Category: Academic Freedom
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Syracuse University AAUP Statement on Patterns of Administrative Attacks on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech
Dec 7, 20223 We write again to express our concern with the Administration’s failure to protect academic freedom and freedom of speech as demonstrated in the campus-wide email on November 9, 2023 from Provost Ritter and Chief Student Experience Officer Allen Groves, in which they rebuked a student speaker at a peaceful rally who argued…
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SU AAUP Chapter Statement on Academic Freedom and Outside Speakers
NOV 17, 2023The Syracuse University’s AAUP Chapter endorses the position of the AAUP National’s Committee A Statement on “Academic Freedom and Outside Speakers” (2007), which indicates that universities must make every effort to honor the opportunity for campus groups to invite speakers and not cancel these events due to claims about the inability to provide…
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN TIMES OF CRISIS: An Open Dialogue
Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis: An Open DialogueTuesday November 7 3:00-4:30Via Zoom (register here) We will give a brief overview of the AAUP principles of academic freedom, but will devote most of our time to hear from faculty about their experiences and concerns on this issue. We hope to strategize together on how we can protect…
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Executive Committee of SU AAUP calls for greater academic freedom from administration amid Israel-Hamas war
Published on November 5, 2023 in The Daily Orange Note: This statement expresses the views of the Executive Committee of the SU AAUP chapter only and was not voted on by membership. Last week the Executive Committee of the Syracuse University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors at Syracuse University circulated a national…
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Academic Freedom in Times of War
reposting from: https://www.aaup.org/news/academic-freedom-times-war It is in tumultuous times that colleges’ and universities’ stated commitments to protect academic freedom are most put to the test. As the Israel-Hamas war rages and campus protests proliferate, institutional authorities must refrain from sanctioning faculty members for expressing politically controversial views and should instead defend their right, under principles of…
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SU-AAUP Position Statement on Teaching Professors, Professors of Practice, Research Professors and other Full Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Over the past 20 years Syracuse University has increasingly relied on non-tenure-line faculty,such as Teaching Professors, Professors of Practice, Research Faculty and other Full TimeNon-Tenure Track Faculty (FTNTTF) to ensure delivery of the university’s education mission.According to the latest Faculty Census conducted by the Syracuse University Senate, only50.1% of faculty are tenured or on the…
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SU-AAUP Accomplishments
SU-AAUP in 2021-2022 Convened open member meetings to build an issue campaign from the bottom-up. Worked with Senate AAUP members and subcommittees to pass a motion calling on the administration to halt changes to TIAA benefits for new faculty. Surveyed students to gauge their views on the university’s management of the public health crisis, and…
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Resolution on Faculty Information Systems (FIS) / Faculty Evaluation
[to be introduced at April 21 Senate meeting] Whereas the Senate recognizes the potential benefits of updating and digitizing processes for faculty evaluation, especially for tenure and promotion review, Whereas all issues related to faculty evaluation must be developed with meaningful and substantive faculty participation, and the decision to implement a Faculty Information System (FIS)…
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Letter to Deans Concerning Faculty Review Table
Dear Dean [name]: We are writing to bring to your attention a concern regarding the memo circulated by Provost Liu on January 27, 2021 titled “Important Policy and Process Matters Relating to Non-tenure-track and Pre-tenure Faculty Reviews and Promotion for Tenure.” The memo requires all tenure files to include the table copied at the bottom…
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