MAGA’s Cynical Attack on Higher Education | Upcoming Bonuses and Retroactive Paychecks
Deadlines to Increase Retirement Withholdings Ratification bonuses for eligible part-time employees and retroactive pay and wage increases for all eligible employees will be implemented over the next four weeks. Then the next scheduled raises will then come in September. Here is the schedule: July 24: Pro-rated ratification bonus for eligible…
CUNY Faculty Union Leads Rally Denouncing the ‘New McCarthyism’ Being Wielded Against U.S. Universities
The Indypendent: City University of New York faculty, staff and their allies held a rally near City Hall Monday to defend public education and condemn the MAGA attacks prior to Congressional hearings on Tuesday, where CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and leaders from the University of California and Georgetown…
House Republicans Grill CUNY Chief on Campus Antisemitism Claims
The City: City University of New York Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez was the latest higher education leader to be grilled about efforts to tamp down on antisemitism on the university’s 26 campuses Tuesday morning, where he avoided engaging directly with House Republicans’ assertions that the union representing tens of…
Statement in response to today’s House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing where CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez testified
July 15, 2025 Statement from PSC President James Davis in response to today’s House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing where City University of New York Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez testified: “This hearing is another cynical attempt to use real anxiety about rising antisemitism to ambush university leaders, smear faculty, slash…
3 College Presidents Went to Congress. Here’s What They Talked About.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Three more university leaders testified on Tuesday before the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee about their campus responses to antisemitism — the ninth such event in the past 18 months. This time, the hearing featured the chancellors of the City University of New York…
U.S. House Republicans grill CUNY leader over campus antisemitism, pro-Palestinian advocacy
NY Daily News: A Republican-led congressional committee grilled City University of New York Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez on Tuesday over rising antisemitism on its campuses, leveling their most pointed attacks against faculty members. The CUNY leader — joined by the heads of Georgetown and University of California-Berkeley — struck a…
Four CUNY Professors Say They Were Fired for Supporting Palestine
The Intercept: Four adjunct professors at the City University of New York say the university fired them because of their activism for Palestine. The administration’s decision to cut ties came as a surprise to both the faculty and their department heads, who had already recommended their reappointment and assigned them…
Union president talks antisemitism, free speech on CUNY campuses
NY1: Some elected officials rallied Monday to defend the City University of New York school system and condemn congressional Republicans. On Tuesday, CUNY’s chancellor, alongside leaders from U.C. Berkeley and Georgetown, will testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee. The hearings will focus on antisemitism on college campuses, but…
PSC says adjuncts were fired for supporting Palestine
The Chief: Three Brooklyn College adjuncts in various departments were notified on June 13 that they were not reappointed — even though they had been assigned classes for the upcoming fall semester, according to a recent letter to CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez from the Professional Staff Congress.
