Category: Faculty Voice
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Faculty involvement in Provost search
We urge [SU leadership] to reconsider your plan and follow established procedures for the appointment rather than merely soliciting comments.
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New Policies with no faculty input
“Updated” policies have just been rolled out on posting, events and demonstration on campus (links below). They are long, and in legalese. They had no faculty input, but they will impact on us all. You may also want to review the recent AAUP statement denouncing restrictive administrative policies: https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-condemns-wave-administrative-policies-intended-crack-down-peaceful-campus-protest
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All full-time faculty deserve a path to tenure
Letter to the Editor, published in The Daily Orange March 7, 2024https://dailyorange.com/2024/03/all-full-time-faculty-deserve-a-path-to-tenure/ Earlier this year, a few non-tenure track full-time teaching faculty in Syracuse University’s School of Architecture were told their contracts will not be renewed next academic year. It was striking evidence of the precarity of many instructional faculty at SU and across the…
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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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May events
Monday May 2, 12:00-1:15pmOn Zoom (register here) A panel discussion of regional AAUP organizers in CNY on strategy and challenges re: building faculty power, featuring: Tuesday May 3, 9:00am-5:00pm: SU AAUP will be tabling under the breezeway at Huntington Beard-Crouse (HBC) adjacent to the quad. Stop by to find out about AAUP and chat with…
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