The public sees the University of Washington as the home for an elite faculty. Does that status imply our right to use the UW brand to promote our ideas? At one extreme, the answer is yes. The Faculty Code clearly describes our obligations as Professors as being much more than didactive pedagogy d[...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW faculty governance’
September 16th, 2011 - 8:15 am § in Schools & Colleges
Borrowed Gravitas: Does The Existance of a Univeristy Imply Free Speech?
April 10th, 2011 - 2:59 pm § in Schools & Colleges
AAUP: Rising Administrative Costs Endanger College Instructional Resources
AAUP Indiana Applauds Governor’s Call to Halt Excessive Growth in Administrative Expenditures … Hoosier parents and taxpayers are probably wondering where all of the money given to Indiana’s colleges and universities actually goes. They may be disappointed to discover that administ[...]
February 25th, 2011 - 9:17 am § in Schools & Colleges
Who OWNS what UW faculty create?
All faculty need to understand that we DO have a contract and that contract, the Faculty Code, effects a lot more than “just” free speech or due process. The Code effects YOUR rights to work you produce, even if that work is on “your own time.” Stanford University has asked[...]
Candidate for UW Presidency: How does he view WA state Faculty Code?
Duane Storti on the AAUP blog has raised an important point. Unlike some other universities, the UW uses neither individual contracts not a union contract to hire faculty. Instead, we are very lucky to have a Faculty Code, written by our own Faculty Senate and endorsed by the President and Regen[...]
UW Senate Operates Like the Soviet Duma
Why doesn’t the UW faculty understand that democracy requires open discussion? This AM I received the following email that made me quite angry. The message: Voting Faculty, At its meeting on December 5, 2013, the Faculty Senate approved legislation that revises the Faculty Code on principles o[...]