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AAUP @aaup.org · 16d

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NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI
to Undermine Civil Rights Protections.

#Academicfreedom
#AcademicSky
#DefendHigherEd

On Title VI, Discrimination, and Academic Freedom

This report considers how Title VI has been used to create an enforcement apparatus that sidesteps long-established AAUP-recommended procedures of shared governance and offers recommendations for facu...

www.aaup.org

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks to solidarity from @aft.org and @aflcio.org, the #NSHE Board of Regents did NOT change the collective bargaining policy. Faculty negotiating contracts now will continue to do so under the current rules! #WhenWeFightWeWin!

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 26d

The Nevada Faculty Alliance is grateful to all who showed up to give public comment and to highlight how the policy changes for collective bargaining hamper the process, cause confusion, and take away from education! Solidarity wins the day!

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 26d

Nevada faculty are grateful for all the solidarity today. Showing up meant the Regents moved up the agenda item. Our collective advocacy meant the Regents postponed changing collective bargaining policy changes and requesting more faculty input in future process on changes!

AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 26d

We're here with the Nevada Faculty Alliance to support the fight to preserve union rights and shared governance for Nevada's higher-ed workers. Solidarity! @nvfa.bsky.social @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @thenvindy.com

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 26d

We had solidarity in Vegas, Reno, and in Elko! Labor in all corners of the state came out in solidarity to say "no" to changing the rules for collective bargaining in the middle of faculty contract negotiations! And the Regents backed down and postponed any changes! @higheredlabor.bsky.social

AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 26d

We're here with the Nevada Faculty Alliance to support the fight to preserve union rights and shared governance for Nevada's higher-ed workers. Solidarity! @nvfa.bsky.social @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @thenvindy.com

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow is the day! We're ready to show up to support #HigherEd collective bargaining for faculty at #NSHE. Join us as we gather before public comment at 9 am at the Board of Regents meeting!

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 29d

Four #NSHE institutions are in the middle of collective bargaining negotiations. This Friday, the Board of Regents looks to change the policy: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale - The Nevada Independent

OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

thenevadaindependent.com

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 29d

Time to email your #NSHE Regent or submit public comment:
nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...

Tell Regents to "say no" to changing collective bargaining policy in the middle of negotiations!

Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Sep 7

"As for faculty, more than a third of provosts reported higher-than-usual turnover last year, in a survey by Hanover Research and the industry publication Inside Higher Ed."

Attacks on #HigherEd come from the federal government, but also governing boards. #CollectiveBargaining now!

CT State Conference-AAUP @ct-aaup.bsky.social · Sep 7

"You’re basically knee-capping that younger generation" -- @isaackamola.bsky.social (President of the Trinity College AAUP and Director of the @aaup.org Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom) interviewed in The Hechinger Report on why faculty and graduate students are leaving academia

A ‘Great Defection’ threatens to empty universities and colleges of top teaching talent

Political attacks and other problems appear to be driving an exodus of Ph.D.s and faculty from higher education, threatening a diminished experience for undergraduates.

hechingerreport.org

Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Sep 7

@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · Sep 7

#CallToAction: Submit public comment and tell #NSHE Board of Regents to oppose changes to Title 4, Chapter 4. Faculty are negotiating new collective bargaining contracts now. Don't change the rules mid-negotiations: nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Sep 7

Read more about the changes to Nevada collective bargaining here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...

Nevada Faculty Alliance - Regents Look to Change the Rules of Collective Bargaining Amid Negotiations with Four Institutions

www.nevadafacultyalliance.org

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Sep 7

NFA welcomes solidarity from #HigherEducation labor unions from around the country!

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Sep 7

Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining processes for Nevada #HigherEducation faculty here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...

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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · Sep 7

Read more about the changes: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...

Nevada Faculty Alliance - Regents Look to Change the Rules of Collective Bargaining Amid Negotiations with Four Institutions

www.nevadafacultyalliance.org

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Alexander Marks @alexandermarks.bsky.social · Jul 31

Lombardo's $2 increase to education funding is a de facto education cut. Meanwhile, his buddy trump makes back-to-school supplies more expensive for students, families, and educators.

Nevada State Education Association @nsea.bsky.social · Jul 31

Trump tariffs, inflation have some parents worried about back-to-school shopping costs

This year, parents will pay more for back-to-school essentials such as pens, pencils and backpacks.

www.cnbc.com

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Jul 28

But we have meat harvesting and very special sheep with very special wool...

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social is getting ready for Fall semester and for negotiating contracts at TMCC, WNC, CSN, and now NSU!

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Jul 28

Collective bargaining is the most important economic right that a worker has in the United States. During my address at #AFTCB2025, I spoke about that and what it takes to build power that empowers members. www.aft.org/news/collect...

Collective bargaining: A worker’s most critical tool

At the AFT’s Collective Bargaining Conference July 23 in Washington, D.C., AFT President Randi Weingarten argued that collective bargaining is not only an essential tool for securing better wages and ...

www.aft.org

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Jul 22

Had an absolutely great time the past few days talking politics and civility with smart folks from around the world. Very energized to continue the work. Join us! i2s-research.ku.edu/civility-and...

Civility and Politics in a Changing World

i2s-research.ku.edu

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Jul 7

Public employees deserve the right to collectively bargain! Glad to see Utah fighting back. Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social hopes to see Nevada expand collective bargaining to #HigherEd faculty next session (we'll keep trying until we get rights!)

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Jul 7

In a state with one of the most challenging referendum processes in the nation, organizers gathered more than double the number of required signatures to give voters a chance to defeat an anti-union bill. inthesetimes.com/article/utah...

Utah Labor Coalition Puts Bargaining Ban on Hold with Historic Referendum

The group collected over 300,000 signatures opposing Utah’s ban on public sector collective bargaining, giving voters the chance to reject it.

inthesetimes.com

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SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social · Jul 4

Please read the July 4 Declaration from the leaders of SUNY University Faculty Senate, Faculty Council of Community Colleges, Student Association, and the CUNY University Faculty Senate, and become a signatory. Petition link in comments.

www.sunyufs.us/uploads/1/1/...

www.sunyufs.us

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Jul 4

No kings.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 4

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Jun 24

We've added a verse to Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm just a bill": its all about #fiscalnotes! #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

OPINION: How bills come to die a fiscal note death before sine die - The Nevada Independent

OPINION: How bills come to die a fiscal note death before sine die. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

thenevadaindependent.com

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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · Jun 17

There was an awful lot of vetoes against workers and collective bargaining this session: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...

#NVLeg

@nvfa.bsky.social

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Kent Ervin @ervinkentm.bsky.social · Jun 16

Nevada Regent Goodman asks whether #NSHE is sensitive to student athletes who she evidently believes are transphobic. @unevadareno.bsky.social student leader answers in public comment. #NvLeg #SpeakingTruthToPower

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