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SU AAUP EC Statement on Negotiating with Students in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment

May 10, 2024 As the AAUP’s statement “In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses” indicates, “colleges and universities are places of free and open expression, inquiry, and debate. Even in sharp disagreement, our goal is communication in service of learning and understanding.” In that spirit, the AAUP Executive Committee strongly… Read More SU AAUP EC Statement on Negotiating with Students in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment

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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… Read More All full-time faculty deserve a path to tenure

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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… Read More SU-AAUP Position Statement on Teaching Professors, Professors of Practice, Research Professors and other Full Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty

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April Events

Unions and the University (via zoom): Monday April 24 5:15pm (register here ) and Tuesday April 25 3:45pm (register here): Given the historic unionization win of SU graduate student workers (728-36!), and given National AAUP’s affiliation with unions and support of collective bargaining rights, we decided to do events exploring the broader importance of unions… Read More April Events

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Fall Welcome

Save the Date: General membership meetingMon. Oct. 10th at 4:00pm (hybrid) • Fill out our very brief Issue Campaign Survey by Friday, September 16th• We continue to pay close attention to the administration’s actions around TIAA-CREF plans and health coverage. And we remain committed to pressing for faculty inclusion on large-scale decisions concerning these issues.• We… Read More Fall Welcome

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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… Read More SU-AAUP Accomplishments

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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… Read More May events

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