives in History of Higher Ed"
M 3/16
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‘We will hold institutions accountable,’ top US education official vows At the American Council on Education’s annual conference, Under Secretary Nicholas Kent promised changes to accreditation and other policies.

Trump higher ed priorities - an overhaul of accredit, more civil rights investigations, continued efforts to stamp out diversity, equity initiatives.
Ed Dept continues to work on Trump higher ed compact: fed research funding in exchange for sweeping policy changes with fed govt’s goals.
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Why supporting a shelter for women is now 'kind of radioactive' That's how researcher Beatriz Garcia Nice describes the new U.S. stance under the Trump administration to programs addressing gender-based violence.

That's how researcher Beatriz Garcia Nice describes the new U.S. stance under the Trump administration to programs addressing gender-based violence. n.pr/46Ds6JJ

Lawmakers and Universities Push Back on Loan Caps Politicians from both sides of the aisle sharply criticized the Education Department’s narrow interpretation of the legislation, which limits the number of students with access to large federal loans.

Grad students shouldn’t be punished for pursuing the degrees our communities depend on. Capping federal loans while tuition soars just drives borrowers to predatory private debt. We need more public funding, not backdoor austerity in #HigherEd.

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Oklahoma legislature advances bill that would remove tenure at OU, public universities The Oklahoma legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would remove the possibility of tenure for OU faculty, limit contract agreements to five years and require each state institute for higher

“Abolishing tenure cripples scientific & creative research...

This sends a strong message that top-tier academics seeking employment at Oklahoma universities should look elsewhere immediately. Why pursue a job here under such a repressive climate?”

— Michael Givel, OU AAUP President

How PFAS harm our health — and why they're everywhere - Horizons What do non-stick pans, firefighting foam and many of our couches, carpets and cosmetics have in common? They’re all made with PFAS. The so-called forever chemicals helped spur innovation, but they’re...

PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," helped spur innovation. But they're also insidious to human health. https://to.pbs.org/4qRXD2m

AAUP critiques The New School’s restructuring, offers counter solutions in open letter to board of trustees - The New School Free Press The New School Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TNS) wrote an open letter to the board of trustees on Jan. 19 criticizing the university’s plans to cut faculty and pr...

The New School AAUP slams the university’s plans to cut faculty & programs & offers solutions to increase collaboration between trustees, administrators, & faculty.

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Series: Forgotten Pasts, Alternative Futures
"How to Build a College: Experimental Alternatives in History of Higher Ed"
M 3/16
4:00-5:30pm ET/1:00-2:30 PT
Co-sponsored w @aaup.org Center for Def of Acad Freedom, Critical Legal Collective
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Defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Tyler Creighton In this episode, we speak with Tyler Creighton about the ongoing struggle to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from defunding and closure at the hands of Russell Vought in the se…

DEFENDING THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU

UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings.

This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $

The reality here is that universities would love to hire visible and capable conservative scholars. That they have to create separate centers, and then hire people who would never make it in an open search, underlines the fact that its not anti-conservative bias, its a lack of strong candidates.

Imaginative aspirations for new higher ed must grapple with material realities: funds, faculty and staff employment, land or online infrastructure, students, and accreditation. This webinar will examine past examples of how others organized to make their alternative ideas into tangible reality.

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Upcoming webinar in the series Forgotten Pasts, Alternative Futures
"How to Build a College: Experimental Alternatives in the History of Higher Ed"
Mon 3/16
4:00-5:30pm ET/1:00-2:30 PT
Co-sponsored with @aaup.org Center for Def of Acad Freedom and Critical Legal Collective