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Pandemic Resources: AAUP Chapter, and State Conference Actions
This is a sampling of actions taken and statements made in response to the pandemic by AAUP chapters and conferences.
- AAUP faculty in Georgia took a strong stand on mask mandates. Read more in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA Today, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Nine AAUP conferences urge Congress to add colleges to Biden's vaccine mandate
- University of Iowa AAUP pushes back against the administration's prohibition on instructors requiring masks in class.
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"Community Information Share: The New School's Financial Sitation" analysis video (AAUP-TNS)
"Management in Place of Leadership: Report on COVID-19 Campus Response Survey" (NYS AAUP Conference)
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Open letter to the Georgia Southern community regarding COVID-19 spread concerns (GSU-AAUP)
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Statement on reopening Ohio University during an uncontrolled pandemic (OU-AAUP)
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Protest line from CUNY HQ to the Cuomo's office to protest state budget cuts & planned layoffs of thousands of adjunct faculty and part-time staff (PSC-CUNY)
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YouTube message and petition from medical and health science faculty (AAUP-BHSNJ)
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Proposal for temporary work-sharing to avoid layoffs (Rutgers AAUP-AFT)
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Chapter statement on university policies (UIC United Faculty)
Read more in the spring 2020 issue of Academe.
