Tag: Board of Trustees
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Fall Update: The Pandemic Continues, Our Power Grows
Happy Labor Day, Miami colleagues! During this global pandemic and the unprecedented degradation in working and educational conditions in 2020- 2021, your Miami AAUP chapter has redoubled its efforts to assure high-quality education and faculty welfare, support academic freedom, advance the economic and professional status of the entire faculty, and represent an independent faculty voice…
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Faculty: Voted 95% In Favor Of Improving Shared Governance. Provost & Board: Claim Miami “Exceeds” Shared Governance Norms
Back in Fall of 2020, 95% of faculty voted to support the AAUP’s two-part Faculty Assembly Resolution on Shared Governance. Sadly, the Board of Trustees has now declined to take action on either of the Resolution’s requests to improve shared governance. It first refused to support adding faculty as nonvoting members. Now, it has decided…
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Watch That Exec Tree Grow!
The Dean of Miami’s Regional campuses has become our newest Vice-President at Miami. Let’s celebrate the occasion by playing a fun game: “Watch That Exec Tree Grow!” Watch for yourself: Since 2017-2018, Miami’s high-paid executive cabinet has almost doubled. Back in 2017, Miami had six vice-presidents. In 2021, we have 11. The lower chart (2020-2021)…
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Trustees Refuse to Support Adding Faculty to Board
What happened at today’s public meeting of the Board of Trustees was a remarkable example of the problems with shared governance at Miami, and clear evidence of the need to pass the Faculty Assembly Resolution in its entirety. The Board was presented with a resolution supported by 95% of faculty — the Faculty Assembly Resolution…
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For transparency and accountability, we need faculty on the Board of Trustees
[Note: This post was mistakenly left unposted in late October 28, 2020. We are posting it now for the record. We are grateful to faculty for turning out in such numbers to support and vote for the Faculty Assembly Resolution, which passed at the end of fall semester.] Is Senate advice — advice that represents…
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WE WON!! 95% voted YES on Faculty Assembly Resolution
Happy Solstice! There’s finally a glimmer of brighter days ahead — not least because the Resolution on Shared Governance and Budget Transparency has overwhelmingly passed. More than half of you took time to vote during the very busiest part of the semester. 95% of you supported the resolution. This is your victory. Thanks to all who…
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Building Better Shared Governance: FAQ
Update 11/19/20: Voting has begun! Vote here ASAP — deadline December 9. We have been assured by Miami’s parliamentarian, Rob Withers, that voting is secure and that he is the only one with access to the voting form and its results (Google Forms was used because the usual Faculty Assembly voting system is only set up…
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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…