by UMD AAUP Executive Committee | Nov 22, 2024 | UAM-UMD Updates
Good morning. I am Daniel Greene, Associate Professor of Information in College Park, where I have worked for 7 years. Before that, I worked at a small startup called Microsoft. I train the data scientists who go on to firms like Lockheed or Accenture, or the feds. I...
by UMD AAUP Executive Committee | Nov 22, 2024 | UAM-UMD Updates
Screenshot The University of Maryland’s AAUP chapter rebranded itself in October to become United Academics of Maryland – University of Maryland. The organization, formerly known as the American Association of University Professors, is a coalition of faculty members...
by UMD AAUP Executive Committee | Nov 7, 2024 | UAM-UMD Updates
We will not mince words: we are deeply concerned about what the re-election of Donald Trump means for the future of higher education, labor rights, reproductive rights, and the safety of our LGBTQI+, immigrant, and racial minority communities. President Trump selected...
by UMD AAUP Executive Committee | Oct 7, 2024 | UAM-UMD Updates
Open Letter to President Darryll Pines: We, the undersigned, write to express our grave concern about recent University of Maryland’s policy changes regarding free speech. In the last year, the university administration has banned university departments from issuing...
by UMD AAUP Executive Committee | Sep 26, 2024 | UAM-UMD Updates
Screenshot Last month, my fellow teachers at the University of Maryland, College Park, began their fall classes with the usual concerns: learning students’ names, logging into the WiFi, searching for bartending gigs if they didn’t get enough classes. But we received a...
