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Willamette University AAUP: working on shared governance

by Frann Michel, President Our first year as a chapter, 2015-16, was a tumultuous one on our campus, but culminated in a Joint Agreement among College of Liberal Arts faculty and the Board of Trustees on Shared Governance, Consultative Decision-Making, and Communication. This year, we have continued to monitor the administration's fulfilment of the terms of the Joint Agreement, as action items come due. Most significantly, the Board of Trustees has rescinded its resolution of last year that had linked CLA faculty numbers to enrollment figures and fixed the faculty at a 10-to-1 ratio, with no more than 80 percent…

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United Academics at UO: impacts of election on higher education

by Michael Dreiling, President At my daughter’s holiday play, one of the children warmly asked for Hamilton tickets for the New Year. The subtlety was not lost to most in the audience, many who, like me, hold a small hope that Donald Trump will not be inaugurated in January. As that hope dims, we in AAUP Oregon, and our respective unions and AAUP advocacy chapters understand that a climate of fear, intimidation and corporate-takings warrants renewed commitment to one another, our voice in academia and academic freedom in all institutions of higher education. Our unions and our AAUP will be…

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