Thirteen years after voting to form a union, about 140 full-time faculty members at Point Park University have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement
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The following statement was issued by the American Association of University Professors president Rudy Fichtenbaum
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Hundreds march with torches, shouting “you will not replace us” and “Jews will not replace us.” Skirmishes break out. University canceled all activities Saturday amid violent clashes in Charlottesville.
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The following are four statements issued by the University of Virginia
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The following statement was issued by Hank Reichman, first vice president of the American Association of University Professors
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The AAUP released a new document with responses to frquently asked questions
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As right-to-work laws proliferate, it's worth remembering that they originated as a means to maintain Jim Crow labor relations
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Nissan’s efforts to stop workers from forming a union is an all-too-familiar story of how greedy corporations divide and conquer working people, writes Bernie Sanders
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July 31, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
At least once a year, Frank Phillips College, in Borger, Tex., gets a letter inviting its administration to work with the American Association of University Professors to get off of the AAUP's censure list.
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July 31, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Interview with leader from Qatar about the small country’s Education City, which has six U.S. university partners, and how it is coping with a blockade by five Arab nations.
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July 28, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
How precisely can professors evaluate students' work?
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July 27, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is conducting a study of the impacts of gender-related experiences on women in science, engineering, and medical fields
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July 27, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
It is unclear what impact this policy could have on U.S. service academies and other military programs
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July 27, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Bret Weinstein, the Evergreen State College professor who became the target of student protests at Evergreen State College
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July 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
If there's an organized outrage machine, we need an organized response".
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July 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Anticipating the possibility of an internet mob harassing a professor because of something he or she said can seem a bit like prepping for a lightening bolt.
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July 20, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Ted Mitchell, a top U.S. Department of Education official during the Obama administration
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July 19, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
In a victory for academic freedom and faculty rights, a California State University, Fullerton part-time anthropology lecturer
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July 18, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
New study of harassment of graduate students by faculty members suggests that the problem is worse -- both in level of offense and prevalence of repeat offenders -- than many believe.
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July 14, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
In a victory for academic freedom, the administration of Trinity College in Connecticut acknowledged today that Professor Johnny Williams’s social media posts “were protected by academic freedom and did not violate Trinity College policies.”
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