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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 34:59 Transcription Available

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: the US Postal Service is under the most existential attack in it's history; Everything U$P$ assesses the situation. What's behind Europe's labor shortages? We'll find out, on the ETUI Podcast. From brand-new Network member Buwa Basebetsi Updates; migrant workers say enough is enough. Machinists Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes talks about Latinas in the labor movement on El Cafecito del Día. AAUP Presents talks with Stephanie Hall about how academic freedom is on the line. And, in our final segment, the Labor Jawn podcast talks with Blair Kelley, author of Black Folk. PLUS: Harold's Shows You Should Know. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. @ETUI_org @LCLAA @labor80132 #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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Ep 245 - Striking Is Our Hammer

Work Stoppage

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 102:57

Louisiana Nurses Strike Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-the-nurses-strike-fund Another whirlwind week of attacks on workers rights and the fightback from the labor movement. In our headlines we check in on the Oregon Nurses Association, the UFW, Student Workers of Columbia, the Professional Staff Congress, and more workers across the country and the world. 10,000 workers at King Soopers in Colorado are on strike, we discuss the first week of UFCW Local 7's fight for a fair contract. Nurses in New Orleans used the spotlight on the city for the Super Bowl to highlight their struggle for safe staffing. Workers in National Nurses United, the UE, AAUP, SPFE and many other unions across the country are fighting back against the twin assaults on our trans siblings and our immigrant co-workers, we discuss some of their first steps. Finally, the AFGE, AFSCME, and the AFL-CIO at large are leading the fight against Elon Musk's attempts to purge and loot the federal government. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee More info on the show at http://workstoppagepod.com/

Tim Burga, OH AFL-CIO | Sara Kilpatrick, AAUP Ohio Conference

America's Work Force Union Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 45:22

Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO, joined America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the Democratic National Committee's new leadership, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed budget and two anti-union bills under consideration in the Ohio Legislature. Sara Kilpatrick, Executive Director of the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), joined America's Workforce Union Podcast to discuss the implications of Ohio Senate Bill 1 on academic freedom, its anti-union provisions and the broader political motivations behind the proposed legislation.

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170: Dr. Kendall Gerdes

The Big Rhetorical Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 46:13

Keywords: Sensitive Rhetorics, Academic Freedom, Rhetorical Theory, Campus Activism, Rhetoric. University of Pittsburgh Press Discount Code 29GERDES for Sensitive Rhetorics active until 12/18/24. Kendall Gerdes is associate professor of writing and rhetoric studies at the University of Utah. Kendall is coeditor of Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and a lifetime member of the Rhetoric Society of America. Kendall is also the president of her university's AAUP chapter and a member of the U's Queer Alliance for Faculty and Staff. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

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UVA AAUP Backs 128 UVA Physicians Groups Docs; Carlton Mobile Home Park Development Details

The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 54:38

The I Love CVille Show headlines: UVA AAUP Backs 128 UVA Physicians Groups Docs Carlton Mobile Home Park Development Details UVA Endowment Will Not Divest From Israel UVA Protest Policies Already Being Tested Mother Of Virginia Hops Found In Albemarle Co Deer Overpopulation A Concern In SW Virginia Fall Festivals For Families In The Area Costly Colandria Missteps Doom UVA Football Read Viewer & Listener Comments Live On-Air The I Love CVille Show airs live Monday – Friday from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm on The I Love CVille Network. Watch and listen to The I Love CVille Show on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, iTunes, Apple Podcast, YouTube, Spotify, Fountain, Amazon Music, Audible, Rumble and iLoveCVille.com.

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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 2:00

AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965; Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural'; KAMALAUTUMN; The 1934 Minneapolis trucker's strike; Organizing app-based drivers Today's labor quote: I.W. Abel Today's labor history: TWU members bail out president @AAUP @ReutherLibrary @ArtandLaborPod @UnionOrBustPod @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 2:00 Transcription Available

AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965; Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural'; KAMALAUTUMN; The 1934 Minneapolis trucker's strike; Organizing app-based drivers Today's labor quote: I.W. Abel Today's labor history: TWU members bail out president @AAUP @ReutherLibrary @ArtandLaborPod @UnionOrBustPod @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 2:00

AAUP Presents looks back Today's labor history: FDR's National Labor Board Today's labor quote: Saul Alinsky @AAUP @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 2:00 Transcription Available

AAUP Presents looks back Today's labor history: FDR's National Labor Board Today's labor quote: Saul Alinsky @AAUP @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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The AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965

Labor History Today

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 42:03

Between 1955 and 1965, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) investigated numerous southern institutions of higher education that had dismissed faculty members for publicly supporting desegregation and racial equality. In today's episode, from the AAUP Presents podcast, a discussion with Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, dean of the graduate school and professor of social and cultural foundations in the College of Education at the University of Washington, drawing on her recently published article, "The AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965.” On this week's Labor History in Two: The year was 1821. That was the day Knights of Labor founder Uriah Smith Stephens was born near Cape May, New Jersey. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. @AAUP #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory

Episode 39: Activismus

Nullius in Verba

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 73:10

In this episode, we discuss activism in science. How do political and personal values affect science? When is activism just part of the job? And should one be careful about activism in the classroom? Enjoy. Shownotes: Frisby, C. L., Redding, R. E., & O'Donohue, W. T. (2023). Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology: An Introduction. In Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology: Nature, Scope, and Solutions (pp. 1-14). Cham: Springer International Publishing. McCaughey, M. (2023). The Trouble with Scholar-Activists. AAUP. McCaughey, M. (2024). Against Scholar Activists. The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Honeycutt, N., & Jussim, L. (2023). Political bias in the social sciences: A critical, theoretical, and empirical review. Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology: Nature, Scope, and Solutions, 97-146. Sargent, R. M. (2012). From Bacon to Banks: The vision and the realities of pursuing science for the common good. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 43(1), 82-90. Weber, M. (1946). Science as a Vocation. In Science and the Quest for Reality (pp. 382-394). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.

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On the Line; Power at Work; Organizing for a Change Radio; AAUP Presents

Asian American History 101

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 28:06 Transcription Available

On this week's show: Project 2025 and the labor movement…The plan to destroy worker power…Universal basic income and the 4 day week…The AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955-1965. This week's featured shows are On the Line, Power at Work, The Organizing for a Change Radio Podcast, and AAUP Presents. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. @laborontheline @PowerAtWorkBlog @AAUP@steelworkers @mgevaart @3CRsolidarity @95bFM#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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A Conversation with Author, Community Historian, and Archaeologist Dr. Kelly Fong

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 33:27

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 25! Sometimes making space for diverse voices isn't about the realms of music, theater, TV, movies, or fictional literature… it's about hearing diverse voices in research and academia. We definitely encourage that… so it's with excitement that we could bring on Dr. Kelly Fong to our show. She's an author, community historian, and archaeologist who studies artifacts and oral histories to create a better understanding of communities. Her latest published work is an essay entitled “Conditional but Essential Contingency” which was part of the collection Conditionally Accepted: Navigating Higher Education from the Margins, edited by Eric Joy Denise and Bertin Louis Jr., and published by University of Texas Press. It's a great essay by Kelly, and it really adds to the book's overall narrative of the trends and challenges facing BIPOC scholars in academic institutions today. We recommend the book not just for Dr. Fong's contribution to it, but for all the essays… And if you purchase it from University of Texas Press with the code UTXSUMMER, then you get 40% off! Dr. Kelly Fong holds a Ph.D. in archaeology from UCLA with a graduate concentration in Asian American Studies. Her interdisciplinary work bridges her interest in Asian American social histories, community-based histories, and historical archaeology to examine everyday life through materials and memories left behind. Dr. Fong is involved with several research projects. Dr. Fong is working in a position as an instructor and staff member at UCLA in Asian American Studies, but she also balances that with her archaeological work, researching the Five Chinatowns in Los Angeles, collaborating with peers on community histories, and even providing historical context as a guest on the TV show “Take Out with Lisa Ling.” We talk about many of these things as well as, some challenges contingent faculty face (including research on the increasing percentage of the use of contingent faculty in universities by AAUP), tips for breaking out of “muted invisibility, how alumni and students can help improve the situation, and so much more. If you like what we do, please share, follow, and like us in your podcast directory of choice or on Instagram @AAHistory101. For previous episodes and resources, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com.

