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CWRU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
link to 2007-2008 salary report from AAUP
This report
shows CWRU faculty compensation, by rank and gender, compared with peer
institutions
link to letter to the CWRU Faculty – June 2008 The letter begins as follows:
Does the AAUP have a role
to play at CWRU?
CWRU
is facing challenging times and we faculty must play a lead role in addressing
the problems and possibilities. Working together
with administration, board, staff, alums, and students, we can create a
brighter future for our university.
CWRU expects you to excel
in Teaching, Service and Research.
You expect CWRU to
guarantee Tenure, Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance.
These latter are
fundamental principles championed by the AAUP since its founding over ninety
years ago. They have been endorsed by
the Association of American Colleges, including Case and Western Reserve, and
by over 150 educational and professional organizations.
read the rest
here: link
to letter
Membership in the AAUP is open to
college and university faculty members, administrators, graduate students, and
the general public. Founded in 1915, AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure,
advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process
The 1940 AAUP Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the 1970 Interpretive Comments have been endorsed by the Association of American Colleges and over 150 other educational and professional associations.
Ø Statement of the Purpose of the Association
Ø The AAUP at Case Western Reserve University
Ø About Joining the AAUP Chapter
Contact CWRU AAUP Chapter: aaup@cwru.edu
Areas of Interest
To give an idea of the many areas of interest
to the AAUP, we list here some of the topics discussed in the current AAUP
Handbook: dismissal proceedings; non-renewal of appointment; extramural
utterances; political activity; artistic expression; campus speech codes;
access to personnel files; tenure quotas; periodic evaluation; part-time
faculty; non-tenure-track faculty; mandatory retirement; faculty liability;
professional ethics; plagiarism; multiple authorship; workloads; affirmative
action; sexual harassment; faculty role in budget and salary; intercollegiate
athletics; faculty status of librarians; collective bargaining; student rights;
accreditation; retirement and insurance benefits; leaves of absence;
child-bearing; family emergencies.
Other Links
Ø Please read our FAQs page about joining the AAUP Chapter. To become a member of the local chapter, please contact Prof. Peter Whitehouse at 216-844-6448 or by e-mail (peter.whitehouse@cwru.edu). Information about joining national AAUP is available at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/involved/join/
Ø For more information about the national AAUP, visit http://www.aaup.org/
Ø Ohio AAUP: http://www.ocaaup.org/, e-mail: ocaaup@ocaaup.org
Ø link to email message to CWRU faculty re: tenure & compensation (May 2007)
Ø Link to CWRU Faculty Senate: http://www.cwru.edu/president/facsen
Ø Link to CWRU Faculty Handbook: http://www.cwru.edu/president/aaction/facguide.pdf
Officers of the CWRU Chapter
Elected by chapter
membership in October 2006
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President |
Past Vice-President |
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Treasurer |
Secretary |
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Past Presidents George Perry, Pathology |
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Brief Biosketches of Chapter Officers
Committees
Activities of Local Chapter
Paul Davis, Executive Director
of the Ohio Conference AAUP
“Why does CWRU need an AAUP
chapter?”
31 October 2006
Hirschel Kasper of Oberlin College
Kasper is a member of the AAUP committee investigating
complaints of Academic Freedom violations at several universities in New Orleans:
"Will Academic Freedom Survive Katrina?"
14 November 2006
Article on this subject in March 2006 Academe can be found at:
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/MA/AW/kat.htm
Gregory Eastwood, Interim
President of CWRU
the annual free-form discussion with the President
28 November 2006
Notes follow:
Professor Paul Gerhart
introduced President Gregory Eastwood who then invited questions from the
group. The first question concerned the
absence of an Asian Studies program.
Eastwood agreed with the questioner’s concerns and remarked that an
“international affairs office” would be desirable, and will probably be instituted,
given the resources. Other attendees
commented that there is an art history program offered in collaboration with
the CMA and that Asian art is a major component.
A second question concerned
the use of adjunct faculty and whether their rights are protected and whether
the use of adjunct (or contingent) faculty is desirable. Several attendees commented that they thought
the numbers of contingent faculty in their units at CWRU are appropriate.
The question of how best the
administration should interact with faculty was raised in various forms. Should administrators work through the
Senate? How should they respond to
recommendations by external visiting committees? Professor Kash commented that excellent
suggestions made by a recent committee looking at the physics department were
ignored by the administration. Eastwood
commented that he and the provost meet regularly with the deans. He said that he will encourage the deans to
transmit the essence of these discussions to departmental chairs and their
faculties, in an effort to establish regular two-way communication.
Eastwood commented that he
had learned a great deal about the institution from Dick Baznik who is
currently writing a new comprehensive history.
Professor Friedland of the
department of neurology brought up problems associated with the recent
agreement between the medical school and University Hospitals. A large group of faculty, currently employees
of the University, will be offered new contracts by the new “University
Hospitals Case Medical Center”. In the
opinion of many, the negotiations have been rushed, without sufficient input
from faculty. While the details of the
restructuring and its impact on the affected faculty members are still in flux,
faculty are concerned about several issues, e.g. discontinuation of tuition
benefits for their families. There is
concern that the changes are being rushed, giving faculty little time to
examine the details. Another professor,
concerned about the restructuring asked, “in what way am I a part of an
academic institution?”
(A recent decision by the
Administration, endorsed by the faculty Senate, will allow those faculty who,
as a result of the UH agreement, will be paid less than 50% of their annual
salary by the university, to receive retirement benefits based on the portion paid
by the university.)
Eastwood responded that the
tuition benefits question is still being discussed within the
administration.
Eastwood remarked that
practice guidelines for academic medicine have changed and that competition
with private medicine requires constant restructuring.
There was some discussion
about the Board of Trustees, including the question of whether and why they may
have misread the actions of the last president and did not act as a moderating
influence. Eastwood commented that the
Board currently takes the “situation very seriously”; that the percentage of
alumni on the BOT has increased from around 50 to 87%, with none from outside
Cleveland; and that they are determined to find a president who has experience
with a large organization, is a good listener and organizer.
Professor Horvath of the
Music Department called for more “balance” between the arts and technologies –
pointing out, for example, the great need for a “facility” for artistic
performances.
Prof. Gerhart closed the
meeting at one o’clock, thanking the President and the participants.
W. Fickinger,
Secretary, CWRU AAUP
Rodger Govea,
President, Ohio Conference of AAUP
"Colleagues or Subjects?: The Role of Faculty in University
Governance"
Monday, October 17, 2005
Notes
follow:
Issues concerning faculty governance have increasingly come to the attention of the AAUP, which previously had been mostly concerned with questions of academic freedom and tenure. Some university administrations have gone so far as to dissolve their faculty senates.
Faculties must retain their pre-eminent role in hiring and firing, in curricular issues including the development of new programs. They must be regularly informed of budgetary issues, in a timely fashion, not just informed after the fact, or at the last moment.
AAUP's position is that the faculty are at the heart of the university and that universities run better when faculty are involved at all levels. The faculty must promote this role with administration and board, not just wait for a catastrophe to motivate them.
Questions and comments from audience:
o Understanding of the budget requires an understanding of the interplay between different parts. Opening the operating budget is insufficient to understand the whole.
o “Faculty are cheap”. Faculty can provide a moderating influence on spending.
o Is it appropriate for faculty appointments to departments or schools to be made without the support of that department's faculty?
o It is difficult to track the overall budget in the “every tub on its own bottom” model.
o Taking risks is a lot safer when the faculty are aware and supportive of them.
o Does the university actually have legal responsibility for tenured faculty salaries?
o The Provost and President should use the faculty to communicate with the Board. That is, upper administration should not be the only link between faculty and board. Some universities have one or more faculty as non-voting members of the board. (Comment: must get a reasonable candidate for this : an over-enthusiastic reformer might get the wrong results.)
o There was some discussion of the less than favorable report on budgetary matters from the recent accreditation. Not many present were aware of this situation as described at the following site: (http://www.case.edu/president/cir/accreditation/accredvisit.htm )
o The Provost meets regularly with provosts at our peer institutions. Might it not be useful for officers of the faculty senate to interact with same at these schools? Should the AAUP do similarly with officers of other chapters?
Meeting on
Issues Related to Women and Minority Faculty at CWRU
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
notes (PDF) by Bill Fickinger, secretary, AAUP.
Moderator: Lynn Singer, Deputy Provost and Vice President for Academic Programs
Panel Members:
Alice Bach, Former Director of Women’s Studies Program, Chair of the former President’s Advisory Council on Women, and Associate Professor of Religion
Margaretmary Daley, Former Director of Women’s Studies, coauthor of the Faculty Senate Committee Report on the Status of Women, and Associate Professor of German
Susan Hinze, Women’s Studies Steering Committee and Associate Professor of Sociology
Beth McGee, Faculty Diversity Officer (Office of the Provost) and Associate Professor of Theater Arts
Dorothy Miller, Director of the Center for Women and Associate Professor of Social Work
Beverly Saylor, Women in Science and Engineering representative and Associate Professor of Geological Sciences