BY MARTIN KICH Ohio’s colleges and universities are contributing in uncountable ways to the state’s efforts to contend with the coronavirus pandemic. Our faculty have provided expertise that has helped our state to meet a wide range of challenges, from conducting ground-breaking bio-medical research to resolving unprecedented logistical and technological issues. Our institutions have opened…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray and members of the committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you today on the important aspects of safely returning our nation’s academic institutions to their pre-COVID-19 pandemic status. I am Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association.…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Lane College president Logan Hampton spoke on June 4, 2020 to the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This is a transcript of the prepared remarks: Chairman Lamar Alexander, Ranking Member Patty Murray, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH United Academics AAUP/AFT Local 4996 is calling for the immediate resignation of Jim Johnsen, President of the University of Alaska. All are invited to sign this petition regardless of United Academics affiliation so feel free to share this message with others. To sign the petition, please click here. Don’t delay .…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Brown University president Christina H. Paxson spoke on June 4, 2020 to the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This is a transcript of the prepared remarks: Good morning, Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray and Members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Thank you for inviting…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Purdue University president Mitch Daniels spoke on June 4, 2020 to the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This is a transcript of the prepared remarks: I express my gratitude to Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray, and members of the Senate HELP Committee for the invitation. On behalf…
BY MARTIN KICH The following two charts, which were included in an article from Brookings but taken from the sources indicated below them, suggest how closely the much-reported, mixed perceptions of higher education are connected to our hyper-partisan politics. The first chart compares the voting patterns in the 2016 presidential election and in the 2018…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH AAUP-AFT Rutgers has posted this statement on its website: The Rutgers University administration has notified nearly all of its unions that it is taking the first steps toward implementing a fiscal emergency, thereby jeopardizing the futures of our 20,000-plus union members, their families, and communities throughout New Jersey. By declaring a…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Gene Smith is a Senior Vice President and Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletics Director at The Ohio State University. Today, he released the following statement supporting the Black Lives Matter movement: Racism has been declared a public health crisis; hate has no place in civil society. Over the past decade, Buckeye student-athletes…
BY MARTIN KICH On Thursday, the U.S. Senate will hold a committee hearing on re-opening college campuses in the fall. The hearing will be available live online. I am not sure what actual impact such a hearing will have since federal coordination of the COVID-19 response has been negligible. But the hearing may affect the…