Category: education policy

• FAMCO AFT-AAUP Local 6627, NJ AFT, and NJ AFL-CIO join in solidarity support of SB 1054

  

  The Faculty Association of Monmouth University (FAMCO AFT-AAUP Local 6627) joins in solidarity with NJ AFT and NJ AFL-CIO in our support of SB 1054, requiring the inclusion of labor movement history in social science curricula in grades 6-12!  Thanks to the strong leadership of Senator Vin Gopal and Senator Linda Greenstein, co-sponsors of this…

  mufamco

  June 20, 2024

  action, commemoration and events, community and solidarity, education policy, news, solidarity in action, union updates

  action, AFT, ALF-CIO, curriculum, education, FAMCO, news, policy, solidarity

• Consultants at the Gates: The Future of Higher Education when Decision-making is Outsourced

  

  Financial turmoil and potential academic restructuring at the University of Connecticut (UConn) has prompted a deeper examination of the influence of outside consulting firms in educational institutions. The faculty’s apprehensions center on Huron Consulting’s involvement in UConn’s cost-cutting measures, illustrating a broader, disconcerting trend in higher education: the increasing reliance on corporate strategies that sideline…

  mufamco

  March 12, 2024

  academic excellence, education policy, financial accountability, news

  academic programs, budget, faculty governance, faculty rights, higher education, Huron Consulting, news, outsourcing, union advocacy, university management