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CT governor’s budget proposal ‘underfunding’ UConn, senator says
“I was disappointed to learn this morning that the governor’s budget is probably still underfunding the University of Connecticut and higher education overall by tens of millions of dol…courant.comSenate Republicans call for CT teachers union president to resign over ICE post
“The statement is 100% false, wrong, irresponsible and blatant fear-mongering,” Republicans said in a release.courant.comCT university loses 3K students in visa crunch. It’s called ‘international cliff’ with revenue loss
“While these (expense) actions have been tremendously impactful, they have been completely outpaced by the ‘international cliff,’” the university president wrote.courant.comEXCLUSIVE - ‘They’re living in a fantasy world’ - UConn professors sound the alarm on looming budget cuts
The university is ordering some departments to cut their temporary labor budget by 30%, which professors say could lead to changes in the classroom.fox61.comThursday at 6: Professors at UConn sound the alarm on looming budget cuts | FOX61 Exclusive
FOX61's full report on budget cuts will air Thursday at 6 p.m.fox61.comUnion leaders accuse Trump administration of ‘shift toward white supremacy’ with online posts
Labor department rhetoric, such as ‘One Homeland. One People. One Heritage’, prompt comparisons to Nazi slogantheguardian.comLamont reaches first wage deal with CT union since April
The four-year agreement with Local 511 of Connecticut Employees Union Independent endorses 2.5% raises through 2028 and calls for step hikes.ctmirror.orgSenate Bill 1 is reshaping Ohio public universities; 5 major changes
From eliminated degree programs to disbanded DEI offices, changes enacted by the controversial Senate Bill 1 have transformed Ohio's higher education landscape and prompted neighboring states to recru...cleveland.comOpinion: CT must make higher education available to all and affordable
Opportunities should be expanded by hard work instead of being hidden by financial insecurity.courant.com- Kudos to @djpressman.bsky.social of the UConn AAUP who is quoted. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US historytheguardian.com SFSU offers buyouts to all tenure-track and tenured faculty
The Voluntary Separation Incentive Program is a “balancing act,” where there is a stronger incentive for tenured and tenure-track faculty to retire and open up room to hire back lecturer faculty.goldengatexpress.orgUniversities are in the spotlight. So what is it like in a UMass politics class right now? - The Boston Globe
Race and gender classes have been canceled, professors fired, and university presidents sacked. We spent a day in a UMass classroom to see how the consequences have trickled down.bostonglobe.comAAUP Raises Alarm Over Palantir's Work for Ed Department
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is publicly expressing concern about the Education Department working with Palantir, a controversial artificial intelligence and data analysis ...insidehighered.comIn an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education
Educators and organizers from the AAUP how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling higher education as we know it.inthesetimes.com- Reposted by UConn AAUP[Not loaded yet]
UConn faculty union calling for action on $1.5M salary equity fund
STORRS — The UConn-AAUP Executive Committee is calling for UConn to take immediate action on the salary equity fund.thechronicle.comTenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the proteststheguardian.comAlabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines
The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.insidehighered.comIndiana’s Attack on Intellectual Diversity
Already used to suspend a professor, Indiana’s Act 202 curtails academic freedom and limits the plurality of viewpoints on campus.insidehighered.comhttps://www.highereddive.com/news/texas-am-committee-sides-with-professor-fired-amid-conservative-furor/806322/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOYceJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe-bm02OiiwsVMe_71WYTSCwxsy-MWQNzU8gjC6KbwFk_cMX9-n3MwjoN8exw_aem_ptBcgzVGLu5CCH8QkeDRBA
highereddive.comNorthwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding
Agreement will also end series of investigations of university over school’s alleged failure to fight antisemitismtheguardian.comKevin Rennie: CT faces a serious higher education problem. Why there are doubts it will be solved.
This is not a distant problem for others to grapple with. It’s here in Connecticut.courant.comOpinion: Academic freedom should extend to UConn graduate assistants
Graduate assistants following UConn’s values by speaking clearly, honestly, and frankly deserve the same protection as any full professor.ctmirror.orgUConn football coach Jim Mora leaving for Colorado State; coached Huskies for four seasons
Football coach Jim Mora informed the UConn athletic department Tuesday night that he would be taking the head coaching job at Colorado State.courant.comA Professor Was Released After 3 Days in ICE Detention. His Colleagues Fear a ‘New Normal.’
Vahid Abedini, an Iranian scholar who began teaching at the University of Oklahoma in June, was arrested en route to an academic conference.chronicle.comState department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practicestheguardian.comHarvard idealizes pluralism. It needs restorative justice instead. - The Boston Globe
This is a crisis as serious as any in Harvard’s 400-year history. The university is failing in its duty to make academic freedom real for all.bostonglobe.comLTTE: Support UConn Faculty’s Reasonable Contract Demands
For months now, the UConn-AAUP negotiating team has made minimal progress at the bargaining table across from the UConn administration’s negotiators.dailycampus.comUniversity of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.texastribune.orgUConn continues review of small programs
The University of Connecticut is continuing its review of small programs and is currently planning to consolidate, or has already consolidated, five undergraduate programs, two graduate certificate…dailycampus.comAFT’s Weingarten and AAUP’s Wolfson on Texas A&M University System Board of Regents’ Vote to Censor Curriculum
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement condemning the Texas A&M University System...aft.orgUS judge bars Trump from cutting off University of California funds
Federal judge Rita Lin says administration has playbook designed to bring universities ‘to their knees’ and force them to ‘change their ideological tune’theguardian.comGUEST ROOM | AAUP Statement on the Trump-Cornell Deal
The Cornell Chapter of the American Association of University Professors writes to address harmful provisions in the University's deal with the Trump administration.cornellsun.comUConn faculty paid family leave debate continues in CT Mirror Op Ed pages
University of Connecticut faculty have expressed their frustration with university administrations over paid family leave policies.dailycampus.comIU lecturer says she was removed from classroom over intellectual diversity complaint
Jessica Adams said a student made a complaint about a lesson on white supremacy.idsnews.comOpinion: Parking at UConn: A roadblock to access
The price of parking at the University of Connecticut has become a university-wide symbol of inequity and frustration.ctmirror.orgCornell University settles with Trump administration to restore $250m in funds
Upstate New York institution is the fifth university under government investigation to bow to White House demandstheguardian.comStudents and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks
Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedomtheguardian.com- CSU-AAUP co-hosted a press conference with other American Association of University Professors chapters from across the state to demand that CT leaders reject the Trump administration's higher education "compact" and protect our freedoms.
Opinion: Faculty matter most. So where’s the support?
Faculty “is the #1 predictor for student return, retention, and graduation, above and beyond all other factors.ctmirror.orgMove over, gender studies: the conservative tide coming for US universities
Deeming universities too leftwing, outside donors and state governments are sponsoring curricula that center the classics, Christianity and the ‘great books’ of western civilizationtheguardian.comOpinion: UConn's administration should consult its own experts
Genuine collaboration and shared governance - not outside consultants - should guide the decisions of a major university.ctmirror.org- UConn-AAUP is excited to be in Stamford today talking with members and organizing for a stronger UConn #thectdifference
