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GVSU colleagues should read this piece by Matt Seybold on for-profit micro-universities, as we're one of the institutions that contracts with Ziplines. Faculty, APs, and staff should have a seat at the table when it comes to our public regional university's digital literacy strategy; we should also have a say in our contracts with EdTech, AI startups, and companies like Ziplines: "Ziplines boasts of more than thirty “university partners” on its website, and its “AI Prompting Certificate Course,” launched less than a year ago, is now available through over a dozen institutions."

How Venture Capitalists Built A For-Profit "Micro-University" Inside Our Public Flagships You can graduate any time, but you can never leave.

This is happenin' y'all—let's GO!👇✊

A National Day of Action for Higher Ed On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for a system of higher education that serves the public good. Join us.

Wednesday April 17 10am-noon, AAUP@GVSU will be tabling in front of Kirkhof for the National Day of Action!

AAUP at GVSU - Upcoming Events AAUP National Day of Action for Higher Education April 17, 2024 Unifying National Message associated with National Day of Action

April 17 National Day of Action

Join AAUP chapters, higher education unions, and student organizations across the country in a National Day of Action for Higher Education. We will mobilize around a unifying national message that links our local struggles with a set of demands we can fight for together, including publicly funded higher education for all, freedom to teach and learn, job security and fair pay, equity and racial justice, and democratic governance of our institutions.

The centerpiece of the day will be simultaneous actions on every campus that can organize one, such as a teach-in, demonstration, or walkout. You can fill out this form to get involved and to start organizing an event on your campus.

https://www.aaup.org/event/national-day-action

Date & Time:
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

National Day of Action Join AAUP chapters, higher education unions, and student organizations across the country in a National Day of Action for Higher Education!

Upcoming panel discussion:
Faculty Workload: Policies, Myths, and Realities,
organized by the GVSU American Association of University Professors Advocacy Chapter. It will take place this Wednesday February 28th at 6pm on Zoom.

It will be a panel and open discussion featuring a small group of colleagues from across the University, and we will also share out some of the main results of a survey on faculty workload that was completed by more than 100 faculty at GVSU as additional basis for discussion.
Follow the link for flyer and registration:

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AAUP@GV statement in support of UAW workers and their families:

UAW aaup@gv Statement.docx Oct 12, 2023 As an advocacy chapter, in community with our students and staff colleagues, who have deep connections to the working families who are on strike, the GVSU-AAUP chapter expresses our support for the United Auto Workers and their historic labor struggle at General Motors, Ford and ...

a good read on academic freedom and threats to it:

Opinion | Hamline President Goes on the Offensive Despite the AAUP’s concerns about academic freedom, Fayneese Miller is doubling down.

really interesting podcast on mental health in students and on campus:

Ep. 95: Redefining Mental Health for Today’s College Students | Inside Higher Ed Are we in the midst of a mental health crisis for college students and other young people?

https://news.osu.edu/a-statement-from-the-ohio-state-university-board-of-trustees/ Statement on SB 83 from Ohio State's Board of Trustees

A statement from The Ohio State University Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University announces its opposition to the current version of Senate Bill 83 (SB 83). We acknowledge the issues raised by this proposal but believe there are alternative solutions that will not undermine the shared governance model of universities, risk weaken...

an informative summary from Chronicle of Higher Ed.

Striking Faculty and Grad Students Secured Big Pay Raises This Academic Year At these six universities, unions secured double-digit salary increases and other changes they touted as victories.