Tag: shared governance
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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Two End-of-Semester Wins
AAUP members and friends, A couple of important successes yesterday we need to tell you about—we’ve won a victory against precarity at Miami through the new TCPL* policy Senate passed yesterday, plus a victory for shared governance by challenging and halting the overweening Arrest Reporting Policy passed last session. Success #1: Yesterday, Senate passed a policy…
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What we’re all about and how to tell your friends
Do you want to know more about the work our chapter does, or would you like to share information about the chapter with colleagues? We’ve now got a sweet little handout summarizing why we are here and what we do. Speak with any member or write us at miamiaaup@gmail.com to get copies of the below handout to distribute to…
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Miami’s Presidential Finalist: Statement
Yesterday, Miami’s AAUP Advocacy chapter released this statement on Miami’s presidential search and the just-announced finalist, Gregory Crawford: The Executive Committee of the Miami University AAUP Advocacy Chapter has worked to promote the hiring of a new president who would commit to a set of objectives. As enunciated last August and approved by the membership, here are…
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Results of AAUP Chapter Faculty Survey
A discussion of faculty morale was the agenda at today’s Faculty Assembly meeting, so it was a good time to release preliminary results of our survey about faculty concerns (you can still take the survey here). The discussion resulted in a commitment from the administration to survey faculty more formally and create an action plan…