Amy Pason
@apason.bsky.social
Higher Education Advocate. Rhetorician. Supporting democracy teaching students deliberation skills.
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NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI
to Undermine Civil Rights Protections.
#Academicfreedom
#AcademicSky
#DefendHigherEd
NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI
to Undermine Civil Rights Protections.
#Academicfreedom
#AcademicSky
#DefendHigherEd
On Title VI, Discrimination, and Academic Freedom
This report considers how Title VI has been used to create an enforcement apparatus that sidesteps long-established AAUP-recommended procedures of shared governance and offers recommendations for facu...
www.aaup.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI
to Undermine Civil Rights Protections.
#Academicfreedom
#AcademicSky
#DefendHigherEd
NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI
to Undermine Civil Rights Protections.
#Academicfreedom
#AcademicSky
#DefendHigherEd
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Thanks to solidarity from @aft.org and @aflcio.org, the #NSHE Board of Regents did NOT change the collective bargaining policy. Faculty negotiating contracts now will continue to do so under the current rules! #WhenWeFightWeWin!
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thanks to solidarity from @aft.org and @aflcio.org, the #NSHE Board of Regents did NOT change the collective bargaining policy. Faculty negotiating contracts now will continue to do so under the current rules! #WhenWeFightWeWin!
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The Nevada Faculty Alliance is grateful to all who showed up to give public comment and to highlight how the policy changes for collective bargaining hamper the process, cause confusion, and take away from education! Solidarity wins the day!
September 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Nevada Faculty Alliance is grateful to all who showed up to give public comment and to highlight how the policy changes for collective bargaining hamper the process, cause confusion, and take away from education! Solidarity wins the day!
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Nevada faculty are grateful for all the solidarity today. Showing up meant the Regents moved up the agenda item. Our collective advocacy meant the Regents postponed changing collective bargaining policy changes and requesting more faculty input in future process on changes!
We're here with the Nevada Faculty Alliance to support the fight to preserve union rights and shared governance for Nevada's higher-ed workers. Solidarity! @nvfa.bsky.social @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @thenvindy.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Nevada faculty are grateful for all the solidarity today. Showing up meant the Regents moved up the agenda item. Our collective advocacy meant the Regents postponed changing collective bargaining policy changes and requesting more faculty input in future process on changes!
We had solidarity in Vegas, Reno, and in Elko! Labor in all corners of the state came out in solidarity to say "no" to changing the rules for collective bargaining in the middle of faculty contract negotiations! And the Regents backed down and postponed any changes! @higheredlabor.bsky.social
We're here with the Nevada Faculty Alliance to support the fight to preserve union rights and shared governance for Nevada's higher-ed workers. Solidarity! @nvfa.bsky.social @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @thenvindy.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We had solidarity in Vegas, Reno, and in Elko! Labor in all corners of the state came out in solidarity to say "no" to changing the rules for collective bargaining in the middle of faculty contract negotiations! And the Regents backed down and postponed any changes! @higheredlabor.bsky.social
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Four #NSHE institutions are in the middle of collective bargaining negotiations. This Friday, the Board of Regents looks to change the policy: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
thenevadaindependent.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Four #NSHE institutions are in the middle of collective bargaining negotiations. This Friday, the Board of Regents looks to change the policy: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Time to email your #NSHE Regent or submit public comment:
nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
Tell Regents to "say no" to changing collective bargaining policy in the middle of negotiations!
nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
Tell Regents to "say no" to changing collective bargaining policy in the middle of negotiations!
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Time to email your #NSHE Regent or submit public comment:
nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
Tell Regents to "say no" to changing collective bargaining policy in the middle of negotiations!
nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
Tell Regents to "say no" to changing collective bargaining policy in the middle of negotiations!
"As for faculty, more than a third of provosts reported higher-than-usual turnover last year, in a survey by Hanover Research and the industry publication Inside Higher Ed."
Attacks on #HigherEd come from the federal government, but also governing boards. #CollectiveBargaining now!
Attacks on #HigherEd come from the federal government, but also governing boards. #CollectiveBargaining now!
"You’re basically knee-capping that younger generation" -- @isaackamola.bsky.social (President of the Trinity College AAUP and Director of the @aaup.org Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom) interviewed in The Hechinger Report on why faculty and graduate students are leaving academia
A ‘Great Defection’ threatens to empty universities and colleges of top teaching talent
Political attacks and other problems appear to be driving an exodus of Ph.D.s and faculty from higher education, threatening a diminished experience for undergraduates.
hechingerreport.org
September 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"As for faculty, more than a third of provosts reported higher-than-usual turnover last year, in a survey by Hanover Research and the industry publication Inside Higher Ed."
Attacks on #HigherEd come from the federal government, but also governing boards. #CollectiveBargaining now!
Attacks on #HigherEd come from the federal government, but also governing boards. #CollectiveBargaining now!
