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Impacts of Prestige Seeking in Higher Education

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Academe Blog By Desiree Zerquera With fall recruitment in full swing, many colleges and universities may be eager to tout their updated facilities, star faculty, and standings among one of the…

Sign Up!: Union Family Bowling Event

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UFF-FAU is excited to announce a family-friendly social event. On November 5, 2016, the union will gather with their families at Strikes at Boca for an afternoon of socializing, laser-light…

Living in an Extreme Meritocracy is Exhausting

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The Atlantic Victor Tan Chen A century ago, a man named Frederick Winslow Taylor changed the way workers work. In his book The Principles of Scientific Management, Taylor made the…

Can Productivity Be Measured?

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from Inside Higher Ed By Colleen Flaherty October 25, 2016 “Since the first decade of the new millennium, the words ranking, evaluation, metrics, h-index and impact factors have wreaked havoc in…

In Solidarity!: Faculty on Strike at 14 Pennsylvania State Universities

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from The New York Times AP WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Professors at 14 Pennsylvania state universities went on strike Wednesday, disrupting classes midsemester for more than 100,000 students, after contract negotiations…

State University System Wants to Reach Union Deal at Table

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[Preface: Frank Brogan, the current Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, was once the Chancellor of the State University of System of Florida as well as president…

Florida Poly faculty the latest to join statewide faculty union

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Tampa Bay Times Claire McNeill By an overwhelming 38 to 6 vote, the faculty of Florida Polytechnic University have elected to become the newest chapter of the United Faculty of…

Results of 2016 UFF-FAU Administrator Survey

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Associate Provost of Broward Campuses ANTHONY ABBATE is a good administrator. 4 4% 5 – Strongly Agree 7 7% 4 – Agree 9 9% 3 – Neutral 2 2% 2…

2016 Administrator Survey Comments

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FAU would be better served if Associate Provost ANTHONY ABBATE would: N/A This isn’t about Abbate’s work, but I do want to say that FAU would be better served if…

Educators Look to Unions to Lock in Paid Family Leave

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[Preface: Paid family leave was won by UFF-FAU in 2013 after the union organized a task force of faculty to study the issue. After the task force completed its research…

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