Rutgers: Stop wasteful spending, invest in quality education!
Barchi’s Rutgers and Ours: A Statement by Rutgers’ Distinguished Professors
Dear members of the Rutgers community, We, the undersigned Rutgers faculty members at the rank of Distinguished Professor, who in many cases have been at Rutgers for several decades, are deeply concerned about the current direction of our university. We are particularly alarmed at the spending priorities of the Barchi administration. The following evidence shows… Read more »
Rutgers failing in its efforts to bring Latinx and African-Americans to its campus, professor says
By Walton R. Johnson In January, 2019, Rutgers kicked off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the graduation of our famous alum, Paul Robeson. Yet, despite the hoopla, the university continues to neglect the needs of African-Americans in our state in a manner that is openly contemptuous of Robeson’s core ideas. In the… Read more »
Rutgers lagging in attracting qualified, diverse faculty: Hawkesworth
As Black History Month ends, it is an appropriate time to consider who has the opportunity to study and teach at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Rutgers-Newark, which U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks among the most diverse campuses in the nation, is a model of racial, ethnic and gender diversity. But that campus… Read more »
Athletics report prompts comment on budget allocations from Rutgers faculty union
Last Thursday, the athletic consulting company College Sports Solutions (CSS) released a comprehensive 58-page report on Rutgers athletics, which received opposition from the University faculty union. Costing $95,000 to produce, the report provided a summary of the University’s athletic performance ever since joining the Big Ten conference in 2014, according to NJ Advance Media. Athletics officials… Read more »
President Barchi Speaks on Diversity Hiring
Watch his comments at the 2019 Spring Senate Meeting:
Solidarity with UTLA
The Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT Stands in Solidarity with United Teachers Los Angeles WHEREAS more than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are on strike, fighting for quality public education for LA’s nearly 700,000 students; AND United Teachers Los Angeles members are battling the privatizing corporate agenda of the superintendent and the school board by demanding… Read more »
Fed up with the Barchi Administration’s Disrespect
Almost 400 of us came out on December 6th to picket the Board of Governors meeting on a chilly day to send a loud and clear message: We will not be disrespected by the Barchi administration anymore! From PTLs and grads to distinguished professors, we stood together to demand a fair and just contract for… Read more »
Rutgers profs threaten to strike over ‘shameful behavior’ in contract talks
By Adam Clark Tired of waiting for a new contract and fed up with an administration they claim is slow-walking negotiations, Rutgers University professors are threatening a strike. Dozens of professors picketed before Thursday’s Board of Governors meeting in New Brunswick and later blasted President Robert Barchi’s handling of contract talks before the board. “If… Read more »
Protestors at Rutgers Board meeting fight for new faculty contract, $15 wage for all employees
Hundreds of students and faculty picketed at Winants Hall on College Avenue before and during the Board of Governors meeting yesterday to demand a $15 minimum wage for all University employees and the state of current contract negotiations between faculty unions and the Rutgers administration. According to a press release from the Rutgers American Association… Read more »