Letter to the Search Committee from the AAUP: “Mark Emmert gravely undermined the principles of shared governance.” The University Chapter of the AAUP has written a very worrisome letter to the Presidential Search Committee. The key charge in the letter is that the administration has u[...]
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November 13th, 2010 - 9:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP Writes Letter to Presidential Search Committee, While Only 2 Faculty Show Up to Talk with The Commitee!
June 14th, 2010 - 10:42 pm § in Misc.
AAUP ASC election
For those AAUP members who have discovered The Ave and are wondering who to vote for in the ASC (Assembly of State Conferences) election, let me suggest that you check out the campaign literature by Donna Potts. Her statement (and those of the other candidates) are available at: http://www.aaup.org[...]
AAUP Tags!
Click the dog to read more about the AAUP and the University of Washington.[...]
October 21st, 2019 - 10:01 am § in Misc.
A History of Palestine
Chronicling Palestine The word “Palestine” is derived from the word “Pali” used by the Egyptians to describe the invaders who came from the North, possibly from the Black Sea, and invaded coastal areas of the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BCE[...]
March 12th, 2019 - 11:07 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
A UW Student complains that she is not getting an education.
A relative of mine, a very well educated man, actually left his university as a sophomore. This relative, a he I will call Bjorn, ended up in tech because Bjorn is very bright and was offered a job after his sophomore year. Bjorn left his university (not the UW) not because of the tech courses[...]
August 24th, 2018 - 5:59 pm § in Misc.
UW Faculty Panel Declares Administration Made Illegal Changes to the Faculty Code
A jury of faculty hearing my case has now decided that the UW violated the faculty code. A year ago January, I was falsely accused of using words like f—–g n—-r and f-g. An investigation by the UW found no basis for these horrid charges but my Chair used this to do major and likely[...]
July 14th, 2018 - 1:34 pm § in Misc.
THE-Ave Links: Relevant to UW
Today UW My conflict with the UW AAUP Governance at the UW Chapter 28 Academic unions Husky logo, Is THE Ave a part of the UW? Racism UW racism Aprikyan affair [...]
July 13th, 2018 - 11:59 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Why Is The UW Attacking Me?
Dear Colleagues, This is an update for UW faculty and others who have been following my story. As a bit of background for those who may not know me: I am a tenured professor at the University of Washington and a very successful biologist. Among other things, five of the UW’s current facu[...]
June 2nd, 2018 - 8:52 am § in Misc.
hypocrisy
Thanks, Abie, for sharing the perspective of two academic student employees. I suspect that they are not attorneys but are discussing their personal interpretation of “non-interference.” I’m not an attorney either, but my personal interpretation of “non-interference” do[...]
What is “shared governance?”
Professor: A disturbing story about the influence of the Koch network in higher education This WAPO story is a warning message to all state universities. including our own. The Administration at Arizona Stare University, our sister campus in the PAC 12, has created a “Freedom Center” [...]