Faculty Care Fund

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This news release is from the AAUP chapter at the University of Akron: The University of Akron Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (Akron-AAUP) has created a one-time donation fund, the “Akron-AAUP Faculty Care Fund”. The fund is an act of support for the 66 University of Akron (UA)…

Remaining Engaged, Finding New Ways to Contribute

BY MARTIN KICH I initially became involved in AAUP because I was very impressed by Rudy Fichtenbaum’s and Jim Vance’s commitment to defending our colleagues’ right to fair treatment—by their commitment to the principles that I would come to recognize as the core principles of AAUP: academic freedom, shared governance, and economic security. I recall…

AURCO Announces Lunch Speaker Series

The Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio (AURCO) has announced a free virtual lunch series taking place April 5-9 between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm each day. The free series features a great lineup of speakers from several campuses presenting on a wide range of subjects. If you are interested in attending any of the online…

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How States Are Voting in the 2020 Election

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This color-coded map indicating the proportionate number of votes for each state was created for a detailed article published by the New York Times. A somewhat more up-to-date by conventional map has been produced by Axios:   The following table has also been created by Axios, and the article that includes…

I Guess That Outrage Just Ain’t What It Used to Be

BY MARTIN KICH You may remember (it was less than a decade ago, though that hardly seems possible) when this salute with a hand holding a styrofoam coffee cup was considered an unforgivable insult to our military: The talking heads were out in force to mock and to denounce the president for his failure to…

Where Does Tuition Go? Students Speak Out

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This event will feature speakers from Ohio, but the problems being faced by higher ed institutions in Ohio are clearly not exclusive to our state. So the event may clearly be of broader interest. What created the current crisis in public higher education? Where does all the money spent on education…

One of Our Own Is Running for a Seat in the Ohio Senate

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Ten years ago, Joel O’Dorisio was campaigning for a faculty union at Bowling Green State University. Ten years later, he has been campaigning to be the next State Senator for Ohio’s 2nd District. Some political candidates “talk the talk” of support for public education and labor, but BGSU Art Professor Joel…

UNC-Chapel Hill: What’s Going to Be the ‘Real’ Issue Here?

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Consider the following items: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the largest schools in the country to bring students to campus for in-person teaching, said Monday that it will pivot to all-remote instruction for undergraduates after testing showed a pattern of rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. The…