Episode 479: Arnie Arnesen Attitude June 4 2024

Attitude with Arnie Arnesen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 56:10

Part 1:We talk with Isaac Kamola, Director, Center for Defense of Academic Freedom for AAUP.We discuss the attacks on education at all levels, especially higher education, by the far-right. They are creating a moral panic by lying about what is taught in schools, and how students are absorbing the teachings. This has no reference to reality, or the purpose of education.Part 2:We talk wtih Jeet Heer, National Affairs correspondent for The Nation.We discuss the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. We trace the connections between the Saudi government and the 911 conspirators. We discuss the madrassas, schools that are promoters of terrorism. We look at why the US is determined to be friendly with the Saudis, despite a long-running history of Saudi treachery, and its promotion of wahhabism, and the involvement with the far right in Israel, and Egypt. WNHNFM.ORG production

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Margot Weiss, "Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures" (Duke UP, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 53:01

This field-defining volume of queer anthropology foregrounds both the brilliance of anthropological approaches to queer and trans life and the ways queer critique can reorient and transform anthropology. Consisting of fourteen original essays by both distinguished and new voices, Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures (Duke UP, 2024) advances a vision of queer anthropology grounded in decolonial, abolitionist, Black feminist, transnational, postcolonial, Indigenous, and queer of color approaches. Critically assessing both anthropology's queer innovations and its colonialist legacies, contributors highlight decades of work in queer anthropology; challenge the boundaries of anthropology's traditional methodologies, forms, and objects of study; and forge a critical, queer of color, decolonizing queer anthropology that unsettles anthropology's normative epistemologies. At a moment of revitalized calls to reckon with the white supremacist and settler colonial logics that continue to shape anthropology, this volume advances an anthropology accountable to the vitality of queer and trans life. Contributors. Jafari Sinclair Allen, Tom Boellstorff, Erin L. Durban, Elijah Adiv Edelman, Lyndon K. Gill, K. Marshall Green, Brian A. Horton, Nikki Lane, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Shaka McGlotten, Scott L. Morgensen, Kwame Otu, Juno Salazar Parreñas, Lucinda Ramberg, Sima Shakhsari, Savannah Shange, Anne Spice, Margot Weiss, Ara Wilson Margot Weiss is Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, where she directs the cluster in Queer Studies. Her research, teaching, and writing move between queer theory and anthropology. She is the author of the award-winning Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality and editor of Queer Then and Now and Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures. Past president of the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA), she serves on the board of CLAGS: The Center for LGBT/Queer Studies and the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA). She is a founding member of the Wesleyan University Chapter of the AAUP. Clayton Jarrard is an incoming graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program and a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Kansas Center for Research. His scholarly engagement spans the subject areas of Cultural Anthropology, Queer Studies, Disability Studies, Mad Studies, and Religious Studies. Clayton is also a host for the Un/Livable Cultures podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Margot Weiss, "Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures" (Duke UP, 2024)

New Books in Critical Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 53:01

This field-defining volume of queer anthropology foregrounds both the brilliance of anthropological approaches to queer and trans life and the ways queer critique can reorient and transform anthropology. Consisting of fourteen original essays by both distinguished and new voices, Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures (Duke UP, 2024) advances a vision of queer anthropology grounded in decolonial, abolitionist, Black feminist, transnational, postcolonial, Indigenous, and queer of color approaches. Critically assessing both anthropology's queer innovations and its colonialist legacies, contributors highlight decades of work in queer anthropology; challenge the boundaries of anthropology's traditional methodologies, forms, and objects of study; and forge a critical, queer of color, decolonizing queer anthropology that unsettles anthropology's normative epistemologies. At a moment of revitalized calls to reckon with the white supremacist and settler colonial logics that continue to shape anthropology, this volume advances an anthropology accountable to the vitality of queer and trans life. Contributors. Jafari Sinclair Allen, Tom Boellstorff, Erin L. Durban, Elijah Adiv Edelman, Lyndon K. Gill, K. Marshall Green, Brian A. Horton, Nikki Lane, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Shaka McGlotten, Scott L. Morgensen, Kwame Otu, Juno Salazar Parreñas, Lucinda Ramberg, Sima Shakhsari, Savannah Shange, Anne Spice, Margot Weiss, Ara Wilson Margot Weiss is Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, where she directs the cluster in Queer Studies. Her research, teaching, and writing move between queer theory and anthropology. She is the author of the award-winning Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality and editor of Queer Then and Now and Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures. Past president of the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA), she serves on the board of CLAGS: The Center for LGBT/Queer Studies and the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA). She is a founding member of the Wesleyan University Chapter of the AAUP. Clayton Jarrard is an incoming graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program and a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Kansas Center for Research. His scholarly engagement spans the subject areas of Cultural Anthropology, Queer Studies, Disability Studies, Mad Studies, and Religious Studies. Clayton is also a host for the Un/Livable Cultures podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Margot Weiss, "Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures" (Duke UP, 2024)

New Books in Anthropology

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 53:01

This field-defining volume of queer anthropology foregrounds both the brilliance of anthropological approaches to queer and trans life and the ways queer critique can reorient and transform anthropology. Consisting of fourteen original essays by both distinguished and new voices, Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures (Duke UP, 2024) advances a vision of queer anthropology grounded in decolonial, abolitionist, Black feminist, transnational, postcolonial, Indigenous, and queer of color approaches. Critically assessing both anthropology's queer innovations and its colonialist legacies, contributors highlight decades of work in queer anthropology; challenge the boundaries of anthropology's traditional methodologies, forms, and objects of study; and forge a critical, queer of color, decolonizing queer anthropology that unsettles anthropology's normative epistemologies. At a moment of revitalized calls to reckon with the white supremacist and settler colonial logics that continue to shape anthropology, this volume advances an anthropology accountable to the vitality of queer and trans life. Contributors. Jafari Sinclair Allen, Tom Boellstorff, Erin L. Durban, Elijah Adiv Edelman, Lyndon K. Gill, K. Marshall Green, Brian A. Horton, Nikki Lane, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Shaka McGlotten, Scott L. Morgensen, Kwame Otu, Juno Salazar Parreñas, Lucinda Ramberg, Sima Shakhsari, Savannah Shange, Anne Spice, Margot Weiss, Ara Wilson Margot Weiss is Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, where she directs the cluster in Queer Studies. Her research, teaching, and writing move between queer theory and anthropology. She is the author of the award-winning Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality and editor of Queer Then and Now and Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures. Past president of the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA), she serves on the board of CLAGS: The Center for LGBT/Queer Studies and the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA). She is a founding member of the Wesleyan University Chapter of the AAUP. Clayton Jarrard is an incoming graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program and a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Kansas Center for Research. His scholarly engagement spans the subject areas of Cultural Anthropology, Queer Studies, Disability Studies, Mad Studies, and Religious Studies. Clayton is also a host for the Un/Livable Cultures podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Margot Weiss, "Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures" (Duke UP, 2024)

