Author Archives: Joe Merola

The Virginia Tech Chapter of the AAUP supports peaceful protest and the robust expression of 1st Amendment rights and of contractual rights including academic freedom of students, faculty, and staff. In addition, it rejects abusive or threatening speech or writing … Continue reading →

Statement In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on Virginia Campuses and Across the Nation “If you aren’t upholding free speech and freedom of assembly in times like this, then these foundational constitutional freedoms are meaningless.” … Continue reading →

In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses AAUP and its chapters defend the right to free speech and peaceful protest on university campuses, condemn the militarized response by institutional leaders to these activities, … Continue reading →

Professors of all stripes (or checks, or plaids, or rainbows, or whatever you wish) – come join us for a Spring Gathering of Virginia Tech’s Chapter of AAUP at the Rising Silo Brewery at 2351 Glade Road on Thursday, April … Continue reading →

VT professors of all stripes – full, associate, assistant, instructors, collegiate, research, etc. Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9 at Eastern Divide Brewery from 4:30 – 6:15 pm. Meet the VT AAUP officers and just have fun socializing with … Continue reading →

A recent article in the NYT showed that an eminent professor of organic chemistry was let go because students signed a petition that his class was too hard and they were not getting the grades they needed to get into … Continue reading →

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With the mounting stress of the pandemic over the past two years, this is definitely troubling news on the salary front – more stress and less purchasing power. https://www.chronicle.com/article/faculty-pay-survey-records-the-largest-one-year-drop-ever?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_4520420_nl_Academe-Today_date_20220622&cid=at&source=ams&sourceid=&cid2=gen_login_refresh

Thanks to all who participated in the recent vote to change our by-laws. As a reminder, the amendment divides the duties of Secretary/Treasurer into two positions: Secretary and Treasurer. The amendment passed 22 yea and no nay, so it is … Continue reading →