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Good new from Ohio: https://www.dispatch.com/s...
02:14 PM - Nov 28, 2023
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Ohio's SB 83 is the clone higher ed bill from ALEC making its way around the country. It originally included removal of collective bargaining, prohibition of all DEI training, a required American history/civics/govt course, changes to annual review and tenure procedures...
02:16 PM - Nov 28, 2023
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It's now in its ... 12th? 13th? version ... each version removes something ridiculous and ill-founded, but there's still a lot to loathe ...

There are a lot of different topics here: control of curriculum, control of appointment/promotion/tenure, how boards of trustees are set up,...
02:18 PM - Nov 28, 2023
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... "free speech" on campus, collective bargaining and "essential workers" and so on.

The legislators behind this don't seem to actually want to engage with faculty about how things work on our campuses... and we've tried to engage. It's not about improving higher ed;
02:19 PM - Nov 28, 2023
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... it was always about making an ideological statement.

It's good to see "saner heads" (I mean, maybe?) prevail.

This is one of the good things (I mean, probably?) that comes from having a majority GOP caucus divided against itself.
02:20 PM - Nov 28, 2023
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