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 53:01

This field-defining volume of queer anthropology foregrounds both the brilliance of anthropological approaches to queer and trans life and the ways queer critique can reorient and transform anthropology. Consisting of fourteen original essays by both distinguished and new voices, Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures (Duke UP, 2024) advances a vision of queer anthropology grounded in decolonial, abolitionist, Black feminist, transnational, postcolonial, Indigenous, and queer of color approaches. Critically assessing both anthropology's queer innovations and its colonialist legacies, contributors highlight decades of work in queer anthropology; challenge the boundaries of anthropology's traditional methodologies, forms, and objects of study; and forge a critical, queer of color, decolonizing queer anthropology that unsettles anthropology's normative epistemologies. At a moment of revitalized calls to reckon with the white supremacist and settler colonial logics that continue to shape anthropology, this volume advances an anthropology accountable to the vitality of queer and trans life. Contributors. Jafari Sinclair Allen, Tom Boellstorff, Erin L. Durban, Elijah Adiv Edelman, Lyndon K. Gill, K. Marshall Green, Brian A. Horton, Nikki Lane, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Shaka McGlotten, Scott L. Morgensen, Kwame Otu, Juno Salazar Parreñas, Lucinda Ramberg, Sima Shakhsari, Savannah Shange, Anne Spice, Margot Weiss, Ara Wilson Margot Weiss is Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, where she directs the cluster in Queer Studies. Her research, teaching, and writing move between queer theory and anthropology. She is the author of the award-winning Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality and editor of Queer Then and Now and Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures. Past president of the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA), she serves on the board of CLAGS: The Center for LGBT/Queer Studies and the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA). She is a founding member of the Wesleyan University Chapter of the AAUP. Clayton Jarrard is an incoming graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program and a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Kansas Center for Research. His scholarly engagement spans the subject areas of Cultural Anthropology, Queer Studies, Disability Studies, Mad Studies, and Religious Studies. Clayton is also a host for the Un/Livable Cultures podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

AAUP Presents; Power at Work; PFFA Pod; Union or Bust

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 29:12

Political interference in higher ed, from the AAUP Presents podcast; on thePower at Work podcast, Stadium battles: how to beat a billionaire; we meet Fire fighter Audrey Tollefson on the Air Line Pilot Podcast, and on Union or Bust, Paul Diaz, the Portland iron worker from the Chasing the Hook podcast, another Network member. Plus: why the Weekly is good RX. Help us build sonic solidarity: click on the share button below! Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. @AAUP @PowerAtWorkBlog @iaff43 @UnionOrBustPod#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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Union or Bust; AAUP Presents; SayWatt; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; On The Line: Stories of BC Workers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 29:59

On this week's show: Members of IATSE Local 122 discuss their contract fight in San Diego; Fighting political interference in higher ed: From Florida to Texas, Ohio to Indiana, politicians are trying to substitute their own ideological beliefs for educational freedom by passing legislation that interferes with how colleges and universities operate. Then, a chat with Jamell Thrower, National Secretary of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus. Next, meet Ray Connor, the new president of the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council. And in our final segment, Paul Robeson sings at Peace Arch Park. This week's featured shows: Union or Bust, two union activists discuss organizing, unions, and politics; AAUP Presents, the podcast produced by the American Association of University Professors, on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education; SayWatt, which covers what's going on in the world of electrical apprenticeship; Working to Live In Southwest Washington, the podcast from the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council; and On The Line: Stories of BC Workers, a Canadian labour history storytelling podcast, produced by volunteers & staff of the BC Labour Heritage Centre. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. @UnionOrBustPod @AAUP @SWWACLC @BC_LHC #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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Palestine and the crisis of free speech on college campuses

The Real News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 48:35

Colleges and universities have long acted as incubators for social movements, and the movement in solidarity with Palestine is no exception. While repression against students and faculty for support of Palestine is nothing new, the upsurge in mobilization and agitation for Palestinian liberation since last fall has been met with a frenzied response from actors within and outside of university administrations. Students and faculty alike have faced retaliation from university administrators and Zionists within and beyond the student body, ranging from revocation of scholarships to expulsions, firings, and even physical assault. David Palumbo-Liu joins The Real News to discuss the growing repression of pro-Palestine activism and what it means for academic freedom.David Palumbo-Liu is the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor and Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of several books, including his most recent publication, Speaking Out of Place: Getting Our Political Voices Back. He is also the co-host of the podcast Speaking Out of Place.Additional links:“Campus Crackdowns Have Chilling Effect on Pro-Palestinian Speech”, The New York Times.Editor's Note: At the 10:43 mark, Mel misspeaks when she notes that tenured faculty often have the backing of a union. To clarify, tenured faculty often have the support of a union, faculty senates, or professional organizations like the AAUP.Studio Production: Adam ColeyPost-Production: Alina Nehlich Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

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AGB Board of Directors' Statement: A Conversation with the EVP Mary Papazian

Changing Higher Ed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 38:09

In this episode, host Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Mary Papazian, Executive Vice President of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. They focus on higher education governance and discuss the significant "AGB Board of Directors' Statement on Influences Impacting Governing Board Independence and Leadership." This document, a noteworthy publication in AGB's 110-year history and only the 13th such statement, addresses crucial issues in contemporary educational governance. Podcast Highlights "Without academic freedom and autonomy, higher education institutions cannot fulfill the vital role they play in our democracy and economy. The global competitive positions of our nature and society are in jeopardy if board oversight of academic freedom is diluted." AGB Key Discussion Points: AGB's Perspective on Board Roles: The dialogue begins with an examination of how boards should actively participate in governance, differentiating their role from that of university presidents in management. Principles of Board Governance: Dr. Papazian unpacks the four fundamental principles of board governance: loyalty, care, obedience, and the preservation of institutional autonomy, particularly academic freedom. Spotlight on Governance in Media: The discussion touches on the increased media attention towards board governance and its wider implications for higher education. Strengthening Governance Practices: The importance of developing robust governance structures, especially before a crisis, and the role of AGB in aiding this development. Academic Freedom - A Core Value: Comparing and contrasting the AAUP and AGB reports underscoring the critical role of academic freedom in American higher education. Best Practices from the AGB Report: Insights into the latest AGB report, which offers guidance and strategies for institutions to uphold governance responsibilities. Diversity in Board Decision-Making: Emphasizing the importance of diverse viewpoints in enhancing the quality of governance and shared decision-making. Essentials of Good Governance: The conversation emphasizes the need for maintaining and adapting good governance practices to address various challenges. Promoting Self-Assessment for Boards: The significance of regular board evaluations in sustaining and improving governance effectiveness. Three Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards: Fiduciary Duties as a Foundation: Reinforcing the core responsibilities of loyalty, care, and obedience in governance. Upholding Academic Freedom and Independence: Highlighting the necessity of board independence and academic freedom for the integrity of higher education. Supporting College Presidents: The critical role of boards in supporting university presidents, particularly in navigating complex situations. Final Thoughts The episode wraps up with an emphasis on the importance of informed and adaptable governance in higher education. McNaughton and Papazian advocate for proactive engagement and strong leadership to effectively address the evolving challenges in the sector. Read the transcript and extended show summary on our website → About Our Podcast Guest Mary Papazian, PhD, is the executive vice president of AGB. She has served as president at San Jose State University, Southern Connecticut State University, and as interim president of the Business-Higher Education Forum. She has served as board chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, and the Mountain West Athletic Conferences. She has been a board member of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the NCAA, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Haigazian University. About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton, host of Changing Higher Ed®, is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers. To learn more about his services and other thought leadership pieces, visit his firm's website: https://changinghighered.com/. The Change Leader's Social Media Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdrumm/ Twitter: @thechangeldr Email: podcast@changinghighered.com #AGBreport #BoardGovernance #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation

Work Week Radio; Working Voices; Bridging The Iron; El Cafecito del Día; AAUP Presents

