BY JACOB A. BENNETT Results from a survey of University of New Hampshire undergraduate students were discussed at the April 2020 meetings of the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees, indicating that only “30% of students felt they continue[d] to learn effectively” after the abrupt and necessary shift to remote learning this past…
BY THE OHIO AAUP CONFERENCE The COVID-19 pandemic has created a tumultuous time in Ohio higher education. The emergency shutdown of our colleges and universities has drastically changed the nature of instruction, as well as the financial situations of our institutions. This past semester, faculty across Ohio rose to the challenge of moving courses online,…
BY THE INDIANA AAUP CONFERENCE The COVID-19 virus pandemic has upended higher education, as all educational institutions quickly scrambled to protect students by making all instruction virtual, and otherwise keeping social distancing, often by sending residential students home for the rest of the year. Now, as colleges and universities must plan for how the fall…
BY BRIAN CONNOLLY As universities across the country responded to COVID-19 with various austerity measures, including mass layoffs and furloughs, coupled with an insistence on returning faculty, staff, and students to campus, a group of faculty at the University of South Florida drafted a set of principles and submitted them to the administration. The aim…
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 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 STEVE MOCKABEE AND PHOEBE REEVES, University of Cincinnati AAUP The AAUP-UC chapter leaders believe strongly that the University of Cincinnati’s budget should prioritize UC’s mission to serve the public good through teaching and research. This is why we have been promoting a Fight for 51% campaign urging university leaders to allocate the majority of…