Link Roundup – 10 September

‘Conceding to the pressures’: UMD students criticize DEI office’s renaming (September 5)

topics: Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, universities, actions targeting DEI programs, cooperation, students

 

Here’s what UMD SGA leaders hope to accomplish this year (September 8)

topics: Maryland, students, universities, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Student Government Association

 

Towson University faces a $15.2 million budget cut for 2026 (September 9)

topics: Maryland, universities, University System of Maryland, compensation, academic administration, Towson University

 

College students in DC protest Trump administration and their own leaders (September 9)

topics: regional, universities, students, protests, Howard University, George Washington University, American University

 

Baltimore City Community College staff demand ‘fair’ and timely wages (September 9)

topics: Maryland, community colleges, Baltimore City Community College, faculty, compensation, United Academics of Maryland, AFT Maryland

 

Deadline nears for Maryland student loan borrowers to get up to $5K in relief (September 9)

topics: Maryland, students, student loans, Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit

 

Planned GU Policy Threatens GUTS Bus Drivers’ University Benefits, Leads to Frustration, Disappointment (September 8)

topics: regional, universities, university employees, Georgetown University, Georgetown Coalition for Workers Rights (GCWR), Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle (GUTS)

 

Mississippi universities halt funding for student groups, citing DEI law (September 4)

topics: national, universities, actions targeting DEI programs, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University

 

[Texas] A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum (September 8)

topics: national, universities, Texas A&M University, faculty, academic administrators, universities

 

Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says (September 5)

topics: national, Texas, universities, faculty, research funding, AAUP Faculty in the South Survey

(more about Faculty in the South Survey results from Georgia AAUP)

 

Hundreds of University of Minnesota workers picket across the state (September 10)

topics: University of Minnesota, universities, university employees, strikes, collective action, Teamsters Local 320

 

Union of Tenure System Faculty Win Recognition at MSU (September 9)

topics: national, universities, faculty, unions, Union of Tenure System Faculty (UTSF), Michigan State University

 

College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers (September 4)

topics: national, College Board, Landscape, students, actions targeting DEI programs

 

Air Canada Flight Attendants Overwhelmingly Reject Proposed Contract (September 6)

topics: international, unions, strikes, Air Canada, Canadian Union of Public Employees

 

US flight attendants push to be paid when planes aren’t in the air: ‘Most of our passengers have no idea’ (September 4)

topics: national, unions, strikes, Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)-CWA

 

Five-day London Underground strike under way (September 7)

topics: international, unions, strikes, Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT)