I hope you all can spare some time to read this moving piece by my colleague Clarissa Eaton. She was recently "non-reappointed" (that means laid off, to those who don't speak the lingo) UMass Boston. Please read and share widely insidehighered.com/advice/2020/05…

Here’s a list of layoffs and furloughs affecting employees in academe. chroni.cl/3bAx1vj

Retweeting from 2016: relevant more than ever today as more and more NTT find themselves among the ranks of the unemployed.

The claim that #UMassBoston is slated to “perish” is based on erroneous data: "average undergraduate tuition" is NOT $24,067 but $15,440 for in-state students (minus Pell Grants, merit & other aid) #Profgalloway inflates UMB tuition by 64%. Shoddy research should be retracted.

#Profgalloway inflates #UMassBoston tuition by $8,627 or 56% (of $15,440). His table appears to average in-state and out-of-state tuition, weighing them equally, a distortion that will artificially bump up private universities relative to public ones vis a vis "value."

Massachusetts has no shortage of smart software developers. And on Greater Boston, they wanted to let the Gov. know there's no need to go to Maryland to find solutions to the state's vax tech mess: wgbh.org/news/local-new…

Did not think I would get pulled into this interview but i did. And was also struck by this observation.

At best, vaccinetime and other vaccine finders just add to the general anxiety of finding a vaccine in a situation of scarcity. They are a false solution. At worst, they amplify inequity.

Why are police here? Ellen O'Connor: large groups of people require public safety officers

FSU Prez: demoralizing that UMass Boston admin is getting raises, gets $ for our contracts, but won't #FundOurRaises

Most of us here don't make 6 figure salaries. We are fighting to make ends meet. #FundOurRaises #ADealsADeal

Will UMass Boston admin give up their raises if they won't give us ours? #FundOurRaises #ADealsADeal Robert Caret

Video from outside One Beacon. #SaveUMB #mapoli #maedu bit.ly/1svUPdT

When you raise tuition, you fail the urban mission! #SaveUMB #dontraisetuition #mapoli #maedu #UMassBoston

Check out the The Boston Globe article featuring #SaveUMB picket this morning, with quotes from Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston VP John Hess bit.ly/1Yf0H7o

One way to support higher education in the Commonwealth - contact your legislators! x.com/FSU_UMB/status…

My union sister and my actual sister! x.com/FSU_UMB/status…

The Decline in Support for Higher Ed in Massachusetts massbudget.org/report_window.… via MassBudget > #maleg MA Dept of Higher Ed University of Massachusetts Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston #MAedu

I couldn't have done it without Grandma! 🌹🌸❤️ - Griffin Todd Class of 2017 #UML2017

"The most important political office is that of the private citizen." -Louis D. Brandeis pc: Brandeis University