Miami colleagues:
If you usually give Faculty Assembly a miss, please reconsider for the one coming up September 10 (4:15pm, Shriver Admissions Auditorium). Together—if enough of us turn up—we can stop a new Miami policy that creates significant risks for employees.
Miami Senate approved the oppressive new “Reporting Arrests” policy without being given time to consider its many implications. Under the policy, employees will be required to report to University Counsel, within three days, any police reports, arrests, charges and indictments for a range of criminal behaviors by themselves or other employees. If you fail to comply, you could be disciplined and even fired.
The declared goal of the new policy is laudable: to ensure the safety and security of the University community. In fact, however, the policy would create multiple and significant risks for employees while doing very little to improve campus safety.
The policy is currently on hold. It has been appealed by a group of concerned faculty and awaits discussion by Faculty Assembly. A quorum at the September 10 Faculty Assembly — a large crowd — can send the Reporting Arrests policy back to Senate for an informed and substantive discussion.
When we stand together, we are powerful. Be there to stop this risky policy. Put the date in your calendar now: September 10, 4:15pm, Shriver Admissions Auditorium.
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