There will be an AAUP meeting open to all faculty (including all instructional staff) on Thursday, October 31 (Halloween!) 4:30-5:30 in the Keith room of the Lang Center.

Three topics dominated our discussions in September: Challenges to faculty governance/the recent restructuring of the administration, erosion or absence of faculty perqs/benefits, such as on-campus child care, and concerns about differential treatment of non-tenure track faculty.

(1) There was a particularly lively discussion about the new restructuring of the administrative faculty positions as well as additional concerns.. Some alternative proposals about faculty governance roles came up that we agreed to discuss further.

(2) We also worried about the College’s continued outlier status (in the negative direction) among peer institutions with respect to child care (and also college tuition support for faculty and staff). The potential reduction of long term rentals to keep faculty close to campus had not yet come up, or we might have worried about that as well.

(3) We briefly discussed the faculty commitment to equitable practices with respect to non-tenure-track faculty.

Come join the discussion.

Frank

Future AAUP meetings:

Tuesday, December 3, 4:30-5:30 Keith Room