Tag: academic freedom
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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…
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American Botanical Society weighs in to support faculty at risk of termination
The American Botanical Society joins the American Anthropological Association and over 2,000 signers of our petition in support of the faculty at risk of termination and the conservatory manage who was been forced to resign. Read their letter to Miami administration. Here’s an excerpt: “To attempt to terminate someone who has devoted his career to…
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Letter of Support from American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association has weighed in to support the Miami faculty at risk of unfair termination and the staff member who unwillingly resigned under duress. The Association joins over 2000 signers of our petition demanding the reversal of the administration’s decision. Much gratitude for the support! Dr. Gregory Crawford, President Office of the President213…
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Updates on Iboga issue
We are grateful to the Miami community and to the research community nationwide who share our concerns about academic freedom and the unfair terminations proposed for two of our tenured colleagues. As of today, our petition in support of the faculty as well as the conservatory manager (who was forced to resign) has over 700…
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MU faculty at risk of unjust termination
A situation of grave concern to Miami faculty, staff, and students is currently unfolding on campus. Two Miami professors are under threat of what we believe to be unfair and unnecessary termination, and a staff member has been forced to resign. Please support your colleagues by signing our petition to Miami leadership. Last fall, the…
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Free speech and the university
A couple of important items related to academic freedom: 1) “Over the weekend, during a speech to activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Trump pledged to issue an executive order that would deny federal research funds to colleges and universities that do not ‘support free speech.’ AAUP’s position on this is clear. We…
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Tenure-line and non-tenure-line at Miami: the real numbers
Minutes posted this week for the April 23, 2018 meeting of Senate contained a significant correction. A chart on overall full-time faculty distribution that had been handed out at the meeting seemed to show that tenure-line hiring was trending up significantly. The correction in the minutes shows that that is not the case. Tenure-line numbers…
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Miami’s “Boldly Creative” Profit Focus: How to Reduce the Risks
Miami’s new “Boldly Creative Initiatives” plan — funded by $50 million that’s just been swept from department and program budgets—is an effort to respond to a difficult situation for higher ed. Moody’s, the bond rating agency, has just revised the bond outlook for higher ed downward. Higher education’s financial outlook is not good. Publics such…
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Got academic freedom in the classroom?
Are you a lecturer or visiting professor at Miami, or do you have a friend who is? As you may know from reading other recent posts (or if you’ve read Miami’s policy manual), you know NTT faculty at Miami—including not only visiting and per-credit-hour faculty but also lecturers and clinical faculty—don’t have due-process protections should they face…