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We are the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

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Official UNCG AAUP statement regarding the chancellor's Feb. 1 decision to eliminate UNCG departments, programs, and courses. Please share widely.

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Hello all, it's been a little while. We're doing some rearranging, see our note/alt text update below.

[Erin Gretzinger @GretzingerErin]

After @UNCG cut 20 programs in spring, campus became mired in confusion & distrust.

600+ pages of emails & deep reporting by @Chronicle & @Assembly reveal that who called the shots was often murky & the process lauded as data-driven can be subjective.

https://t.co/d5Nxgu2vE3

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The agenda for Wednesday's meeting can be found here: https://t.co/nJdheTzhh5

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"...the proposed cuts could not be better targeted at destroying the ability of UNCG graduates to compete in the most transformative fields of the 21st century..."

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The program closures at both UNCG and UNC-Asheville are on the agenda for the Board of Governors meeting July 24th. The public can submit comment for their consideration here: https://t.co/jT8o9WYGES

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Points out the fallout to other programs: other departments that aren't suffering direct cuts, or who may even be granted new lines with reallocated funds, will also be negatively impacted.

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Prof Zajc asks administration to consider unintended consequences, put students first, and consider the legacy of lost opportunities these cuts will create.

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Another powerful letter asking UNCG administration to reconsider program closures, this one from the Rabi Professor of Physics at Columbia, William Zajc #savetheg

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This "increased spending, at a moment when we are cutting academic programs that we used to offer to Nebraska students, is particularly concerning,” says Julia Schleck of the Univ of Nebraska AAUP chapter

NU’s Central Budget Doubles as Campuses Take Cuts https://t.co/NKlnGAHwC0

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"UNCG will eventually recover from its budget problems, but it will not recover from such shortsighted and damaging actions of the administration." #savetheg

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Alice Haddy with a clarion call of warning about the endangered future of STEM at UNCG post-program cuts, highlights below https://t.co/Y33TLfLkun

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"...with the loss of the physics program, UNCG will be the only large public R2 university in the U.S. with no physics program."

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If you'd like to comment on the policy changes under consideration, there will be a Board of Governors meeting on 5/15. Comment submission is now open here: https://t.co/jT8o9WYGES

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UNCG AAUP chapter official statement on DEI in higher education broadly, and NC specifically; read on ⬇️

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We can't cut our way to prosperity. Program eliminations have already been seen to reduce enrollment at the institutions that have implemented them. We need a new vision, and a new deal for higher ed, now!

[Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education @SFNDHE]

Tim Watson, English prof at U. of Miami, compiled a spreadsheet of Acad Year 2023-24 closures and program reductions. 87 items and growing.
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https://t.co/Fw8UcMLI8I