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Faculty grow uneasy as universities scramble to bring students back to campus

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By Deirdre Fernandes Boston Globe As colleges and universities announce plans to bring students back for the fall, many are encountering resistance from professors who are wary of returning to the…

The Only Way to Save Higher Education Is to Make It Free

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UFF-FAU Preface: For some forty years, irresponsible and reactionary state and federal officials, along with timid public university managers, have steadily reduced government support for higher education (and public education…

UFF-FAU Required Criteria for Reopening

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Dear Colleague, The Florida Board of Governors has made each university and college responsible for developing guidelines and criteria for reopening in the Fall 2020 semester. In response, FAU’s Administration…

BOG Comment Card

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PACK THE BOG: May 28th

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Dear Colleague – On May 28, 2020, at 2:15 p.m., the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) will meet to establish the guidelines Florida universities will follow to reopen in the…

Not the Same University

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UFF-FAU Preface: A recent article in “Inside Higher Ed,” linked below, describes draconian cuts in faculty and programs at Missouri Western University. Although so far FAU administrators haven’t proposed such…

The Pandemic Is the Time to Resurrect the Public University

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The New Yorker By Corey RobinMay 7, 2020 Since the coronavirus pandemic reached the East Coast, at least twenty-three students, faculty, and staff of the City University of New York have died. According…

Memorandum of Understanding United COVID-19 Health Emergency

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The United Faculty of Florida at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the FAU Board of Trustees are committed to maintaining the productive and efficient operation of FAU in a safe…

Prominent Scholars Threaten to Boycott Colleges That Don’t Support Contingent Faculty During Pandemic

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Chronicle of Higher Ed By Megan Zahneis APRIL 28, 2020 To account for the effects of the pandemic on scholars’ professional and personal lives, hundreds of institutions have extended their tenure clocks,…

Florida Keys Public College Professors Are Latest To Form Union

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Public college professors in the Florida Keys have voted 20-to-13 to form a union, with nearly all faculty members participating in the three-week election conducted by mail ballot. The College…

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