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
September 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
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#CallToAction: Submit public comment and tell #NSHE Board of Regents to oppose changes to Title 4, Chapter 4. Faculty are negotiating new collective bargaining contracts now. Don't change the rules mid-negotiations: nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
September 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#CallToAction: Submit public comment and tell #NSHE Board of Regents to oppose changes to Title 4, Chapter 4. Faculty are negotiating new collective bargaining contracts now. Don't change the rules mid-negotiations: nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining processes for Nevada #HigherEducation faculty here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Read more about the proposed changes to collective bargaining processes for Nevada #HigherEducation faculty here: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
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Read more about the changes: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
Nevada Faculty Alliance - Regents Look to Change the Rules of Collective Bargaining Amid Negotiations with Four Institutions
www.nevadafacultyalliance.org
September 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Read more about the changes: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
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Lombardo's $2 increase to education funding is a de facto education cut. Meanwhile, his buddy trump makes back-to-school supplies more expensive for students, families, and educators.
Trump tariffs, inflation have some parents worried about back-to-school shopping costs
Trump tariffs, inflation have some parents worried about back-to-school shopping costs
This year, parents will pay more for back-to-school essentials such as pens, pencils and backpacks.
www.cnbc.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Lombardo's $2 increase to education funding is a de facto education cut. Meanwhile, his buddy trump makes back-to-school supplies more expensive for students, families, and educators.
The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social is getting ready for Fall semester and for negotiating contracts at TMCC, WNC, CSN, and now NSU!
Collective bargaining is the most important economic right that a worker has in the United States. During my address at #AFTCB2025, I spoke about that and what it takes to build power that empowers members. www.aft.org/news/collect...
Collective bargaining: A worker’s most critical tool
At the AFT’s Collective Bargaining Conference July 23 in Washington, D.C., AFT President Randi Weingarten argued that collective bargaining is not only an essential tool for securing better wages and ...
www.aft.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social is getting ready for Fall semester and for negotiating contracts at TMCC, WNC, CSN, and now NSU!
Had an absolutely great time the past few days talking politics and civility with smart folks from around the world. Very energized to continue the work. Join us! i2s-research.ku.edu/civility-and...
Civility and Politics in a Changing World
i2s-research.ku.edu
July 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Had an absolutely great time the past few days talking politics and civility with smart folks from around the world. Very energized to continue the work. Join us! i2s-research.ku.edu/civility-and...
Public employees deserve the right to collectively bargain! Glad to see Utah fighting back. Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social hopes to see Nevada expand collective bargaining to #HigherEd faculty next session (we'll keep trying until we get rights!)
In a state with one of the most challenging referendum processes in the nation, organizers gathered more than double the number of required signatures to give voters a chance to defeat an anti-union bill. inthesetimes.com/article/utah...
Utah Labor Coalition Puts Bargaining Ban on Hold with Historic Referendum
The group collected over 300,000 signatures opposing Utah’s ban on public sector collective bargaining, giving voters the chance to reject it.
inthesetimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Public employees deserve the right to collectively bargain! Glad to see Utah fighting back. Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social hopes to see Nevada expand collective bargaining to #HigherEd faculty next session (we'll keep trying until we get rights!)
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Please read the July 4 Declaration from the leaders of SUNY University Faculty Senate, Faculty Council of Community Colleges, Student Association, and the CUNY University Faculty Senate, and become a signatory. Petition link in comments.
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www.sunyufs.us
July 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Please read the July 4 Declaration from the leaders of SUNY University Faculty Senate, Faculty Council of Community Colleges, Student Association, and the CUNY University Faculty Senate, and become a signatory. Petition link in comments.
www.sunyufs.us/uploads/1/1/...
www.sunyufs.us/uploads/1/1/...
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No kings.
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
No kings.
We've added a verse to Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm just a bill": its all about #fiscalnotes! #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
OPINION: How bills come to die a fiscal note death before sine die - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: How bills come to die a fiscal note death before sine die. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
thenevadaindependent.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We've added a verse to Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm just a bill": its all about #fiscalnotes! #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
There was an awful lot of vetoes against workers and collective bargaining this session: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
#NVLeg
@nvfa.bsky.social
#NVLeg
@nvfa.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There was an awful lot of vetoes against workers and collective bargaining this session: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
#NVLeg
@nvfa.bsky.social
#NVLeg
@nvfa.bsky.social
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Nevada Regent Goodman asks whether #NSHE is sensitive to student athletes who she evidently believes are transphobic. @unevadareno.bsky.social student leader answers in public comment. #NvLeg #SpeakingTruthToPower
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Nevada Regent Goodman asks whether #NSHE is sensitive to student athletes who she evidently believes are transphobic. @unevadareno.bsky.social student leader answers in public comment. #NvLeg #SpeakingTruthToPower
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June 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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And Regents did vote to suspend faculty performance pay for FY2026 and FY2027. With no merit steps, no COLAs, the expiration of retention bonuses, and higher employee retirement contributions, faculty pay decreases on July 1, 2025. There is no suspension of inflation in cost of living! #NSHE #NvLeg
Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social members: Today the Board of Regents will decide to suspend merit pay for the next biennium. Faculty compensation needs to be prioritized in budgets. Make your voice heard!
June 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social members: Today the Board of Regents will decide to suspend merit pay for the next biennium. Faculty compensation needs to be prioritized in budgets. Make your voice heard!
June 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social members: Today the Board of Regents will decide to suspend merit pay for the next biennium. Faculty compensation needs to be prioritized in budgets. Make your voice heard!