
Dr. Julie Schmid
@juliemschmid
Director of Higher Ed for the AFT. Defender of academic freedom, higher education & the public good. Minnesotan in exile. Tweets are my own.
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http://www.aft.org 30-05-2015 11:07:03
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From proposed budget cuts to the Connecticut State system, to slashing majors at UConn, American Association of University Professors has concerns about higher ed in CT. I call on Governor Ned Lamont to invest in higher ed for the good of the state. UConn AAUP CSU-AAUP The 4Cs AFT Connecticut aaup.org/news/protect-h…

Incredible day in Electric City! 💡 Thank you Scranton for helping us get out the vote. Scranton Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩🎓📚 #AFTvotes

.Inside Higher Ed profiled the new leadership team American Association of University Professors. We're building a movement to transform higher ed. Honored to work with leaders from Higher Education Labor United (HELU) AFT CWA NEA SEIU Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education UAW Scholars for Social Justice Massachusetts Teachers Association UAW 4811 Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union AFSCME insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…

Congratulations to AFT Connecticut leader jan hochadel on her re-election to the State Senate! AFT #LaborVotes


"Educators, healthcare professionals & public employees will be doing everything they can to make a difference in the lives of the people they serve." We will continue to fight for our children’s future & the promise of America. Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩🎓📚 aft.org/press-release/…

Congratulations to American Association of University Professors member Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox on winning her election to the State Senate! #LaborVotes



Congrats to retired AFSCME Council 4 member Tom Delnicki on his re-election to the State House! #LaborVotes




Hello from UMass Dartmouth’s Arnold M. Rubin Labor Education Center! ✊ Our very own Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩🎓📚 is being honored tonight with fellow labor leaders in Massachusetts. Follow along in the thread below. AFT Massachusetts



Read this important Texas Conference of the AAUP statement on the egregious censorship of academic freedom going on at the University of North Texas. PEN America, Heterodox Academy, FIRE, and American Association of University Professors all in agreement on this one. #StrongerBetterTogether aaup-texas.org/blog/f/univers…

“Regardless of their intent, the UNT administration conducted a campaign of censorship of content in more than 200 courses censoring what topics students can discuss and think critically about." - Brian Evans, Texas Conference of the AAUP president texastribune.org/2024/11/19/tex…

The AAUP stands with Texas Conference of the AAUP in expressing deep concern over the reported censorship of more than 200 academic courses at University of North Texas including the removal of words such as “race,” “gender,” “class,” & “equity” from course titles & descriptions. aaup.org/news/universit…

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) threaten the Social Security benefits of millions of retired teachers, support staff and other public employees. Ask your senators to vote yes on the Social Security Fairness Act! actionnetwork.org/call_campaigns…
