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7/28/20 This Week on The Florida Channel: United Faculty of Florida News Conference

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The United Faculty of Florida sends a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and higher education officials requesting an order directing university and college campuses to provide on-line/distance learning only for…

Professors at Florida’s 12 state universities, plus MDC, want remote-only courses in fall

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BY JIMENA TAVEL JULY 27, 2020 09:05 PM Miami Herald Citing the surge in Florida’s COVID-19 cases, thousands of professors who teach at state universities and colleges demanded that Gov.…

‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic

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The Washington Post By Ariana Eunjung ChaJuly 18, 2020 at 1:58 p.m. EDT It wasn’t until Day 7 of her team’s coronavirus investigation when it dawned on Linda Vail, the health officer for…

UFF-FAU NEW FORMED SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE

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We would like to bring to your attention the newly formed UFF-FAU Solidarity Committee. This committee’s mission is to stand in solidarity with struggles for racial, ethnic, gender, disability, and social and economic justice that intersect…

Florida must delay reopening of public schools, lawsuit says

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Orlando SentinelLisa Maria GarzaJuly 19, 2020 A lawsuit was filed in Orange County on Sunday against Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials to prevent the upcoming reopening of public schools…

DeSantis kills online learning program amid virus resurgence

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By ANDREW ATTERBURY06/30/2020 02:02 PM EDTPolitico TALLAHASSEE — With a stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Ron DeSantis wiped out the entire $29.4 million budget for a suite of online education…

MoU Covid-19 Ratification

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Simulating COVID Spread in College Setting

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By Lilah BurkeInside Higher EdJune 22, 2020 Questions about the fall — whether to open campuses, how to deal with residence halls — have been swirling since instruction first went…

UFF-FAU Consultation with President Kelly, June 19, 2020

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Friday, June 19, 2020 2:00 PM Admin in attendance: President Kelly, Provost Danilowicz, Vice Provost Hawkins, CFO Jeff Atwater, VP Stacey Volnick, and University Counsel Tori Winfield. Union leadership in…

Expecting Students to Play It Safe if Colleges Reopen Is a Fantasy

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The New York TimesJune 15, 2020 By Laurence Steinberg Dr. Steinberg is a professor of psychology at Temple University and the author of “Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science…

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