Ed. The lack of due process in the UW’s Aprikyan affair undermines the public trust a university need. That trust is not in the administration, it is a trust in the rigor of academic ethics. The following story, whatever the truth, is warning shot about what can happen when University [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Administration’
A Response to Politicians in Ohio and Olympia: “We shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.”
Ohio Senate Votes to Deny Collective-Bargaining Rights to Most Public-College Professors This time I may be siding with the enemy. An article in the linked issue of the Chronicle reports that the Ohio State Senate is joining Wisconsin in ruling that faculty do not have collective bargaining rights. [...]
March 2nd, 2011 - 8:37 am § in Uncategorized
Other UW to go private?
Ed. This has been coming for some time and may be coming to the UW near you! The issue is not just giving UW (either one) the ability to raise tuition. Privatiziing public ivies will inevitably mean decreasing access to students from our own state(s). See other TA posts on privatization. March[...]
February 28th, 2011 - 11:32 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
How The Washington Public Sees the UW.
From a colleague who prefers to be anonymous: related posts on governance. I would like to respond to the concerns Steve has posted about the way the UW presents itself to the citizens of this state. We have lost our standing in front of our fellow citizens and our legislators in Olympia. The image [...]
Wise on Aprikyan, “I can’t say that we would not [in the future].”
By Daron Anderson February 18, 2011 View this day’s paper in PDF …….Janelle Taylor, a UW faculty senator who is also president of AAUP’s UW chapter, became concerned about the adjudication process after assistant research professor Andrew Aprikyan was terminated for scientific mi[...]
February 16th, 2011 - 2:18 am § in Schools & Colleges
How Much to Pay A President?
When and if the regents choose to pay an inordinate salary to the next UW president, I assume that their motivation may be that the new super hero must be able to be respected by the crowd at Palm Springs. That respect is hard to achieve on a professor’s salary. I hope, however, that the [[...]
February 14th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Uncategorized
Boosting a levy 99% in a Great Recession: The Seattle Way
By JOEL CONNELLY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF With apologies to Chairman Mao, who wasted China’s economy with The Great Leap Forward, Seattle’s proposed 2011 Families and Education Levy should be dubbed “The Great Leap Upward”. Mayor Mike McGinn and a levy advisory committee want to b[...]
What The New State Supreme Decision On Faculty Discipline Means
This last Thursday, February 3, 2011, the Washington Supreme Court handed down a decision that clarifies the legal framework under which state universities and colleges may discipline tenured faculty members accused of misconduct. The case is Mills v. Western Washington University, Docket No. 83597-[...]
Senate Chair: Aprikyan was wronged.
Originally posted 17 Jan. Updated Jan 24 because of a comment that may interest others. Please read comments. Ed Note: This is copied from the UW Senate Blog. Unfortunately, and I suspect illegally, that blog is protected from public view. UW staff, however can access the blog directly[...]
January 20th, 2011 - 9:14 am § in Uncategorized
Berkeley Chancellor on Campus Violence
Recently the AAUP listserv has run a serious of emails from faculty upset by students involved in a game called “Humans and Zombies.” Apparently, students involved in the game stalk each other on campus and shoot each other with pellet guns that look realistic except for an orange tip on[...]