Tag: COVID safety
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Fall Update: The Pandemic Continues, Our Power Grows
Happy Labor Day, Miami colleagues! During this global pandemic and the unprecedented degradation in working and educational conditions in 2020- 2021, your Miami AAUP chapter has redoubled its efforts to assure high-quality education and faculty welfare, support academic freedom, advance the economic and professional status of the entire faculty, and represent an independent faculty voice…
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Masks to be required at Miami
Many Miami faculty, staff and students are breathing a sigh of relief this morning. President Crawford has announced that masks will be required indoors as of August 9. This will significantly increase the safety of our community. As a community leader, it is important that Miami University models care for our community and science-based decision-making.…
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A Call for Action: Love and Honor is a Matter of Public Health
As a public university, Miami has a responsibility to lead our community through the pandemic by promoting public health information and best practices. But despite the approaching return of students and start of classes, Miami University leadership has yet to release a COVID safety plan for the Fall 2021 semester. We are hearing from worried…
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Why Administrators Won’t Keep Us Safe: The Higher Ed Spending Trap
The previous post, “Was it dangerous to keep residence halls open?” explained the CDC’s recent affirmation that yes, it was extremely dangerous to gather large groups of people on college campuses during a pandemic. But why did administrators think that something so dangerous was a good idea? Massive declines in federal and state funding over…
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Was it dangerous to keep the dorms open?
Did in-person teaching prove to be as dangerous as some feared? Was it dangerous to keep residence halls open? The CDC has weighed in with a new report on university-related COVID transmission, and the answer, in short, is yes. The figures are scary: “Among counties with large colleges and universities…, remote-instruction university counties experienced a…
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News & Events
UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, August 28, 3:00 pm: Chapter Meeting. RSVP for link: Facebook or miamiaaup@gmail.com Friday, September 4, 3:00 pm: Save Ohio Higher Ed III: Where Does Tuition Go? A student-focused forum on the financial crisis in higher education Tuesday, September 15, 3:30 pm: Forum on Non-Tenure-Track Issues (NTT-led) Friday, September 25, 3:00 pm: Chapter…