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 26:39

On today's show: a 24-hour strike at the Washington Post, Medieval Times workers stand up for their animals, talking about mental health and addiction in the trades, la victoria de los trabajadores in the entertainment industry, and political interference in Florida higher ed. This week's featured shows are Work Week Radio, which airs Thursday afternoons from 12 to 2 PST on San Francisco KPOO.com 89.5 FM; Working Voices, airing weekly on KPFK 90.7, also in San Francisco; Bridging The Iron, the podcast from Portland Oregon's Ironworkers Local 29; El Cafecito del Día, the podcast from LCLAA, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and AAUP Presents, a podcast produced by the American Association of University Professors on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. @labormedianow @LCLAA @AAUP#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education

Changing Higher Ed

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 49:26

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released its comprehensive report titled "Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida's Public Higher Education System." This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP's history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. Hank Reichman, co-author of the report and co-chair of AAUP, joins the Changing Higher Ed podcast to discuss the report and provides details about Governor DeSantis's legislative efforts to control what can be taught, how it's taught and who teaches, particularly attacking faculty rights and tenure. The report includes the specific case of the hostile takeover of New College, describing it as a blueprint for potential future encroachments on public colleges and universities across the United States. McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Podcast Overview Unpacking the AAUP Report: A Critical Look at Political Interference in Florida's Higher Education: · The rarity of such comprehensive reports by AAUP, with only eight instances in its history, three of which occurred in the last three years. · The specific case of Florida under Governor DeSantis's administration highlights legislative and administrative actions perceived as politically motivated attacks on academic freedom, faculty rights, and tenure. Investigation Approach: · Conducting over 65 interviews with various stakeholders, including faculty, students, alumni, and former presidents, while noting challenges in engaging current administrators and political leaders. Major Findings: · The hostile takeover of New College is a model for potential future actions in other institutions. · Academic administrators' failure to contest or, in some cases, complicity in these attacks. · Legislative actions are collectively seen as an effort to enforce a narrow political ideology. · The chilling effect of these actions on academic freedom and the higher education environment. Human Impact: · The emotional and professional toll on faculty and students, with significant faculty departures and declining academic standards. · The broader implications for the quality of higher education in Florida and potential nationwide consequences. Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards: Thoroughly Review the Report: University presidents, administrators, provosts, deans, and other leaders actively engage with the contents of the report. Don't just skim through it; understand its implications for your institution and its broader impact on academic freedom. Build Resilience and Courage: Leaders in higher education are strongly urged to cultivate the strength to face political pressures. This involves developing a steadfast approach to defending the rights and freedoms of your institutions, faculty, and students against politically motivated pressures. Stand Up for Academic Integrity: When confronted with situations that threaten academic freedom or the integrity of your institution, take a clear and firm stand, even if it entails personal or professional risks. Demonstrating leadership in such situations is crucial. Voice Your Concerns Publicly: In Florida, it's mostly retired university presidents who are making statements against these issues. Encourage not only retired but also current university leaders to speak out against political interference. Public statements from active leaders can have a significant impact and inspire others to follow suit. Final Thoughts The critical nature of the current situation in higher education is a pivotal moment in the history of institutions. We are reminded that what's happening in Florida is not just an isolated issue but a warning sign of the potential nationwide impact of political interference in academia. Leaders in higher education are urged to recognize the severity of this crisis and respond with conviction and strength. It's a call to action for maintaining the integrity and freedom of our academic institutions against partisan politics, ensuring these values are upheld for future generations. Read the transcript on our website → About Our Podcast Guest Henry “Hank” Reichman is the chair of the American Association of University of Professors' Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure and a professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay. Hank co-authored the AAUP report, "Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida's Public Higher Education System," released on December 6, as co-chair of a special investigating committee. About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton, host of Changing Higher Ed®, is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers. To learn more about his services and other thought leadership pieces, visit his firm's website: https://changinghighered.com/. The Change Leader's Social Media Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdrumm/ Twitter: @thechangeldr Email: podcast@changinghighered.com #AAUPReport #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation

Episode 207: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 6, 2023: New College plays key role in AAUP Florida report; Tampa Five update; Sarasota libraries' ALA exit; EcoSummit ends today

Critical Times

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 30:18

New College figured prominently in a press conference in Tallahassee this morning and a report about threats to higher education in Florida put together by a national organization. Our news team has the details. NEXT: The Tampa Five - protesters who were arrested and charged during a protest at the University of South Florida in March - learned about their fate yesterday. The Peace and Justice Show on WSLR this morning interviewed two of them, and we are running excerpts. THEN: A private person offered to donate to Sarasota's public libraries the 1,300 bucks Sarasota County Commissioners did not want to pay for membership in the venerable American Library Association - an organization too woke in the eyes of some local activists. Ramon Lopez will tell us how they county reacted to the offer. THEN: A five-day environmental summit in Sarasota is ending right now. Our news team was there to rub elbows with the hundreds of energized participants. That included a mermaid, and a Republican candidate. FINALLY: Ryan Stanley has the scoop on a book club that sprung up to cover the schooling gap opened up during the pandemic. But the book circles have taken on an entirely new meaning in the light of book bans.

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Friday Politics Roundup | Trump indictments; UPS Teamsters deal; AAUP joins AFT; era of global boiling; electric car infrastructure; CBSD sweetheart deal; Pennridge secrets; Barbie; Sinéad O'Connor

Out d'Coup Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 72:48

New indictments against Trump announced. The ditch keeps getting deeper. UPS Teamsters announced a “historic” contract win a week before what could have been one of the largest strikes in American history. The details of the contract will be the proof to that claim. Since the announcement some UPS Teamsters are saying the unions 180,000 part-time workers may not get as good of a deal as suggested. In what could prove to be a sign that higher education faculty are willing to step up and fight to a greater degree, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The alliance will be the largest union of higher education faculty - about 300,000 strong. Following new scientific data from the World Meteorological Organization on this summer's record heat, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, proclaimed that the era of global warming has ended and the “era of global boiling has arrived.” It's been so hot in Arizona that the state's famous Saguaro cacti are literally collapsing. Ocean temperatures of over 100 degrees in waters around Florida could be a global record. Something else that climate change is giving us to worry about. More Americans are developing a rare meat allergy - Alpha-gal syndrome - which is linked to bites from the lone star tick. New data from the CDC find a steep increase in cases of alpha-gal. Alpha-gale can give you “stomach cramps, diarrhea, hives, and shortness of breath that could trigger fatal anaphylaxis,” according to the BBC. GM and other major automakers announce they will build 30,000 electric vehicle chargers to help build out the electric vehicle charging network. While Republican politicians and media personalities make is seem as though all parents are up in arms about their public schools, about 80% of parents responding to a new Gallup poll say they are somewhat or completely satisfied with their child's school. That confirms what a string of other polls conducted during the pandemic have shown. There's a gap between the political propaganda and real schools. And Mitch McConnell suffers a medical incident in the middle of a press conference. The party line is that “he's fine” but no information about what actually happened has been released. Central Bucks school board votes to give their superintendent, Dr. Abram Lucabauh, an $86,000 raise and a new 5 year contract after he joined with the board's new right-wing board to enact book bans, anti-LGBTQ politics, and more. He will now be one of highest paid public school administrators in PA. Pennridge School District board members are enraged over “secret” curriculum meetings between Vermillion Education's Jordan Adams and select members of the board. Christening Batycki, a member of the curriculum committee, found out “by happenstance” that Jordan Blomgren and Megan Banis-Clemens were meeting secretly with Adams to discuss the direction of the curriculum. Barbie breaks box office records as the right-wing loses it's collective mind (again). Sinéad O'Connor dies at age 56. Morrissey writes a passionate tribute to her and condemns the music industry for their treatment of her.

