Ben Groebe was frightened when he read that a tax plan recently passed by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives
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After a flurry of movement this week on the reauthorization of the federal law governing higher education
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The AAUP and a large coalition of other higher education groups have issued an open letter
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The AAUP filed an amicus brief last night supporting a challenge to a statute and policy in Texas that compel faculty to permit concealed handguns in college classrooms.
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The AAUP's Assembly of State Conferences (ASC) is seeking nominations for the following positions on the ASC Executive Committee: Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary.
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The tax bill would have drastic negative impact on graduate students
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Concealed guns in classrooms violates faculty member's academic freedom
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Last month, the Board of Directors of Universities and Colleges (AGB) issued a statement on shared governance.
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The AAUP, along with other higher education groups, strongly opposes proposed changes included in tax legislation being voted on by congress this week.
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University of Chicago, NLRB Case No 13-RC-198325
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Changes were modeled on those imposed on public sector employees in Wisconsin in 2011. This makes the work of all unions in Iowa much more difficult
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A more than monthlong strike of faculty at Ontario's 24 public two-year colleges will continue
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Plan targets large endowments of private colleges and eliminates many deductions benefiting student loan borrowers and graduate students.
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In the treacherous world of finance, where investors confront biased advice, hidden costs and onerous fees, one investment giant seems to stand apart
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Non-tenure-track faculty members - adjuncts, full-timers and potdoctoral fellows - at Fordham University voted 16-to-1 to form a union
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The Wright State University AAUP chapter, the faculty union representing full-time faculty at WSU, has adopted an amendment
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As protests unfolded at universities across the Northeast, graduate students seeking union recognition face an NLRB that might no longer be sympathetic to their cause.
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Republicans in Congress released their proposed overhaul of the nation's tax laws on Thursday
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Republican tax plan would cut off key source of borrowing and impose new taxes on wealthy institutions. Some see historic shift in view of elite universities from a public good worthy of sheltering from taxes to a source of funds for government.
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Neither Penn State nor Johns Hopkins’s Peabody Institute enjoyed particularly strong shared governance within the last decade. Recent reform efforts hold promise.
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