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Stop the Florida Legislature’s Sneak Attack on Public Schools

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Dear Colleague – While Florida parents and teachers are comforting our students and trying to understand how to best keep our children safe, the Florida Legislature is trying to pull…

The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’

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From The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2018 By Molly Worthen I teach at a big state university, and I often receive emails from software companies offering to help me do…

Happy Hour

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To help you get your mind right for the new semester, UFF-FAU invites you to our Happy Hour, Friday Feb. 9th at The Irishmen in Boca (1745 NW Boca Raton…

Reshuffling the Deck at the Department

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[Preface: Frank Brogan served as President of Florida Atlantic University in the early 2000s as well as chancellor of the State University System of Florida from 2009 to 2013. He…

Florida House Passes Anti-Union HB 25

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(If you were thinking about joining the Union or referring a friend, please do so quickly. It is easy to see below why your membership is crucial to our survival.…

AAUP’s Support of Non-Tenure Track Employees to Unionize

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UFF-FAU Preface: The American Association of University Professors is a relatively small, century-old association of university professors, which in recent years has become more progressive, including through collective bargaining, and…

Why We Didn’t Burn

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By Christopher Newfield from Remaking the University Webpage In December I took a break from blogging about universities to write a set of overdue papers. That was interrupted by December’s…

Labor Organizations Denounce “Union-busting” Bill Demanding Workers Pay for Representation

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from Public News Service December 5, 2017 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A bill opponents describe as “union-busting” legislation meant to target Florida’s public school teachers is back again after facing defeat in…

Why Higher Ed Needs to Get Rid of the Gender Gap for ‘Academic Housekeeping’

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from Higher Ed Jobs by Cassandra Guarino Monday, November 27, 2017 With the academic year entering full swing, I find myself concerned about the quality of my female colleagues’ lives…

Annual UFF-FAU Holiday Dinner Party

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UFF-FAU, your friendly faculty union, invites you to our annual holiday dinner party on December 8, 7:00 PM at Villagios, 344 E. Park Plaza Real, Boca Raton: http://www.villagiorestaurants.com/location-boca-raton.php Meet new…

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