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Professors from several Georgia universities rallied Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta against state policies on COVID-19 and tenure. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Opinion: In campus COVID battles, veteran professors lead the charge
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Former Dekalb County DA J. Tom Morgan now teaches law at a university in North Carolina. He says the Board of Regents is acting in ways that will deter top faculty from working at Georgia public colleges.
Former DeKalb DA turned professor: College degree only as good as faculty backing it.
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On Oct. 12, Georgia Tech professor Carol Senf (center) joined faculty from several Georgia universities on the Tech campus to protest changes to the post-tenure review process. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
UGA professor: In gutting tenure, Regents endanger reputation, research funding of...
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Professors from several Georgia universities rallied Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta against state policies on COVID-19 and tenure. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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Former Dekalb County DA J. Tom Morgan now teaches law at a university in North Carolina. He says the Board of Regents is acting in ways that will deter top faculty from working at Georgia public colleges.
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On Oct. 12, Georgia Tech professor Carol Senf (center) joined faculty from several Georgia universities on the Tech campus to protest changes to the post-tenure review process. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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First lady Jill Biden applauds Juliana Urtubey, 2021 National Teacher of the Year, at a ceremony to honor the 2021 State and National Teachers of the Year, on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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A retired UGA education professor writes: "Teachers are then held responsible for not only teaching a curriculum written by other people and not skipping a beat, but covering the classes of colleagues who are not in attendance for reasons that affect their physical and mental health. Their classes are overpacked with kids who are fresh from school buses where there are no health protocols in place, if they can find anyone who will still risk their lives to drive them."
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The Board of Regents will take up a policy at its meeting next week at Georgia Tech that could undermine tenure, according to the conference president of the Georgia chapter of the American Association of University Professors. (Photo/Special to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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November 19, 2020 Marietta - Participants hold signs during a peaceful protest rally at the Cobb County Civic Center on Thursday, November 19, 2020. The participants are among the growing number of CCSD staff and nurses who are concerned about how the school district is managing the spread of COVID-19 in its schools. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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A longtime activist in Cobb says the district continues to ignore what happens to Black students in its schools. / alyssa.pointer@ajc.com
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09/13/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Wendy Simonds holds a sign that reads “The [Georgia] Board of Regents Makes us Sick” during a demonstration at the Georgia State University Campus in Atlanta, Monday, September 13, 2021. Faculty members and students from about 20 public colleges and universities in Georgia started a weeklong series of demonstrations demanding tougher COVID-19 safety measures, such as a mask mandate, in all campus buildings. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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In a new book, David A. Joyner (left) and Charles Isbell (right), both Georgia Tech experts in online learning, envision a future in which education from kindergarten through graduate school need not be tethered to a single physical classroom. (Photo graphic courtesy of Georgia Tech)
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