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The IFT represents higher education faculty and staff at public universities and community colleges across the state of Illinois. The IFT is a proponent for higher education at the universities where our members work and in the state legislature. The IFT is also working with graduate employees at the University of Illinois in their attempt to be recognized as a union and bargain a contract with their employer.
Recent Higher Education Articles View: Recent Articles \| All Articles Higher Education borrowing plan, now law. Senate Bill 542, now Public Act 96-0909 signed into law Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (June 9,2010) SB 542 allows each four year institution to borrow money in order to ease the short-term cash crunch. Read the Full Article... Reduction-in-Force Resources IF you've been RIF'd, or if you expect to be, you are not alone. (May 3,2010) IFT has created a RIF Resource Guide to help you navigate through the most difficult time. Read the Full Article... AFT Announces New Higher Education Website: What Should Count? Website features frontline perspectives on student success and college accountability (April 6,2010) In an effort to provide front-line educators with information about student success and the accountability debate and establish a platform for bringing the faculty and staff perspective to those who create policies and practices around these issues, the AFT has launched a new website called "What Should Count? Frontline perspectives on student success and college accountability." Read the Full Article... UIUC Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) on strike Tuition waivers are key issue in contract talks (November 16,2009) The Graduate Employees' Organization of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign went on strike Nov. 16 after contract talks broke down over the weekend. Read the Full Article... UIUC graduate employees push for new contract Hundreds gather at UI Springfield campus for rally before Board of Trustees meeting (November 12,2009) On Thursday, Nov.12, members of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) staged a major rally on the University of Illinois Springfield campus where the University of Illinois Board of Trustees (BOT) were meeting. Read the Full Article...
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