BY KARL ULRICH AND SHANE BORROWMAN The faculty senate of the University of Montana Western (UMW) has regained its right to conduct its periodic review of academic administrators, with the major assistance from the AAUP. Previously, UMW faculty senate abruptly had this long-standing right and responsibility stripped from it, as had other campuses of the…
BY KAILEY ADKINS Students and faculty have been clear: George Mason University must begin reviewing all of their future donor agreements for conflicts of interest and make them more transparent to the public. The Provost at George Mason University will be presenting his recommendations to the university’s board to improve gift acceptance policies next Wednesday.…
BY MICHAEL C. BEHRENT On Monday, December 3, the Chancellor and Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill delivered their formal plan for what to do with “Silent Sam,” the controversial Confederate statue. They managed to formulate a decision that was almost perfect in its absurdity. To lay to rest…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Photos taken by Josh Lenes and David Kociemba. Please sign and share a petition of support for our chapter’s efforts to get a fair contract: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-wright-statefaculty. Please sign and share a petition of support for our chapter’s efforts to get a fair contract: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-wright-statefaculty. Please sign and share a petition of…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH 2018-10-19 BoT–Namisha Patel’s Remarks [PDF] Video Link: https://youtu.be/u7G9pQbuJdc. Because Nimisha Patel is a chair, she is not eligible to be a member of AAUP’s Wright State chapter. Good morning, I’m Dr. Nimisha Patel, Professor and Chair of the Teacher Education Department. Trustees Langos, Fecher, Fitzpatrick, your prior comments related to the Strategic…
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL One of the more disturbing trends in American higher education is the decreasing tenure of senior administrators, especially college and university presidents. Most research finds that presidents serve on average six or seven years. Occasionally, often at faith-based institutions, for instance, the tenure is considerably longer. Hiring Requirements Vary Across Institutions…
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL In How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators and Policymakers, Dr. Joey King and I make a case that colleges must begin to reimagine themselves by rethinking their operating models. Reduce Dependence on Tuition Revenue It no longer makes sense to depend so heavily on tuition…
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE FACULTY POLICIES COMMITTEE At a time when tenure is under attack in the American academy, it is heartening to be able to offer some good news. By a message sent on October 10, 2018, Devorah Lieberman, President of the University of La Verne, announced that, “The Board of Trustees,…
BY DANIEL WEIMER, DARIN MCGINNIS, DANIEL O’HARE, AND JEFF RUTHERFORD Wheeling Jesuit University is a small, mission-driven university that, due to years of administrative turnover, has consistently been faced with financial challenges. In early 2017, our Board of Trustees hired Dr. Debra Townsley to engineer a “turnaround” at WJU to alleviate our serious long-term debt.…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following is the text of a press statement released on Friday by the Purdue University chapter of the AAUP. It is followed by the full text of the resolution passed by the chapter. Members of Purdue University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) passed a resolution at…