Tag: senate
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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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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…
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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…
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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…