I am looking for examples of solid faculty involvement/shared governance in university budgets. Anyone have suggestions? For those here who work in higher ed - do any of your institutions have transparency and faculty input in your annual budgets?

Check out an important and timely piece about legislative attacks on higher ed! UC Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement

Center Fellows Make an Impact: NC Campus Engagement's Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference today features a panel with former & current fellows Elizabeth Niehaus @garvin_leslie @DrRyanMiller Alex Kappus, Ph.D. & Spoma Jovanovic

Elizabeth Niehaus closes out a day on pathways to #CivicEngagement at NC Campus Engagement w/keynote about #FreeSpeech. One takeaway: different contexts have different norms—classroom norms may differ from coffee shop norms! Drawing on her research as a senior fellow at UC Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement.

REMINDER ONE MONTH LEFT 🔔 The Center is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 class of Fellows until Friday, March 15th at midnight. For more information on the fellowship program: …eechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-r…

Want to read up on issues of shared governance and academic freedom in an accessible, sometimes even fun way? Check out our new AAUP at UNL blog! thebugeater.com

Check out my new AAUP at UNL blog series "Brought to You by Tenure" to read about why tenure is ultimately a public good. thebugeater.com/tenure/introdu…

Ever wonder how the faculty can be more involved in critical budget decisions in higher ed, even when institutions' budgets are so incredibly complicated? Check out how UAB is increasing transparency in budget decisions: thebugeater.substack.com/p/dont-tell-me… AAUP at UNL

Want to know more about what shared governance in budget decisions can look like in action? Check out my interview with Clint Wallace from the University of South Carolina! AAUP at UNL thebugeater.com/shared-governa…

What lets Barney McCoy have the time to dig deep into the history of Nebraska's war heroes? Tenure. AAUP at UNL thebugeater.substack.com/p/telling-nebr…

REMINDER ONE WEEK LEFT 🔔 The Center is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 class of Fellows until Friday, March 15th at midnight. For more information on the fellowship program: …eechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-r…

"When we get tenure, we stay here. We not only commit ourselves to the university, we commit ourselves to the community, to the city. Tenure prevents brain drain; tenure keeps us here, investing, building, paying taxes." AAUP at UNL thebugeater.com/series-brought…

Five Things You Should Know About College Presidents Jordan Gonzales AAUP at UNL Nebraska EDAD thebugeater.com/shared-governa…

Are open searches for university leaders possible, or do we just have to accept closed searches where most constituents are cut out of the process? AAUP at UNL thebugeater.com/series-shared-…

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Join us Tuesday May 21 at 12pm PT/3pm ET for a panel conversation on "Campus Protest: Then and Now" Hosted with PEN America Register now: uci.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are incredibly pleased to present the final work of the 2023-2024 class of Fellows. Congratulations to Michael Bruner, Susan Balter Reitz, Kaleb Briscoe Brown, Ph.D., Eliza Bentley Epstein, Frank Fernandez, Nina M. Flores, PhD, Sara Johnson, Alex Kappus, Ph.D., @doctorraq & Ashley N. Robinson, Ph.D. …eechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/fellows-23-24/

A new survey highlights growing distrust among college students toward free speech on campus, with many feeling hesitant to express their views. Former Senior Fellow Elizabeth Niehaus notes this trend reflects broader concerns about discourse limits in higher ed. bit.ly/3Zom10W