November 17, 2009. Passage of "strategic planning" and "accountability metrics" coincides with Nov. 12 joint meeting with Board of Education to sooth business lobby.

November 16, 2009. A message from UFF-FSU President Jack Fiorito on the U.S. Supreme Court's "Garcetti decision" and the AAUP's call for preemption

November 15, 2009. "Enrollment tsunami" at PBCC and community colleges across US, Struggle to serve students with dwindling resources

November 13, 2009. Pre-session committee week of Florida Legislature included no discussion of budget-cutting session, Jobs in education saved from federal stimulus funds

November 13, 2009. Tenure-buster Brogan back in South Florida, Seeks "to make sure ... a seamless education system [is] institutionalized and not just left to good intentions of people who come and go."

November 10, 2009. "... [S]ome colleagues remain resigned to the fact that their voice does not matter, that they hold no control, that the fight has long since been lost even before it has begun. Other faculty fear retribution from some of their colleagues and the administration if they decide to join the union. Such symptoms not only reveal the emergence of a severely dysfunctional work environment, but also an atmosphere that suffocates learning and the sense of purpose that university life is supposed to instill."

November 3, 2009. "Cupboards are bare" rhetoric lowers expectations, Dupes faculty into working more for less.

October 28, 2009. FAU faculty and community hope $100K plus search process will identify candidate with higher education experience and focus.