FAM Updates
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The truth about Miami’s post-tenure review proposal
“If the administration thinks post-tenure review that can result in termination is a good idea for Miami University, then let them SAY IT!“ Statement at today’s negotiations by Sam Morris, co-chair of the FAM-T negotiating team, regarding the University’s proposal on Faculty Evaluations: The University presented a new proposal on Faculty Evaluations which sets forth…
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FAM-L Bargaining, December 15
Your united FAM-L/FAM-T negotiating team worked many long hours this semester to lay the groundwork for a strong foundational contract. In the new year, once all proposals have been exchanged and as membership continues to grow, we’ll start to see the fruits of their labor. To set the table for productive negotiations this spring, before…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 8
Nearly 300 of your colleagues attended Faculty Assembly last week, putting the administration on notice that they need to work with us, not against us. Unfortunately, management’s bargaining team was not yet ready to do that this week. In time, they will understand how united you are in your commitment to successful negotiations. The issues…
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Anti-higher-ed, anti-labor bill SB 83 passes committee: call lawmakers!
We are sorry to report that SB 83 passed out of committee this morning and could go to the House floor soon. This bill is a true threat to student education, academic freedom, and faculty livelihoods. It is so unpopular — over 700 testimonies and tens of thousands of letters in opposition since March — that its supporters had to turn…
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Daniel Hall: “A cooperative process…is better for the administrator, the University, and the faculty”
A cooperative process, as has been the Miami way for decades, is better for the administrator, the University, and the faculty.
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Speeches from Faculty Assembly
What a turnout yesterday for Faculty Assembly! 102 Benton was filled and the mood was buoyant. If you were there yesterday, talk to your colleagues about what you heard and about the powerful feeling of being a faculty united. And make sure to vote. Ballots will be distributed by email soon. Over a dozen tenured, librarian,…
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Theresa Kulbaga: “Shutting down this committee sends a clear signal”
“[You’re using] collective bargaining as an excuse to shut down a longstanding shared governance committee that seeks faculty feedback about our administrators. Shutting down opportunities to collaborate with faculty, to listen to our concerns and our ideas. It’s disappointing. It makes me sad. And it doesn’t have to be that way.”
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Kate Rousmaniere: “I support FAM, particularly in the face of what I see as declining faculty input”
I served on the Committee for the Evaluation of Administrators for five years between 2003 + 2008. At some point I co-chaired the Committee with Professor John Heyda from Middletown campus. The Committee was elected by our peers in Faculty Assembly—representing each academic division and the libraries. As Department Chair during those years, I…
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Shashi Lalvani: “Top 10 Reasons Why We Should Evaluate Administrators”
The administration’s “rationale” for terminating the process of evaluating administrators is as follows: Since FAM represents faculty for negotiations related to wages and employment, and therefore, Miami may not engage in soliciting individual faculty input. This has no legal, rational, or moral standing. As you will note, it says “may not engage..,” but does not…