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… Read More Letter to Deans Concerning Faculty Review Table
In early October, SU-AAUP conducted two forums and circulated a campus-wide survey to all faculty concerning teaching modality in a time of Pandemic. Over 100 faculty registered for the forums and over 300 completed the survey, representing 20% of faculty from all schools and across all ranks, including teaching faculty and part-time instructors. Faculty expressed… Read More Instruction During Pandemic: SU-AAUP Report November 23, 2020
Numerous concerns were discussed at the forums on teaching modality. A detailed report will be distributed at the end of October. Some topics of discussions include: · Ways to best engage principles of shared governance and the importance of full faculty participating in teaching modality decisions · Concerns among all faculty ranks that instructors with… Read More SU AAUP Forums Campus-wide Survey on Teaching in the Pandemic: Quick Findings
On Tuesday evening [June 9], SU’s American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter held a faculty forum to discuss the administration’s planning for fall 2020. In our unprecedented historical moment of pandemic and financial threat to private higher education of the highest order, it is clear that SU faculty are unequivocally committed to assuring that… Read More SU professors demand more power in education decision making
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