EMU-AAUP President Susan Moeller sent around an email yesterday about the faculty union filing an unfair labor practice claim with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission based on “a CAS department head for twice bullying and threatening to deny an untenured faculty member tenure because of her union activities.” She also notes that the EMU-AAUP [...]
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I saw this via my EMU news feed: “EMU partners with Mott CC: Up To 94 Credits May Be Transfered From Mott CC.” Here’s a quote: Some Mott Community College students will be able to apply more than three years worth of credits to a four-year degree at Eastern Michigan University. The credit [...] It’s kind of a long story as to why, but I stumbled across “Wandering emus finally corraled,” in the Leader-Telegram, the local paper in the fine “Eau Claire, WI and the Chippewa Valley Since 1881.” It’s another story about loose but soon recaptured emus that again make me wonder why we are not the [...] I’ve been busy with various school preparation things (and it’s kind of slow news around campus), so haven’t had much of a chance to post much lately here. But as I think about my schedule for Fall 2009 and about the not-so-distant faculty contract talks, I thought I’d bring up something I’d like to [...] An interesting article in Freep.com: “Crime on campus a harsh teacher” is about crime and safety around Michigan universities. Two quotes that struck me and that certainly ties into EMU issues: The thump-thump on the dorm room doors breaks the predawn stillness. “Do you know why I woke you up this way?” Eastern [...] From the Ann Arbor Chronicle: “AATA to Focus on Ypsi Cost Cuts.” Looming on a six-week horizon for Ypsilanti is the renewal of its Purchase of Service Agreement with the AATA – at a price slated for 10% higher each year over the next three years to make the agreement match actual costs. [...] EMU-AAUP President Susan Moeller sent around an update about the strange case of the Board of Regents denying two faculty members tenure in June earlier today:
Obviously, this status update raises a lot of questions that we can’t answer and probably can’t even contemplate here because if concerns regarding privacy, process, etc. But beyond that, what exactly is the Board of Regents rights regarding approving faculty for tenure and promotion? And what is tenure, anyway? From annarbor.com comes Eastern Michigan University to host Michigan State in football and basketball. Here are the opening paragraphs: Rynearson Stadium has never hosted a Big Ten opponent. Thanks to an agreement between Michigan State and the state’s three Mid-American Conference schools, that will soon change. Well, maybe not that soon. But in [...] I just found out about this via the EMU History Department Facebook page (of all places!): EMU and the No Worker Left Behind program. To quote from the site, “No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) is a plan for accelerating the transition of workers into well-paid jobs by providing up to two years worth of [...] I came across this this morning, and it seems like something worth posting here as the 2010 faculty contract negotiation process gears up: from Inside Higher Ed, “Pushing Back on Requests for Salary Cuts.” It’s a short piece: In this budget year, many faculties (unionized or not) have been asked by administrations to [...] |
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