Education Today – June 14, 2023

KPFA - Education Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 29:58

Can we fight the Right on critical race theory, tenure, teacher rights and the right to free discussion at school? Hear Dr. Irene Mulvey, President of the American Association of University Professors, on what AAUP is doing nationally and how we can unite in a movement to defeat this enormous new threat. The post Education Today – June 14, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Prof Henry Reichman - AAUP vs Florida University System

Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 10:42

The American Association of University Professors declares in a preliminary report that Florida's public colleges and universities are "under assault" by recent efforts such as the ban on DEI courses and the overhaul at New College in Sarasota. We speak with Professor Henry Reichman, professor emeritus at Cal State - East Bay. He chairs the AAUP's committee on academic freedom.

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Judy Danella, President, USW Local 4-200 | Todd Vachon, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers AAUP-AFT

America's Work Force Union Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 54:40

Judy Danella, President of the United Steelworkers Local 4-200, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss ongoing nursing staff shortage in New Jersey. Danella also discussed safe staffing practices, hoping to approve nurse-to-patient ratios and the gathering of nurses in Trenton on May 11 to support safe staffing. She also discussed travel nurses and the difference between a travel nurse and a nurse that is working in the area where they live. Executive Council member of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, Todd Vachon, returned to the the America's Work Force Union Podcast. Vachon discussed the new contract resolution that all three striking unions have agreed upon, the difficulties of organizing and communicating for three unions during negotiations and the results of Common Good negotiations.

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189: Karla Huebner- Author of In Search of the Magic Theater

Hear us Roar

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 32:15

Listen here to our interview with Karla Huebner (In Search of the Magic Theater, Regal House, June 2022). We discuss this novel's quick appearance (3 months to write) but long gestation period (8 years to publish), what it's like to work with a small press, her self-imposed production goals, and how her own life's journey often informs that of her characters. And stay tuned to the end to learn about her unique household pets. Karla Huebner has lived on a boat and worked in factories, offices, theater, publishing, oil refineries, private investigation, and adolescent drug rehab; she is now professor emerita of Art History at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Over the years, her fiction has appeared in such places as the Northwest Review, Colorado State Review, Magic Realism, Fantasy Macabre, Weave, and Opossum. Her books include the novels In Search of the Magic Theater (Regal House, 2022)--a first-prize winner in Chanticleer's 2022 Mark Twain contest and currently a Reader's Choice finalist—and Too Early to Know Who's Winning (Black Rose, 2023), as well as the prize-winning study Magnetic Woman: Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020). Her collection Heartwood was a finalist for the 2020 Raz-Shumaker award. She is a member of AAUP, WFWA, and SCBWI, as well as several scholarly organizations. To learn more about Karla, click here.

Out d'Coup LIVE | François Furstenburg on his article, ”Higher Ed's Grim, Soulless, Ed-Techified Future”

Out d'Coup Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 60:04

On this episode of Out d'Coup LIVE, I welcome François Furstenburg to the show. François is a Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. We'll be talking about his latest article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, "Higher Ed's Grim, Soulless, Ed-Techified Future: Temple's Jason Wingard Championed "Skillification." He's Out, but His Vision Lives On." NOTE: we ran into a little issue with François's mic around 19m 15s. It only lasts about a minute, then we get it fixed. In the wake of unabashed anti-union tactics during the recent Temple University graduate university workers' strike and an overwhelming vote of no-confidence by the faculty union, Temple University president Jason Wingard resigned. However, as we'll talk about today, Wingard's ideas for higher education will, in the words of François Furstenburg, “continue marching across the landscape of higher education like zombies, transforming the content and purpose of curricula in the image of our post-industrial, financialized moment," unless a broader coalition mobilized to stop them. François has been a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University since 2014. He previously taught at the Université de Montréal from 2003-2013. He is the author of various books and articles on early American and Atlantic history, as well as co-author on a college textbook. He began writing essays on the state of higher education during the pandemic, in 2020, when he became alarmed by the corporatization of American universities. His writing on the topic can be found at the Chronicle of Higher Education, the American Prospect, and the AAUP magazine and blog. LINKS: François Furstenburg on his article, "Higher Ed's Grim, Soulless, Ed-Techified Future," in The Chronicle of Higher Education | https://bit.ly/3HcCwTU François Furstenburg's webpage | https://bit.ly/3H95G6a You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress/ Don't Let Paul Martino & His Oligarch Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, supporting local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmasking the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We're putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money. You can get more information and drop your donation at https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

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Todd Vachon of Rutgers AAUP-AFT | Dr. James Benton, Director of Race and Economic Empowerment Project, Kalmanovitz Initiative | Merri Berry, Secretary-Treasurer, Missouri AFL-CIO

America's Work Force Union Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 54:40

The America's Work Force Union Podcast welcomed Todd Vachon, Executive Council Member of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors, American Federation of Teachers, who discussed the current strike at Rutgers University. Vachon explained the events that led to the strike and the union members involved. He also shared the goals of the strike and spoke about the outpouring of public support. Dr. James Benton, Director of Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast and spoke about Labor Spring events held nationwide on college campuses. He also explained Labor Spring and why he feels it is essential to the current labor movement. Missouri AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Merri Berry appeared on the America's Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the current labor battles in Missouri. Berry told the story of how she got her start in the labor movement. She also spoke about two pieces of legislation in Missouri that would hurt worker rights and addressed how Working Women's Lobby Day helps women in organized labor.

The High Court Weighs in on Student Debt Relief

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 33:43

We're returning to the topic of student debt after this week's arguments before the Supreme Court over the Biden administration's student debt relief program. Risa Lieberwitz, AAUP's general counsel and a professor of labor and employment law in the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and Jenna Sablan, AAUP's senior program officer for government relations, weigh in on what happened at the high court this week and what's next. In August, the Department of Education announced that borrowers with federally-held loans making less than $125K for individuals or $250K for households would be eligible for up to $20,000 in debt relief to Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 in debt relief to non-Pell Grant recipients. On February 28, the justices heard two cases challenging the debt relief plan, one from six Republican-led states and one from two individuals. The episode is hosted by Mariah Quinn, AAUP's digital organizer.Links:AAUP Files Brief Supporting Student Debt ReliefThe Past, Present, and Future of the Student Debt Crisis (AAUP Presents, Season 1, Episode 11)

The Case of Dr. Mark McPhail

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 36:37

In this episode we discuss the AAUP's new investigative report on the summary suspension and dismissal of Dr. Mark McPhail, at Indiana University Northwest. In September 2021, the administration dispatched campus police officers to McPhail's home to inform him that he had been dismissed and banned from campus, supposedly for making racially charged threats of physical violence. No accuser was identified, and no criminal charges were filed. An AAUP investigation found that, in acting against McPhail, the administration disregarded AAUP-supported standards of academic due process. The committee deemed “implausible” the charge that McPhail had made violent threats, and it found “highly credible” McPhail's allegation that the administration's actions were prompted by his criticism of the administration's handling of racial equity issues and therefore violated his academic freedom. The guests are Afshan Jafar, a professor of Sociology at Connecticut College, and the chair of the investigative committee for the report, and Mark Criley, a senior program officer in the AAUP's Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance, who staffed the investigation. The episode is hosted by Mariah Quinn, AAUP's digital organizer.Links:Read the full investigative report hereThe Disenchantment of a Black Professor, Oyin Adedoyin, The Chronicle, May 2022

Rock Chalk Union – Organizing at KU and M-Power – The Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment, and Rights

Heartland Labor Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 60:00

Tonight, on the Heartland Labor Forum: Last November, AFT and AAUP announced they were organizing 1500 faculty and staff at the Un iversity of Kansas. This week on the Heartland […] The post Rock Chalk Union – Organizing at KU and M-Power – The Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment, and Rights appeared first on KKFI.

