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Bargaining Issues: Conflict of Interest and Concerns Over Article 19

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As we mentioned in our previous collective bargaining email update, Article 19 on “conflict of interest/outside activity” remains a point of contention between our union and the Board of Trustees…

UF trustees blast faculty over free speech controversy

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T [UFF-FAU Prologue: What happens when political appointees serve as the Board of Trustees: resentment against academic freedom] The Tampa Bay TimesDecember 3, 2021Divya Kumar As concerns over academic freedom…

Standing By Researchers at Public Universities

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Inside Higher EdDonald E. Heller November 30, 2021 The recent controversy around the decision at the University of Florida to prohibit professors from participating in lawsuits against the state (a decision later reversed by President…

Giving Gators boycott donations to UF following academic freedom controversy

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The Independent Florida AligatorEmma Behrmann11/10/2021 More than 440 UF alumni, students and concerned citizens signed a petition to pause contributions to UF after the university barred professors from testifying against the state. …

DeSantis reveled in U.F.’s Top 5 status; now his minions threaten its academic freedom

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DIANE ROBERTSFlorida Phoenix November 15, 2021 Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to attend college in Florida. Higher education is under serious threat here. Y’all will recall that last…

University Of Florida Controversy Over Faculty Testimony Continues To Boil

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Michael T. NietzelForbesNovember 12, 2021 The national controversy stirred up by the University of Florida’s prohibition of three of its faculty members from testifying in a federal lawsuit shows no…

Faculty union calls on academic groups to investigate UF

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By Divya KumarTampa Bay Times11/10/2021 Faculty and students at the University of Florida are urging outside academic organizations to conduct an independent investigation into actions that have raised questions about the…

UF prof muzzling shows Fla. has politicized higher ed

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Jeffrey Schweers Capital Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK Eight years ago, then-Gov. Rick Scott convinced Bernie Machen to stay on as president of the University of Florida in the midst of the search…

United Faculty of Florida Stands Up for UF Professors & All Floridians’ First Amendment Rights

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United Faculty of Florida Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2021 The University of Florida (UF) has infringed upon the academic freedom and First Amendment rights of three political science professors—Drs. Sharon Austin,…

University of Florida president backtracks following a firestorm related to academic freedom issues

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Florida PhoenixIssac MorganNovember 5, 2021 Amid a firestorm over academic freedom at the University of Florida, President Kent Fuchs on Friday has asked UF’s Conflicts of Interest Office to reverse…

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