Faculty Alliance of Miami: FAM

FAM Updates

  • This generous community

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Factcheck on Provost’s TCPL Cap Argument

    Yesterday in Senate, the Provost made an argument for abolishing the TCPL cap. (The TCPL cap constrains the number of teaching professors, clinical and professional faculty and lecturers to a percentage of the number of tenure-line faculty). The Provost’s argument failed to mention an important option that would allow us to stand with him in…

  • Debating the TCPL Cap

    We have permission to share with you a valuable email discussion of SR20-08 by members of Senate. SR20-08 is the resolution that would abolish the cap on TCPL* faculty. We point you particularly to Professor Thesz’s second point and to Professor Coates’ concern about the teacher-scholar model. We’re delighted to see the level of informed…

  • Open Letter to Miami Senators

    Summary (please read proposed resolutions at end of letter): It’s in everyone’s interest to have more continuing faculty at Miami. But if we abolish the TCPL cap without enacting protections for our teacher-scholar model, we’ll fail to prevent further increases in contingent faculty and we’ll enable further declines in tenure lines.  Dear Senators: On Monday, you’ll…

  • Alums and parents weigh in on Ibogagate

    Here is a short selection of the comments made by alumni and parents on the petition AAUP recently submitted in support of the faculty at risk of being fired in the iboga plant controversy (and in hopes of rehiring the conservatory manager who has already departed). Find out more about the controversy on our In…

  • Reporting Arrests Policy: Update & Next Steps

    Reporting Arrests Policy: Update & Next Steps

    Thanks to your efforts and the fantastic turnout that we had for the Faculty Assembly meeting September 10, the University’s “Reporting Arrests” policy has been put on hold again and sent back to Senate. This is the first time in recent memory, if ever, that the Faculty Assembly has taken a meaningful action to protect the…