American Federation of Teachers

United Academic Professionals of UW-La Crosse

Protect the academic autonomy of UW campuses - Grace Deason

The Universities of Wisconsin system is pursuing a new systemwide general education policy. Faculty across the UW system have voiced strong opposition to the proposed policy, passing formal resolutions to protect the academic autonomy of the campuses.

 

Contrary to the claims of the UW system, the proposed policy is not mandated by state law. Act 15, signed this summer, directs the UW system to make core general education courses transferable among campuses. It does not mandate a uniform curriculum.

UW system president Jay Rothman is pushing a one size fits all plan that violates Wisconsin law

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What is Act 15, why is it a legislative overstep, and what can you do about it?

Wisconsin Supreme Court

AFT-Wisconsin Stands Against the Universities of Wisconsin’s Proposed General Education Plan

Act 15 requires (see page 141) the Board of Regents to “establish policies for the appropriate transfer of credits between institutions within the [UW] system.”

In “response,” UW System Administration has proposed a rigid, one-size-fits-all General Education program for ALL UW campuses.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE AFT-WISCONSIN: ACT 15 TOWNHALL on October 30th, 7pm: LINK.

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO UW SYSTEM OF BOARD OF REGENTS HERE: LINK.

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Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.