Tag: TCPL
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 8
Nearly 300 of your colleagues attended Faculty Assembly last week, putting the administration on notice that they need to work with us, not against us. Unfortunately, management’s bargaining team was not yet ready to do that this week. In time, they will understand how united you are in your commitment to successful negotiations. The issues…
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Day 7 of FAM-T Bargaining
At FAM-T’s seventh bargaining session today, many proposals and counter-proposals passed across the table. The team is optimistic — we are making steady progress through the non-economic proposals. There’s a lot to discuss here, plua additional information in several short post-bargaining videos from FAM’s Negotiating Team here. Let us know if you have questions or…
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FAM-T Bargaining Update for 11/1
The University was “not inclined” to support the request that faculty members be added to the Board of Trustees. They think that faculty would provide no valuable input to the Board, as administrators provide all the academic expertise they need.
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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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Factcheck on Provost’s TCPL Cap Argument
Yesterday in Senate, the Provost made an argument for abolishing the TCPL cap. (The TCPL cap constrains the number of teaching professors, clinical and professional faculty and lecturers to a percentage of the number of tenure-line faculty). The Provost’s argument failed to mention an important option that would allow us to stand with him in…
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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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Open Letter to Miami Senators
Summary (please read proposed resolutions at end of letter): It’s in everyone’s interest to have more continuing faculty at Miami. But if we abolish the TCPL cap without enacting protections for our teacher-scholar model, we’ll fail to prevent further increases in contingent faculty and we’ll enable further declines in tenure lines. Dear Senators: On Monday, you’ll…
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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…