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Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 67:59

Why did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores: The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families. Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all. How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors. The limitations of sympathy strikes. How higher education became a gig economy. Why this generation of students and their parents have more power to change academic inequality than they may realize. Our guest is: Trevor Griffey is a Lecturer in U.S. History at UC Irvine and in Labor Studies at UCLA. He is co-founder of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, and co-editor of the book Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Actiton and the Construction Industry (Cornell University Press, 2010). He currently serves as the Vice President of Legislation for the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents non-Senate faculty and librarians in the University of California system. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: This podcast on dealing with structural inequalities in the tenure pipeline This podcast with the AAUP on how the demise of the tenure system is hurting students, professors, and academic freedom The podcast on one professor's long road to the dream job in academia The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University by Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, And Daniel T. Scott State of the Union: A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition, by Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein's piece about the UC Strike in Dissent Magazine This LA Times article, which is one of many pieces in recent years about how graduate students and adjuncts cannot afford housing The Guardian's article on firings of graduate student strikers in 2020 For teaching US labor and social history, this resource which is free and available online (free registration): https://wba.ashpcml.org/ Welcome to the Academic Life! On the Academic Life channel we are inspired and informed by today's knowledge-producers, working inside and outside the academy. Missed any of our episodes? You'll find over 130 of the Academic Life podcast episodes archived and freely available to you on the New Books Network website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 67:59

Why did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores: The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families. Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all. How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors. The limitations of sympathy strikes. How higher education became a gig economy. Why this generation of students and their parents have more power to change academic inequality than they may realize. Our guest is: Trevor Griffey is a Lecturer in U.S. History at UC Irvine and in Labor Studies at UCLA. He is co-founder of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, and co-editor of the book Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Actiton and the Construction Industry (Cornell University Press, 2010). He currently serves as the Vice President of Legislation for the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents non-Senate faculty and librarians in the University of California system. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: This podcast on dealing with structural inequalities in the tenure pipeline This podcast with the AAUP on how the demise of the tenure system is hurting students, professors, and academic freedom The podcast on one professor's long road to the dream job in academia The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University by Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, And Daniel T. Scott State of the Union: A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition, by Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein's piece about the UC Strike in Dissent Magazine This LA Times article, which is one of many pieces in recent years about how graduate students and adjuncts cannot afford housing The Guardian's article on firings of graduate student strikers in 2020 For teaching US labor and social history, this resource which is free and available online (free registration): https://wba.ashpcml.org/ Welcome to the Academic Life! On the Academic Life channel we are inspired and informed by today's knowledge-producers, working inside and outside the academy. Missed any of our episodes? You'll find over 130 of the Academic Life podcast episodes archived and freely available to you on the New Books Network website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey

The Academic Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 67:59

Why did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores: The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families. Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all. How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors. The limitations of sympathy strikes. How higher education became a gig economy. Why this generation of students and their parents have more power to change academic inequality than they may realize. Our guest is: Trevor Griffey is a Lecturer in U.S. History at UC Irvine and in Labor Studies at UCLA. He is co-founder of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, and co-editor of the book Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Actiton and the Construction Industry (Cornell University Press, 2010). He currently serves as the Vice President of Legislation for the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents non-Senate faculty and librarians in the University of California system. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: This podcast on dealing with structural inequalities in the tenure pipeline This podcast with the AAUP on how the demise of the tenure system is hurting students, professors, and academic freedom The podcast on one professor's long road to the dream job in academia The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University by Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, And Daniel T. Scott State of the Union: A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition, by Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein's piece about the UC Strike in Dissent Magazine This LA Times article, which is one of many pieces in recent years about how graduate students and adjuncts cannot afford housing The Guardian's article on firings of graduate student strikers in 2020 For teaching US labor and social history, this resource which is free and available online (free registration): https://wba.ashpcml.org/ Welcome to the Academic Life! On the Academic Life channel we are inspired and informed by today's knowledge-producers, working inside and outside the academy. Missed any of our episodes? You'll find over 130 of the Academic Life podcast episodes archived and freely available to you on the New Books Network website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey

New Books in Education

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 67:59

Why did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores: The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families. Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all. How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors. The limitations of sympathy strikes. How higher education became a gig economy. Why this generation of students and their parents have more power to change academic inequality than they may realize. Our guest is: Trevor Griffey is a Lecturer in U.S. History at UC Irvine and in Labor Studies at UCLA. He is co-founder of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, and co-editor of the book Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Actiton and the Construction Industry (Cornell University Press, 2010). He currently serves as the Vice President of Legislation for the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents non-Senate faculty and librarians in the University of California system. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: This podcast on dealing with structural inequalities in the tenure pipeline This podcast with the AAUP on how the demise of the tenure system is hurting students, professors, and academic freedom The podcast on one professor's long road to the dream job in academia The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University by Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, And Daniel T. Scott State of the Union: A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition, by Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein's piece about the UC Strike in Dissent Magazine This LA Times article, which is one of many pieces in recent years about how graduate students and adjuncts cannot afford housing The Guardian's article on firings of graduate student strikers in 2020 For teaching US labor and social history, this resource which is free and available online (free registration): https://wba.ashpcml.org/ Welcome to the Academic Life! On the Academic Life channel we are inspired and informed by today's knowledge-producers, working inside and outside the academy. Missed any of our episodes? You'll find over 130 of the Academic Life podcast episodes archived and freely available to you on the New Books Network website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey

New Books in Higher Education

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 67:59

Why did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores: The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families. Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all. How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors. The limitations of sympathy strikes. How higher education became a gig economy. Why this generation of students and their parents have more power to change academic inequality than they may realize. Our guest is: Trevor Griffey is a Lecturer in U.S. History at UC Irvine and in Labor Studies at UCLA. He is co-founder of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, and co-editor of the book Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Actiton and the Construction Industry (Cornell University Press, 2010). He currently serves as the Vice President of Legislation for the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents non-Senate faculty and librarians in the University of California system. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: This podcast on dealing with structural inequalities in the tenure pipeline This podcast with the AAUP on how the demise of the tenure system is hurting students, professors, and academic freedom The podcast on one professor's long road to the dream job in academia The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University by Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, And Daniel T. Scott State of the Union: A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition, by Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein's piece about the UC Strike in Dissent Magazine This LA Times article, which is one of many pieces in recent years about how graduate students and adjuncts cannot afford housing The Guardian's article on firings of graduate student strikers in 2020 For teaching US labor and social history, this resource which is free and available online (free registration): https://wba.ashpcml.org/ Welcome to the Academic Life! On the Academic Life channel we are inspired and informed by today's knowledge-producers, working inside and outside the academy. Missed any of our episodes? You'll find over 130 of the Academic Life podcast episodes archived and freely available to you on the New Books Network website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AAUP Presents: The Past, Present, and Future of the Student Debt Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 39:40

As student debt has grown astronomically over the past few decades, topping $1.7 trillion in federal and privately held debt, there seemed a moment of (limited) hope over the summer after years of activism and pressure when the Biden administration announced a federal plan to cancel $10K of debt for most federal loan holders and $20K of debt for those who had received Pell Grants. That plan ground to a halt in November when Republican-led courts halted the program. In this episode we discuss the current state of student debt in the U.S., how we got here, and where we could go next. The episode's guests are Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, an associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago and the author of Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt, and Charlie Eaton, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Merced, where he co-founded the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy Lab. He is the author of Bankers in the Ivory Tower: The Troubling Rise of Financiers in US Higher Education.Links:“American Higher Education's Past Was Gilded, Not Golden," Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Academe, Fall 2022“Student Debt Cancellation on Campus," Charlie Eaton, Academe, Fall 2022College Score Card from the Department of Education with information on debt held by students"The Private Side of Public Universities: Third party providers and platform capitalism," Laura T. Hamilton, Heather Daniels, Christian Michael Smith, and Charlie Eaton, University of California, Merced, Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education, June 2022Information on SUMMER debt counseling from the AAUPThe Debt CollectiveCancel My Student DebtVisit our website aaup.org for more information on our work.

