Oppose Severe Cuts for State Universities We are down to the last week to leave messages for legislators. This is our last chance to stop severe budget cuts. There is reason to think we could reduce the damage if we stay with the task.
The 2012 Legislative Session: Week Seven Read Post »
UFF UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA The 2012 Legislative Session: Week Five The Florida Senate released a budget that:
UFF Legislative Update: Week Five Read Post »
What is happening to the budget for higher education? In week four of the session the Senate released general amounts each agency will have in its budget but will not publish a detailed budget until later. The House has already published all the details of its full budget. The Senators may be delaying publication of
Legislative Update from UFF President Tom Auxter — Week 4 Read Post »
The 2012 Legislative Session: Week Three 1. Are privatized on-line courses the wave of the future? Both chambers are touting the benefits of on-line courses as a way to achieve dramatic reductions in university and college budgets in the future. Legislative leaders actually say that we can create on-line courses once and then use them
Week 3 Legislative Update from Tom Auxter, UFF President Read Post »
UFF President Tom Auxter provides an update on legislative developments affecting Florida higher education in a document available at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/WhatWeFaceNow18January2012.pdf Collective bargaining continues today at 2pm at the FSU Training Center. This week’s “University Welfare” report to the FSU Faculty Senate, focused on Senate-related NTTF issues, is available at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/fs20120118.pdf Email Migration Alert! FSU IT
UFF-FSU Update, January 20th, 2012 Read Post »
Happy New Year! Hope you had a refreshing break. Volunteers and UFF staff have continued to work for FSU faculty these past few weeks, as indicated in part in the balance of this update. 1. At the “Ledge.” President Barron has noted that the initial state budget discussions have NOT included plans for large cuts
Collective Bargaining We’ve had just one bargaining session since the last Senate meeting. In contrast to most of our weekly sessions since May, which have focused on the Administration/BOT’s desire to revise performance evaluation procedures, we addressed academic freedom (Article 5), domestic partner benefits, and revisions to the Salary Plan for Professors (Article 25). At
Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, December 7th, 2011 Read Post »
The Fate of Higher Education Hangs in the Balance: Florida Legislature 2012 The next legislative session starting in January could decide once and for all whether Florida will have a viable system of higher education in the future. The leadership, with the support of the Governor, is ready to introduce changes so radical that it
Special Message from Tom Auxter Read Post »
Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, November 16th, 2011 By Professor Jack Fiorito, UFF-FSU President I heard that my report was missed last month! I will try to make it up to you in a brief update on UFF and Faculty Welfare since my previous report in September. Consultation UFF representatives met with President
November 16th Update to Faculty Senate Read Post »
From the St. Petersburg Times Tampabay.com October 28, 2011 By Times Wire At least credit former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux for being half-right: Tuition at Florida’s public universities is too low. But so is the state’s direct support. The hard fact that no one in Tallahassee’s majority party seems willing to acknowledge is that the
Florida Shortchanges Its Universities Read Post »
