By Bob Boikess When I arrived in New Brunswick in 1968, Rutgers was a sleepy little place. Its transformation into a major public AAU research university was due, in part, to the creation of an AAUP collective bargaining chapter in 1970. The economic status rating of our faculty went from a C to an A+… Read more »

By Carly Sitrin Long-terms goals include making college more affordable, keeping talent in New Jersey, and giving students a stronger voice Credit: Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office Secretary of Higher Education Zakiya Smith Ellis at the announcement Tuesday of a new plan for higher education in NJ For the first time in more than 13 years,… Read more »

In New Jersey, faculty at Rutgers University have authorized union leaders to call for a strike as ongoing contract negotiations have failed to reach an agreement. Union members are demanding more full-time faculty, equal pay for women staff, increased staff diversity, job protection for librarians and a salary raise for teaching assistants. If the union… Read more »

By Catherine Carrera An overwhelming majority of Rutgers University faculty members voted to authorize their union leaders to use a strike as a bargaining tool in contract negotiations as they fight for gender pay equity, more full-time faculty hires and a higher salary for teaching assistants, among other proposals. It was the first time in… Read more »

By LINH TAT The bargaining unit representing full-time faculty and graduate employees at Rutgers University has its members’ blessing to call a strike if contract negotiations aren’t successful, union leaders said Tuesday. Eighty-eight percent of its members voted to authorize union leaders to call a strike, the group said. Should that occur, it would be the… Read more »

NEW BRUNSWICK – Rutgers University could see its first-ever faculty strike if union demands aren’t met. A strike among the faculty has been authorized, with nearly 90 percent of union members voting for it. “We have to take the action away from the bargaining table and demonstrate to this administration and the people of New Jersey… Read more »

by Susan Snyder Faculty at Rutgers University this week took a step that could bring their union closer to calling the first strike in the school’s 253-year history, the union announced Tuesday. “We do not want to have to call a strike unless we absolutely have to,” said Deepa Kumar, president of the union, which… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »