Coronavirus

“My University Mandates Exposure to the Virus but Does Not Mandate Vaccination”: Part I

BY CAROLYN BETENSKY I’ve been spending the past two weeks speaking with colleagues who teach at public and private colleges and universities in Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, and Texas.  All of these states are led by governors or legislatures that have demonstrated varying degrees of hostility to protective policies against the spread of COVID.  To…

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People holding a mask over a sculpture.

Uniting Faculty through a Mask Battle

BY MATTHEW BOEDY When it became increasingly obvious to me and my colleagues in Georgia through campus town halls and meetings that our university system would not institute a mask mandate for all during our upcoming fall semester, our AAUP chapter grew concerned. The why of that decision is surely political, since Georgia is a…

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