Author Archives: Joe Merola

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 →

A rise in faculty bodies voting “no-confidence” is analyzed in this article: https://www.chronicle.com/article/whats-behind-the-surge-in-no-confidence-votes?mkt_tok=MTgwLUxTVi02NzIAAAGEfE7PhScIsOtHSuW_Di1REtawfVGSab_RmZKNxJXA47ut8CChBMCL-oQduB_9RPf9S_ZeHR02Z1Uji7ibBEZUyQXbjXksFQOj1PSbPRI3TzC-9Q

Today, AAUP announced the publication of a new study on tenure. From Joerg Tiede, director of research at AAUP: “Today, we released the2022 AAUP Survey of Tenure Practices, the first survey of its kind since 2004. The findings offer a … Continue reading →

Dear President Sands and Provost Clarke : The Virginia Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors endorses the Faculty Senate’s 2/27 statement on continuing the requirement for mask mandates through the end of the semester for the safety of … Continue reading →