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“Visiting faculty at MU are not just numbers.”
From our colleague Basak Durgun, VAP, in the context of VAP nonrenewals and workload increases for fall. (AAUP has been working on a response to these issues—watch this space.) As faculty, we are often characterized by numbers. Number of students enrolled in our courses and in the university, number of courses that need to be…
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Miami AAUP Stands in Solidarity with Fired UCSC Graduate Students and Laid-off Miami Staff
Miami University AAUP condemns University of California–Santa Cruz’s cruel decision to fire 54 striking graduate students. We salute the brave graduate students at University of California–Santa Cruz, whose strike for fair pay and fair treatment has inspired graduate students all over California to stand up and demand cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to help them survive the…
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Faculty Composition Decisions in Your Division: What to Do
Decisions about faculty composition will now be made at divisional level, according to Senate Resolution 20-08 (January 27, 2020). This means faculty can theoretically play a strong role in deciding the faculty mix. And it is our responsibility and appropriate role to do so. 20-08 is an exciting advance on previous policy because it allows…
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Statement to Board of Trustees: Clarify Faculty Role in Tenure Policy Decisions
Update February 25, 2020: The Board of Trustees has not done as faculty asked. It did not add a clause appropriately delegating tenure policy decisions to faculty in a newly revised regulation that specifies Board power over employment and tenure policies. We are hopeful that the omission will not lead to abuses, but the decision…
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Letter to Board of Trustees: Why Tenure Decisions Are Best Left to the Faculty
This week, our Board of Trustees is set to pass new governance that would put Miami out of step with national norms and national AAUP recommendations. If the changes are approved [sadly, they were: see update], we may be entering a new era in which the Board intervenes on a regular basis in tenure and…
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This generous community
So far, we have collected over $1,571 in donations to help pay for Professor Dan Gladish’s legal fees! This community is very generous. That’s still only 5% of Prof. Gladish’s legal expenses, which will top $30,000, so please keep the donations coming. If you don’t use PayPal, please visit our membership/dues/donation page and scroll down to…
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Justice prevails: Iboga case professor is reinstated
As of yesterday, Professor Dan Gladish, the Miami Conservatory director who had been unfairly recommended for termination over the iboga case, has been reinstated with tenure and at his former rank. Justice has prevailed! AAUP and Professor Gladish are deeply grateful for the community’s support and concern. We have no doubt that it made a difference to the…
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A win in Senate! Faculty keep the power they are due.
Update Tuesday January 29, 2020: Yesterday, Senate approved the Provost’s resolution to get rid of the cap on TCPL. But they made two very important changes to it. Deans must (formerly “may”) consult with faculty on faculty composition, and Senate will retain approval rights over divisional decisions. So faculty still have appropriate influence over who…
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Monday’s Faculty Composition Vote
Tomorrow, senators will take up SR 20-08, a resolution that would remove the cap on the number of TCPL faculty. The administration hopes the new policy will be passed right away. They say hiring needs demand it. But in fact, there is no urgency. Senate can simply move to raise the TCPL cap as a…