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Miami & Your Money 2016
Chapter Director of Research David Walsh, with the help of co-president Cathy Wagner, gave an in-depth and fascinating presentation tonight sharing new data gathered by the chapter and giving a faculty-view perspective on salaries, benefits, and staffing at Miami. Highlights: • Large administrative raises over the last ten years as compared to faculty raises (some…
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Report on Fall Action Meeting, Sept 20
Thanks all for a great first meeting of the semester. Barely enough chairs! we will get a bigger room next time. In case you missed it, we covered: – The budget crisis the library is facing because of significant cutbacks and fast-rising costs – More generally, RCM budgeting’s harsh treatment of units that don’t generate income,…
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What we’re all about and how to tell your friends
Do you want to know more about the work our chapter does, or would you like to share information about the chapter with colleagues? We’ve now got a sweet little handout summarizing why we are here and what we do. Speak with any member or write us at miamiaaup@gmail.com to get copies of the below handout to distribute to…
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Fall Action Meeting & New Faculty Welcome
Come on out to our first meeting of the year, Wednesday, September 21 at 5:30pm in 46 Irvin. Meet the new chapter leadership, find out what’s simmering and help decide our priorities for the year.
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Latest news from Senate
Here are our latest reports from University Senate. August 29, 2016 report Highlights: – President’s and Provost’s priorities for the year – new faculty dining area in Belltower (there have been some issues with the space, but we hear that Belltower is working on making sure the area is available only to faculty and we…
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Budget debacle hurting students up the road
Ahead of the terrible Wright State budget cuts, their AAUP Chapter gave some wise advice to the board that every board in the country (not to mention the US presidential candidates soon to debate one another at WSU) should hear: “We are concerned about the opaque way in which the budgetary issues have been presented,…
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Miamians, you’re paying more than Ohio peers for health coverage
Here’s our latest working paper—Part II in a series on Miami’s health plans. (The earlier paper focused on gaps in coverage, such as the fact that there’s no limit on out-of-network costs for Miami employees.) In this paper, you’ll find out that Miami employees generally spend more on health insurance coverage than employees at…
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“A very good business opportunity”: the Ohio higher-ed giveaway
This is a complicated story but it’s important if you care about higher education in Ohio and higher-ed trends across the US. University of Akron’s President Scarborough had/has a bold plan to expand the university into satellite campusus—some outside the state—by taking over ITT Tech (the for-profit failure). How would he run them? By outsourcing…
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It’s the end of our first year!
We got a ton done this year. Thank you all for your support. It’s made our work possible. Check out the list of achievements in the Miami Student article “A Year in Review: AAUP Celebrates Accomplishments, Sets Goals.”* Among other things, we’ve successfully pushed for more budget transparency, strongly influenced the position profile used to hire our…