If you haven’t but can, join the @aaup.org! They also have some great resources on how to make progress.

We got a nice compact Keyboard for the kiddos (no room for a piano here either) and it sounds great.

I grew up with ID cards so never thought too much about them. In the U.S. this is a big deal, but of course people need *something* to identify themselves so we use these crazy insecure social security numbers.

IMHO the problem is not the ID itself, but rules about tracking and storing usage.

I’m not sure how UH deals with this but here we can’t even run tiny classes unless the department is willing to pony up the cost.

Speaking as a professor, the why is easy. There is less money to pay grad students, and more uncertainty, so to avoid getting ourselves in a position where we can’t pay students the salaries we promised them (students get paid), we take fewer students.