United Faculty, UNI

05/06/2026

Congratulations to Kendra Kahl, John Preston, Jennifer Garrett, Michael Graziano, Kenneth Elgersma, UNI Proud, and UNIdos -- all winners at United Faculty's 2026 awards!

https://ufaculty.uni.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/United-Faculty-Release-5-6-2026.pdf

04/27/2026

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/04/22/uni-faculty-union-leader-speaks-against-regents-proposed-policy-changes/

UNI faculty member and union leader Chris Martin spoke during public comment against proposed board manual policy changes.

04/27/2026

UNI associate professor of sociology Ashleigh Kysar-Moon shares findings that go way beyond the Iowa Board of Regents survey.

A free speech survey from the Iowa Board of Regents shows fewer employees feel free to express their opinions on campus.

04/02/2026

This is now the time to speak out about 4 bills that have passed the Iowa House and are on the Senate calendar! Read and send!

Tell Iowa State Senators: Protect Iowa's public universities At the beginning of 2026, members of the Iowa Legislature introduced nearly two dozen bills targeting higher education in the state. Many of the bills would erode free speech in the classroom, reduce student choices for courses of study, a...

03/13/2026

OK, friends of public higher education in Iowa: The Iowa House passed 3 terrible bills yesterday, and we must act to stop these from becoming law. Click below and help save Iowa's universities!

02/18/2026

Amidst everything, some good news!

Union coverage slightly increased last year even as White House tried to eliminate contracts for thousands of workers

02/05/2026

This is an excellent follow up on these cases.

Iowa lawsuits tied to reactions after Charlie Kirk’s killing are forcing courts to weigh how far public employees’ speech protections extend.

02/05/2026

More of what public university faculty are fighting in Iowa, because students would suffer, as would the public's investment to create a outstanding higher education system.

The state’s new House Higher Education Committee has advanced a raft of bills that would hit universities’ pocketbooks, hide presidential candidates’ names, and more.

02/05/2026

United Faculty is working to educate Iowans about proposals that will harm Iowa's public higher education system.

Iowa legislators have proposed bills that would regulate the general-education curricula at the state’s public universities, change governance systems, and more.

02/05/2026

This is an ugly trend, and it's not just Iowa.

Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.