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 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 BOB NOWLAN One of the most egregious dimensions of outgoing University of Wisconsin system president Ray Cross’s May 7 “Blueprint for the University of Wisconsin System Beyond COVID-19”—which calls for a radical restructuring and effective elimination of the comprehensive dimension of the system’s eleven regional comprehensive universities, as well as an effective jettisoning of…
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…
BY A UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN FLORIDA* In one of my final classes in May, students started talking about how well J. K. Rowling described moments like the one we’re living through now, when young people worry about the great evil that hangs over them, and the adults in charge refuse to come out of denial.…
BY KELLY HAND Over the past few months, Academe Blog has published many posts—by contributing editors, other regular bloggers, and guest bloggers—about the pandemic and its impact on higher education. Our collective preoccupation with this topic is not surprising, since we all live with the daily consequences of the pandemic, even as it has become…
BY RUDY FICHTENBAUM AAUP president Rudy Fichtenbaum issued the following statement today. The murder of George Floyd by four police officers in Minneapolis has unleashed a massive protest movement across the country. These protests, led by young people, are revealing years of pent-up frustration with racism and inequality. The militarization of policing in the United…
BY JOHN K. WILSON Like most Americans, I was sickened by the senseless violence and destruction across the country this weekend, just as I was sickened by the murder of George Floyd. In recounting the terrible acts this past week, let me start at the top, with the evil and incompetence of Donald Trump. In…
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…