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OSU-AAUP: continuing to organize

  Apr 18, 2016     2141 Views     Comments Off on OSU-AAUP: continuing to organize  

by Tony Vogt, activist, OSU-AAUP The advocacy chapter of AAUP-OSU, in collaboration with The Alliance for a Socially Just University and Allied Students for Another Politics, is planning a follow up Q & A session with Howard Bunsis (who will join us via skype) sometime in May, followed the next week by a "mock Board meeting," the details of which we are presently fleshing out with our collaborators. We are also considering how to respond to what we consider a lukewarm (at best) set of responses by the Administration to the problems of NTT faculty as highlighted through a joint…

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United Academics at UO: working for racial justice

  Apr 18, 2016     2219 Views     Comments Off on United Academics at UO: working for racial justice  

by Michael Dreiling, President, United Academics United Academics members are active on many fronts this spring. We are hosting a panel on faculty diversity April 18 at 3:30pm in 117 ED to discuss how universities today claim to embrace diversity, yet rarely do we see this realized in practice. Indeed, institutional imperatives and policies often seem to work against diversification rather than for it. What are the barriers to creating faculty diversity and how can they be overcome? What role should administrators and faculty play in achieving this goal?  All faculty, administrators, and students are welcome to join us for…

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