Tag: shared governance
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A Call for Action: Love and Honor is a Matter of Public Health
As a public university, Miami has a responsibility to lead our community through the pandemic by promoting public health information and best practices. But despite the approaching return of students and start of classes, Miami University leadership has yet to release a COVID safety plan for the Fall 2021 semester. We are hearing from worried…
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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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Demand Shared Governance and Budget Transparency! Faculty Assembly November 5th
Over a tenth of Miami continuing faculty have signed on to a Faculty Assembly resolution demanding genuine shared governance and budget transparency at Miami. That number triggers the calling of a special Faculty Assembly to discuss the resolution. This is the first time in Miami history faculty have used our right of initiative — our…
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Surviving and Thriving Require Genuine Shared Governance
In this unprecedented crisis, every university in this country will be making painful budgetary decisions. Hard discussions about how to survive and thrive during and after the crisis—examples of generatively difficult shared governance—are underway at many other universities. At Miami, not so, yet. Shared governance is the meaningful participation by faculty in decisions that affect the…
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Faculty Composition Decisions in Your Division: What to Do
Decisions about faculty composition will now be made at divisional level, according to Senate Resolution 20-08 (January 27, 2020). This means faculty can theoretically play a strong role in deciding the faculty mix. And it is our responsibility and appropriate role to do so. 20-08 is an exciting advance on previous policy because it allows…
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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…