from UW News & Information Interim UW President Phyllis Wise has announced the selection of Debra Friedman as chancellor for the University of Washington Tacoma, effective July 1. The appointment is subject to approval of the UW Board of Regents. Friedman has been dean of the College of Public P[...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW’
April 18th, 2011 - 11:31 am § in Misc.
From AAUP LISTSERV ..Uganda Students Have a Lesson for UW
I agree with Halstead Harrison, and appreciate a little leftover infusion of the previous knowledge and energy in the room, so I don’t mind looking at a full board of material that came before me. Here’s a more important question: why aren’t we all in the streets fighting the budge[...]
April 13th, 2011 - 6:25 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP Shuts Down Listserv: An Open Letter to the AAUP:UW
Ed. This is an open letter to the AAUP, urging them to move their valuable listserv off campus. My letter reflects a post that is now old news from 2007 and from another university, Cornell in 2007. But the Cornell story illustrates the need for a free and open discussion by our own faculty. W[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 10:03 am § in Uncategorized
A UW Prof: Who SHOULD Be A: UW Student?
UW Admissions and the Budget Cuts from Cliff Mass and UW AAUP listserv After the Seattle Times published a front page article: Why Straight-A Students Won’t Get into the UW this Year there has been a firestorm of comments in the media and blogosphere–and I have gotten quite a few emails [...]
April 3rd, 2011 - 10:23 am § in Schools & Colleges
As the UW becomes an Ivy. will WA kids be turned away?
from Katherine Long at the Seattle Times: Why straight-A’s may not get you into UW this year In the face of continuing state budget cuts, academic leaders at the University of Washington in February made a painful decision to cut the number of Washington students the school will admit this fal[...]
March 23rd, 2011 - 3:39 pm § in Uncategorized
“You are so wrong!!” More on HB1822 and Western Governors
Here is Rep. Phyllis Kenney’s response to my email asking questions about HB1822 “You are so wrong!!” That may be, but I still can not get answers to my questions from her or from any other source that supports Western Governors University. a. What is WGU’s real graduation ra[...]
March 10th, 2011 - 6:54 am § in Misc.
Privatize the UW: One Way to Make a LOT of Money
Ed. All this handringing over cuts to the UW budget. We are worried about losing the Evans School because it does not make enough money! Here is a private school, one with far less prestige than the UW, no NCAA football, AND a PROFIT of $127.000.000! How did they do it? The door marked “[...]
February 26th, 2011 - 11:20 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP: What Should The UW Admin Say About Cuts?
Reposted from AAUP listserv Ed. Duane Storti is a a UW Professor well known to many for his efforts to force the UW administration to follow the faculty code. Ana Mari Cauce, Dean of Arts and Sciences, is well respected as a wise commentator on UW affairs. She is also a member of the President[...]
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 10th, 2011 - 6:28 pm § in Misc.
UW Senate Blog
Link here to Senate Blog. Because the UW Senate Blog is published behind the UW firewall, those Ave readers can not directly access this public record. As a service to the wider community, we will periodically, repost the blog here on the Ave. UW faculty, students and staff should be able to acces[...]