BY THE COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE The AAUP released today the following statement by the AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance. In response to growing concern over unilateral actions taken by governing boards and administrations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee on College and University Governance affirms that the fundamental principles and…
BY CHAMPLAIN AND SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE AAUP CHAPTERS The Champlain and Saint Michael’s College AAUP chapters wrote a joint letter last week protesting the recent pay cuts to non-tenured faculty at the University of Vermont and in support of the UVM AAUP chapter, which is currently engaged in bargaining with the university administration. The letter,…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The following is an open letter sent by the members of the Wittenberg AAUP chapter to their university president. The Ohio Conference AAUP fully supports the chapter and their efforts to promote and enforce standards of shared governance. June 9, 2020 An Open Letter to the President, Provost, Board of…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH United Academics AAUP/AFT Local 4996 is calling for the immediate resignation of Jim Johnsen, President of the University of Alaska. All are invited to sign this petition regardless of United Academics affiliation so feel free to share this message with others. To sign the petition, please click here. Don’t delay .…
BY AAUP WISCONSIN The following statement was released today by the AAUP’s Wisconsin state conference in response to the announcement of a sole finalist for University of Wisconsin system president. AAUP Wisconsin expresses its strong opposition to the selection of University of Alaska System President Jim Johnsen as the sole finalist for the position of…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The collective effort expressed in this pledge has been organized by AAUP Advocacy Chapters at Ohio University, Ohio State University, and Miami University. We pledge to demand genuine shared governance—visible and tangible involvement in decisions affecting the academic mission, at our own schools and all over Ohio. We pledge to demand…
BY JULIE SCHMID The AAUP has issued the following guidance on the reopening of colleges and universities this fall, consistent with existing AAUP policies and standards. A number of colleges and universities across the country are considering whether to reopen their campuses in the fall. Much of the discussion about reopening has focused on the…
BY BETHANY L. LETIECQ AND JUDITH A. WILDE This is the second in a series of three George Mason-AAUP Academe Blog posts on lessons learned from the presidential search campaign. Read the first post on GMU’s campaign here. Over the past year, two of the Washington, DC, region’s largest public universities lost their presidents. The…
BY HANK REICHMAN City College of San Francisco (CCSF) has placed Chancellor Mark Rocha on paid administrative leave effective immediately, the college board’s president announced on Monday. Board of Trustees President Shanell Williams declined to provide a reason for the move. However, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that An internal auditor told the trustees in…
BY SUSAN E. RAMLO Academics and other university stakeholders are often unaware of their biases, privilege, and naivety regarding free speech issues on campus. An eighty-year-old research method called Q methodology (“Q”) revealed this in a continuation of my 2018 research.[i] Institution-A (the focus of this study) has been struggling with declining enrollment, financial troubles,…