FAM Updates
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FAM is Building Coalitions across Campus and the State — and it’s working
Working together = more power for all Thursday, February 19, 2026 You likely know about the collective work we do together as FAM: negotiating on your top priorities, winning fair contracts, taking action to protect our members, and holding management to the CBA when they violate its terms. But did you know that FAM has…
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HB 698: Call to Action
What to know, and what you can do, about the draconian new SB 1 compliance bill. Last week, Republican Representative Tom Young introduced HB 698 the Enact the S.B. 1 Compliance Supplemental Appropriation Act. This legislation continues the attack on higher education that SB 1 started, implementing a series of regressive policies to go after…
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“We can no longer deliver what Miami promises.”
Cathy Wagner to the Board of Trustees December 12, 2025 Chair Schell, members of the board, happy holidays. My name is Cathy Wagner. Next year will be my 20th year as a proud Miami faculty member. For two decades at Make It Miami events, I told students and parents: “It’s true, Miami faculty really get…
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FAM Statement: Miami University Must Not Rely on SciVal
November 1, 2025 The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM, AAUP-AFT Local 375) issues this statement to express its reservations about the use of the SciVal database to measure faculty’s scholarly productivity and, in turn, to use that data as part of departmental budgeting through RCM 4.0. Below we outline our specific concerns: 1) SciVal is…
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FAM Statement on Regional Restructuring: The Liberal Arts Are the Beating Heart of the Polytechnic
October 31, 2025 Miami University management’s decision to rebrand Miami Regionals as a Polytechnic took regional faculty and students by surprise. This top-down decision by the Board of Trustees is now being hastily implemented through a two-month restructuring process that will radically transform our university and our students’ education. If we are to be a…
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FAM Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
Miami University must reject the compact. October 14, 2025 The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM, AAUP-AFT, Local 375) was alarmed to read reports that — after MIT’s rejection of the federal government’s so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” along with the threat of other universities’ rejection of the compact — the Trump administration…
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Miami Faculty and SB1: Guidance from FAM
Note: This is FAM’s guidance for faculty based on our analysis of Senate Bill 1 (SB1) as well as discussions and resource-sharing among faculty unions around the state. Special input from the Ohio Conference of the AAUP, the University of Toledo AAUP, Ohio State AAUP, and Ohio State’s SB1 Compliance page. Other universities around Ohio…
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We Stand With International Students and Colleagues
April 16, 2025 The Trump administration has intensified its attacks on international faculty and students: refusing scholars entry into the country due to their political viewpoints, stripping students of their legal status and revoking visas, and seizing students in preparation for deportation, including in Ohio. These actions, brazen attacks on the First Amendment and the…
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Miami University’s Faculty and Librarian Union Ratifies First Contracts
March 11, 2025 Oxford, Ohio – The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM, AAUP-AFT) has ratified its first faculty and librarian contracts with overwhelming support: 95% of faculty and 100% of librarians voted yes. FAM members also voted to adopt the constitution (94%). This marks a significant achievement in the union’s ongoing efforts to enhance job…