BY MARTIN KICH I initially became involved in AAUP because I was very impressed by Rudy Fichtenbaum’s and Jim Vance’s commitment to defending our colleagues’ right to fair treatment—by their commit…
AURCO Announces Lunch Speaker Series
The Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio (AURCO) has announced a free virtual lunch series taking place April 5-9 between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm each day. The free series features a g…
Perspective: Retrenchment Has Been Suffocating My Voice, But I Won’t Let It
By Gretchen McNamera Wright State University plans to begin the retrenchment process that will result in workforce reductions. Elevate Dayton is publishing the perspectives of students, faculty, al…
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How States Are Voting in the 2020 Election
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This color-coded map indicating the proportionate number of votes for each state was created for a detailed article published by the New York Times. A somewhat more up-to-date…
Public Opinion on College Football This Fall
Posted by Martin Kich Morning Consult has released the results of its recent polling on whether the BCS playoffs should be held now that two of the Power 5 conferences have postponed their seasons.…
An Honest Ad about the Current issues with the U.S. Postal Service
One of Our Own Is Running for a Seat in the Ohio Senate
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Ten years ago, Joel O’Dorisio was campaigning for a faculty union at Bowling Green State University. Ten years later, he has been campaigning to be the next State Senator for …
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UNC-Chapel Hill: What’s Going to Be the ‘Real’ Issue Here?
by Martin Kich Consider the following items: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the largest schools in the country to bring students to campus for in-person teaching, said Mond…
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A Response to Asininity Posing as Good Old American Common Sense
by Martin Kich What follows is a Facebook post that is apparently being shared fairly widely: Is there someone out there who can tell me what our end game is with the Rona? What is the magic formul…
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Intercollegiate Athletics: The Coming Financial Reckoning
by Martin Kich Part 1 To stave off some of the assumptions and accusations that my previous posts on intercollegiate athletics have provoked, I want to make clear that for five decades, I have been…
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