Author: Jerry Yarnetsky
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Anti-higher-ed, anti-labor bill SB 83 passes committee: call lawmakers!
We are sorry to report that SB 83 passed out of committee this morning and could go to the House floor soon. This bill is a true threat to student education, academic freedom, and faculty livelihoods. It is so unpopular — over 700 testimonies and tens of thousands of letters in opposition since March — that its supporters had to turn…
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Daniel Hall: “A cooperative process…is better for the administrator, the University, and the faculty”
A cooperative process, as has been the Miami way for decades, is better for the administrator, the University, and the faculty.
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Reflections on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
“While we’re here, Miami is what we make it. And if a poor kid from a warring tribe can stand in a classroom here and lecture about the value of remembering whose land we continually build Miami on, we all belong, and we all have a voice, and we all get to tell our story.…
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Opening Statement by Ginny Boehme
“You have the power to change the anti-collegial atmosphere. You have the power to show us that you are willing to work with us. I sincerely hope you exercise that power. ”
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 3
“No” is a complete sentence, but so is “Yes, academic freedom is part of faculty working conditions!” Today, September 26, 2023, marked FAM-T’s third bargaining session. FAM’s Negotiating Team once again made the long drive to Voice of America to bargain the administration in good faith. The team were met with a number of frustrating…
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Sam Morris’ Opening Statement and FAM’s Commitment to Miami’s Academic Future
Our class-sizes are swelling, our faculty lines are stagnant or shrinking or increasingly precarious, we are constantly being asked to do more with less and so many of us just find the fire to get it done because we love our students, we love our colleagues, we love our jobs, we love our University and…