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Classroom 'gag order' on mask and vax speech

University of Iowa said professors could only talk to students about face masks and vaccinations in course-related discussions about health. Faculty advocates said no way.

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UI to begin internal search for faculty ombudsperson

Thomas Vaughn, associate professor of health management and policy and Faculty Senate past president
The new faculty ombudsperson will replace Rachel Williams, who is stepping down at the end of the 2020-21 academic year.
The faculty ombudsperson is tasked with offering a confidential, neutral, informal, and independent resolution services to ensure all members of the university community receive fair and equitable treatment. The position reports directly to the president and is ordinarily a half-time faculty appointment for a non-renewable term of four years.
Qualified individuals must be an associate or full professor on a regular faculty track or an emeritus faculty member. The individual must have a commitment and understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in an academic environment and display excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Additionally, the candidate should not simultaneously be a member of the administration at the departmental level or higher, or have other faculty leadership roles.

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Higher education: How tenure benefits students — and all Iowans

Lois Cox and Katherine Tachau
Guest Columnists
Many things, large and small, have changed over the last four years — world leaders have come and gone; important books have been written; our planet has experienced a pandemic; we have both retired.
But some things don’t change. The opening of Iowa's annual legislative session sees the introduction of a bill by Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, proposing the abolition of tenure at our state’s public universities. To date, this year’s version has advanced from the House education subcommittee to the full committee. Chapters of the American Association of University Professors at all three of Iowa’s state universities oppose the bill. AAUP’s reasons for opposing it remain much as they were four years ago. Here they are as published in February 2017, the top 10 ways tenure benefits students and all Iowans:

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