Of course, faculty compensation isn’t just about salaries. Many institutions reduced or cut fringe benefits this year. And it’s unclear when or whether some of these colleges and universities will restore them.
“There were those [institutions] that were already in financial trouble,” said Glenn Colby, senior researcher at the AAUP. “And in those cases, they cut fringe benefits for salaries and let people go didn t renew contracts of non-tenure-track people and things like that. And I think it s going to be worse in the fall.”
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Last week, the American Association of University Professors joined a growing chorus of voices calling on North American universities to rethink their relationship with Confucius Institutes, the state-sponsored Chinese-language programs whose policies critics say are anathema to academic freedom. We asked contributors to discuss the debate. Specifically: the costs and benefits of having a Confucius Institute on a university campus; the economic forces at play; and the role of China in university life more broadly.
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John Eastman (left) joins lawyer Rudy Giuliani at a Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 in support of then-President Donald Trump. They spoke before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.
Shortly before the Jan. 6 riot started at the U.S. Capitol, law professor John Eastman spoke at a Women for America First rally for then-President Donald Trump, enthusiastically sharing his theory that there was cheating in the November and January elections. According to Eastman, there were “secret folders” placed inside voting machines that were filled with ballots to be matched with registered voters who did not cast their ballots.