AAUP Presents: Black Out: Backlash and Betrayal in the Academy and Beyond

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 27:40

In this episode we sit down with Professor Lori Latrice Martin, an associate dean in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor in the Department of African and African American Studies at Louisiana State University, to discuss her article “Black Out: Backlash and Betrayal in the Academy and Beyond,” which examines what Professor Martin describes as the "predictability of efforts to silence conversations and actions related to combating anti-Blackness in America and the continued use of Black deaths to further the social, economic, and political progress of non-Black groups in the academy and beyond" in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. You can find the article in the most recent edition of AAUP's Journal of Academic Freedom; the entire issue is devoted to the intersection of disinformation and academic freedom. Links:"Black Out: Backlash and Betrayal in the Academy and Beyond," Lori Latrice Martin, Journal of Academic Freedom, Volume 13, 2022"Racial Realism," Derek Bell, Connecticut Law Review, 1992Journal of Academic Freedom, Volume 13, 2022Visit our website at aaup.org for more information on our work.

Decreasing Debt

CTU Speaks!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 31:38

In this episode of CTU Speaks!, cohosts Andrea Parker and Jim Staros talk with Chris Goff from the American Federation of Teachers about student loan debt. The three of them discuss how student debt has ballooned out of control, and how the AFT sued the federal government over unscrupulous and predatory practices to help borrowers attain some debt relief. They also explain what members can do about their own debt and review some of the resources out there to assist them in the process. As always, please share your thoughts and questions with the CTU Speaks! team by emailing ctuspeaks@ctulocal1.org or calling 312-467-8888. • Information about Summer, the online resource for AFT members that harnesses the expertise of public policy experts to optimize borrower options. This is also where you can create your own AFT Member Benefits account to access the free Summer benefit - https://www.aft.org/benefits/Summer • Tutorial on how to create an AFT Member Benefits account - https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/media/2021/how-to-register-members-only-benefits.pdf • Forgive My Student Debt webpage (co-hosted with AFSCME, AAUP, and the Student Borrower Protection Center) - https://www.forgivemystudentdebt.org/ • Registration link for AFT's Thursday Student Debt Clinic webinar (every Thursday at 6 pm CT) - https://cvent.me/17XZka

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Stolen Lands and State Universities

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 44:26

In this episode of the podcast we discuss the issue of the massive transfer of wealth from tribal nations who underwrote the founding of land-grant universities and how institutions are beginning to address and contend with difficult questions about their relationship to Indigenous communities. The issue is the topic of a recent article in AAUP's Academe magazine entitled “Confronting the Wealth Transfer from Tribal Nations That Established Land-Grant Universities” written by today's guests, Stephen M. Gavazzi, a professor of human development and family science in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University, and John N. Low, an enrolled citizen in the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians and the director of the Newark Earthworks Center. He is associate professor of comparative studies at Ohio State, and the author of Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and the City of Chicago. Subscribe and listen to all episodes at: https://www.aaup.org/news/our-podcast-aaup-presents Suggested reading:"Confronting the Wealth Transfer from Tribal Nations That Established Land-Grant Universities," Stephen M. Gavazzi & John Low, Academe, Spring 2022"Land-grab Universities," Robert Lee & Tristan Ahtone, High Country News, March 30, 2020

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An Inside Look at the American Association of University Professors

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 61:46

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Why the AAUP was formed. Their role in supporting academic freedom. Why the threat to tenure is a threat to higher education. The importance of collective bargaining, and of transparency in academic salaries. Our guest is: Dr. Irene Mulvey, who is a Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University where she has been teaching for 37 years. She has been fighting to protect academic freedom, to promote shared governance, and to uphold AAUP principles and standards at the campus, state and national level for over 30 years. In 2020, she was elected to a four-year term as President of the AAUP on a platform pledging progress toward making the AAUP an anti-racist organization and dismantling structural racism in all aspects of higher education. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, the co-creator of the Academic Life. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: The AAUP The AAUP Foundation Chronicle of Higher Education article on the Adjunct Problem LA Times editorial about the adjunct crisis in California and how that affects Academic Freedom Statement on academic freedom from the American Federation of Teachers Academic Life interview with an Adjunct Professor NBN episode on the future of tenure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

An Inside Look at the American Association of University Professors

The Academic Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 61:46

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Why the AAUP was formed. Their role in supporting academic freedom. Why the threat to tenure is a threat to higher education. The importance of collective bargaining, and of transparency in academic salaries. Our guest is: Dr. Irene Mulvey, who is a Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University where she has been teaching for 37 years. She has been fighting to protect academic freedom, to promote shared governance, and to uphold AAUP principles and standards at the campus, state and national level for over 30 years. In 2020, she was elected to a four-year term as President of the AAUP on a platform pledging progress toward making the AAUP an anti-racist organization and dismantling structural racism in all aspects of higher education. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, the co-creator of the Academic Life. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: The AAUP The AAUP Foundation Chronicle of Higher Education article on the Adjunct Problem LA Times editorial about the adjunct crisis in California and how that affects Academic Freedom Statement on academic freedom from the American Federation of Teachers Academic Life interview with an Adjunct Professor NBN episode on the future of tenure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

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An Inside Look at the American Association of University Professors

New Books in Education

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 61:46

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Why the AAUP was formed. Their role in supporting academic freedom. Why the threat to tenure is a threat to higher education. The importance of collective bargaining, and of transparency in academic salaries. Our guest is: Dr. Irene Mulvey, who is a Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University where she has been teaching for 37 years. She has been fighting to protect academic freedom, to promote shared governance, and to uphold AAUP principles and standards at the campus, state and national level for over 30 years. In 2020, she was elected to a four-year term as President of the AAUP on a platform pledging progress toward making the AAUP an anti-racist organization and dismantling structural racism in all aspects of higher education. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, the co-creator of the Academic Life. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: The AAUP The AAUP Foundation Chronicle of Higher Education article on the Adjunct Problem LA Times editorial about the adjunct crisis in California and how that affects Academic Freedom Statement on academic freedom from the American Federation of Teachers Academic Life interview with an Adjunct Professor NBN episode on the future of tenure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

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An Inside Look at the American Association of University Professors

New Books in Higher Education

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 61:46

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Why the AAUP was formed. Their role in supporting academic freedom. Why the threat to tenure is a threat to higher education. The importance of collective bargaining, and of transparency in academic salaries. Our guest is: Dr. Irene Mulvey, who is a Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University where she has been teaching for 37 years. She has been fighting to protect academic freedom, to promote shared governance, and to uphold AAUP principles and standards at the campus, state and national level for over 30 years. In 2020, she was elected to a four-year term as President of the AAUP on a platform pledging progress toward making the AAUP an anti-racist organization and dismantling structural racism in all aspects of higher education. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, the co-creator of the Academic Life. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: The AAUP The AAUP Foundation Chronicle of Higher Education article on the Adjunct Problem LA Times editorial about the adjunct crisis in California and how that affects Academic Freedom Statement on academic freedom from the American Federation of Teachers Academic Life interview with an Adjunct Professor NBN episode on the future of tenure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Governance, Academic Freedom & Institutional Racism in the UNC System

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 34:01

On April 28 the AAUP released a report of the Special Committee on Governance, Academic Freedom, and Institutional Racism in the University of North Carolina System. The report considers the influence of the North Carolina state legislature on the systemwide board of governors and campus boards of trustees. It discusses how political pressure and top-down leadership have obstructed meaningful faculty participation in the UNC system, jeopardized academic freedom, and reinforced institutional racism.The guests are the co-chairs of the special committee that wrote the report, Nicholas Fleisher, professor of Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Afshan Jafar, professor of Sociology at Connecticut College. The episode is hosted by Anita Levy, senior program officer in the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance at the AAUP. Visit aaup.org to for more of our work or to become a member. Episode links:Governance, Academic Freedom, and Institutional Racism in the University of North Carolina System

