“Please Let Me Testify!” Maryland Faculty Collective Bargaining Hearings

Oral Testimony Submitted to the Maryland Senate Finance Committee By [Jared Ball, Dr.] SB 247 State Personnel – Collective Bargaining – Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, and Graduate Assistants February 16, 2023 FAVORABLE Greetings to those gathered. My name is Jared Ball and I am currently a tenured full professor at Morgan State University where I have…

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HBCUs: Not A Different World Project

The HBCUs: Not A Different World Project (NADW) “Dr. Ball, your problem is that you want to create new knowledge. We don’t do that here… your job is to produce menial laborers for the communications industry.” These were the verbatim words spoken to me during a more than 2-hour discussion with a former high-ranking HBCU…

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