POSTED BY MARTIN KICH American journalists are rightly concerned about President Trump’s almost continuous attacks on the press in general and on individual journalists. For although the freedom of the press is very easy to take for granted, it is very difficult to restore once it has been lost. The Washington Post’s editorial board reminds…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This news announcement is from Politico: The Pentagon is set to begin a drawdown of its 5,800 troops from the Southwest border as early as this week, the Army commander overseeing the mission told POLITICO — even as the approaching caravan of refugees prompted U.S. customs officers to close a port…
BY JOHN K. WILSON Last week, the Nassau Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new News Media Relations policy that is a tremendous victory for freedom of the press, reflecting the importance of the AAUP and other groups fighting for campus liberty. At the Nov. 13 Board meeting, President W. Hubert Keen declared, “We’ve…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH What follows is a news release from the Wright State Office of Communications: Wright State University announced Nov. 16 that it has reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve questions and problems that arose when former university employees mishandled H-1B visa applications. The Wright State University Board of Trustees…
BY JOHN K. WILSON In a major victory for graduate student employees, Columbia University has agreed to a framework to recognize the Graduate Workers of Columbia-UAW (GWC-UAW) and the Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-UAW (CPW-UAW) and begin good-faith contract negotiations with the UAW. The Framework states that an agreement “must not infringe upon the integrity of Columbia’s…
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POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Photos taken by Josh Lenes and David Kociemba. Please sign and share a petition of support for our chapter’s efforts to get a fair contract: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-wright-statefaculty. Please sign and share a petition of support for our chapter’s efforts to get a fair contract: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-wright-statefaculty. Please sign and share a petition of…
BY MICHAEL C. BEHRENT, ALTHA CRAVEY, AND JAY M. SMITH Nearly three months after the Confederate statue was toppled by activists, “Silent Sam” continues to roil the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Despite the controversy’s campus-specific particularities, the questions it raises are emblematic of the issues confronting many campuses in our age of…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH 2018-10-19 BoT–Namisha Patel’s Remarks [PDF] Video Link: https://youtu.be/u7G9pQbuJdc. Because Nimisha Patel is a chair, she is not eligible to be a member of AAUP’s Wright State chapter. Good morning, I’m Dr. Nimisha Patel, Professor and Chair of the Teacher Education Department. Trustees Langos, Fecher, Fitzpatrick, your prior comments related to the Strategic…