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Ep. 158 What is academic freedom?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 86:30

What is academic freedom? And who polices its boundaries? Our guests on today's show argue that the popular conception of academic freedom has become too closely connected with the concept of free speech. Penn State Professor Michael Bérubé and Portland State Professor Jennifer Ruth are the authors of “It's Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom.” Show notes: The AAUP's 1915 and 1940 statements on academic freedom The AAUP's “On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes” “When Professors' Speech Is Disqualifying” by Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth “Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom: A First Amendment Jurisprudence for the Modern State” by Robert C. Post “How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race'” by David Reich SUNY Fredonia: Philosophy Professor Suspended for Philosophizing About Pedophilia, the Stephen Kershnar case “Hate Speech and the Limits of Free Expression,” Kenyon College panel featuring Ulrich Baer (video) www.sotospeakpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freespeechtalk Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotospeakpodcast Email us: sotospeak@thefire.org

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Legislative Threats to Academic Freedom

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 39:56

In this episode we discuss AAUP's recently released statement from Committee A, Legislative Threats to Academic Freedom: Redefinitions of Antisemitism and Racism, which addresses partisan efforts in state legislatures to enact bills targeting teaching about Israel and about the history of racism in the United States, in ways that present a significant threat to academic freedom. The guests are Rana Jaleel, an associate professor of gender, sexuality, and women's studies at the University of California, Davis, and a member of the AAUP's Committee A, and Risa Lieberwitz, who is AAUP's general counsel and a professor of labor and employment law in the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She is also a member of Committee A. The episode is hosted by Mariah Quinn, AAUP's digital organizer. Episode links:Legislative Threats to Academic Freedom: Redefinitions of Antisemitism and RacismStatement on Legislation Restricting Teaching about RaceThe History, Uses, and Abuses of Title IX

A Conversation with Rep. Michele Rayner of Florida

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 23:25

The AAUP's Kelly Benjamin talks to Michele Rayner, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, about attacks on academic freedom, the motivation for anti-critical race theory bills, and the state of the broader political situation in Florida. Episode update: When the episode was recorded, a bill Kelly and Rep. Rayner discussed that would make public college presidential searches in Florida secret had not passed the state legislature. It has since passed and Florida governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign it. See the article below for more information.Episode Links:"Florida legislature passes bill making public college presidential searches confidential," Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive"Late bill change would weaken tenure at Florida universities, faculty say," Divya Kumar and Ana Ceballos, Tampa Bay Times"Florida Memorial University Lays Off Four Tenured Professors, Discontinues 16 Degree Programs," Alex Deluca, Miami New Times

The Student Debt Crisis and Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 32:36

This podcast discusses the student debt crisis, which affects than forty-five million people in the United States who are saddled with debt in excess of $1.7 trillion, and perils and promise of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The guests are Kaitlyn Vitez, Federal Government Relations Specialist, AAUP national office and Jessica Sponsler, art historian and adjunct professor and AAUP's Pennsylvania state conference president. The podcast is hosted by Mariah Quinn, AAUP's digital organizer.Episode links:AAUP Joins Coalition to Call for Student Debt Cancelation"The Miseducation of the Indebted Student," Academe, Jason Thomas Wozniak, Spring 2021US Department of Education Overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness"Fixing Public Service Loan Forgiveness", Academe, Kaitlyn Vitez, Winter 2022Jessica Sponsler's testimony to the Department of Education on PSLFDebt Collective Petition Calling for Student Debt Cancelation All of AAUP's podcast can be found on our website, here. Thanks for listening.

Ellen Shrecker, Is Today's Anti-intellectualism Worse than McCarthyism?

Armchair Historians

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 43:47 Transcription Available

In this episode, Anne Marie talks to Yeshiva University professor emerita Ellen Schrecker about the history leading up to today's anti-intellectualism.Ellen has been involved with the politics of higher education and academic freedom for decades. According to Ellen, the current right-wing campaign against teaching critical race theory and other so-called “divisive concepts” is by far the most serious threat to academic freedom (as well as K-12 education) the United States has ever experienced. Schrecker's research and experience enable her to speak about the impact of these issues, as well as explain why today's anti-intellectualism is more dangerous than that of the McCarthy era. She believes that if the repressive measures now coursing through state legislatures and other political bodies are to be repulsed, the academic community and engaged citizens must offer a stronger response than they have until now. ResourcesWikipedia: Ellen Schrecker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_SchreckerBooks by Ellen Schrecker:No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the UniversitiesMany Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in AmericaThe Lost Soul of Higher Education: CorporatizationAssault on Academic FreedomEnd of the American UniversityThe Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960sPEN America: https://pen.orgHistorians for Peace and Democracy: https://www.historiansforpeace.orgAAUP: American Association of University Professors: https://www.aaup.orgAAPF: The African American Policy Forum: https://www.aapf.orgSupport Armchair Historians:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistoriansKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/belgiumrabbitproductionsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistorians)

The Case for Tenure: A Rebuttal to Proposals in Texas

The Academic Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 55:38

In this special edition of the Academic Freedom Podcast, Keith Whittington interviews Matthew Finkin of the University of Illinois College of Law about the new proposals from Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to end tenure as we know it at state colleges and universities. In addition to ending tenure for new hires, the proposals would revoke tenure for professors who teach critical race theory and institute annual post-tenure reviews for all. The Academic Freedom Alliance said in a statement that the proposals would “strike at the very heart of the academic enterprise.” Matthew Finkin is a renowned expert on academic freedom and the author of multiple books, including The Case for Tenure. Listeners can learn more about the importance of tenure in Episode 6 of the Academic Freedom Podcast (published 10/20/21) on Georgia's Post-Tenure Review Policy, and by reading the AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure.

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AAUP Presents: A conversation with AAUP president Irene Mulvey

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 18:02

We're joined on the podcast by Irene Mulvey, a professor of mathematics at Fairfield University and the AAUP's current president. We'll cover the AAUP's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, current fights to protect academic freedom and shared governance, and plans for a new deal for higher education. Episode links:AAUP's COVID-19 resourcesSpecial report on COVID-19 and Academic GovernanceCoverage of the University of Florida and the fight over academic freedom University of Georgia system under investigationSpecial Committee to Report on Structural Racism and Violations of Shared Governance at UNCNew Deal for Higher Education websiteAs always, check out our website aaup.org for news, resources, and links to join the AAUP.

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AAUP Presents: The Annual Report of the Economic Status of the Profession and Institutional Debt

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 20:30

This podcast focuses on the 2020-2021 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, which presents findings from the AAUP's annual Faculty Compensation Survey, as well as taking a deeper dive into the issue of institutional debt, which is covered in a special section of the report. This annual report outlines how years of unstable funding, combined with the impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have created an existential threat to shared governance and academic freedom in higher education that severely weakens our nation's ability to effectively educate our communities. The guests are Glenn Colby and Eleni Schirmer. Glenn is the senior researcher at the national office of the AAUP. Eleni is a research associate on UCLA's Initiative for the Future of Finance, which is part of the Institute on Inequality and Democracy. The episode is hosted by Mariah Quinn, the AAUP's senior program officer for digital organizing and chapter services. Episode links:The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2020-21Faculty Compensation Survey Results ToolIt's Not Just Students Who Are Drowning in Debt -- The NationDebt Reveal ToolkitFollow the AAUP on Facebook and Twitter.

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AAUP Presents: Shared Governance