Beginning on September 11, 2015, the faculty entered contract negotiations with the UConn Board of Trustees. Educators, represented by the UConn-AAUP presented proposals to maintain and strengthen the overall educational environment. The Administration submitted proposals that will profoundly undermine the strong tradition of shared governance that helped launch UCONN to become one of the nation’s top universities. The Administration seeks, through its proposals, to redefine the University as the Board of Trustees, the President, the Provosts, and the Deans, and will effectively silence students and faculty in academic decision-making.
Faculty proposals seek to protect the bedrock values of public higher education including academic freedom, an atmosphere free of discrimination. The UConn-AAUP also seeks to strengthen UConn by maintaining competitive compensation, gender pay equity and a strong voice for faculty that facilitates UConn’s ability to recruit and retain world-class faculty.
We believe in the strong and robust voice of educators in academic operations and priority setting and maintain that collective bargaining in good faith is the most effective means to protect and enhance faculty governance. A University is only as strong as its educators and when the faculty is able to collectively bargaining for better academic working conditions, educators, students, and the entire UConn community benefits.
We the undersigned support UConn-AAUP’s proposals to protect and strengthen the core values of higher education. We call upon the Board of Trustees to support a contract that improves faculty working conditions and supporting the faculty voice in academic decision-making. The UConn-AAUP is committed to fostering a strong academic environment that builds on our shared success.
Updates
December 8, 2015
The administration continues to overlook the essential role of faculty in our academic decision processes despite our persistent efforts. I am currently documenting the implications of these proposed contract changes to ensure our case remains clear and evidence-based. Thank you for your continued commitment to preserving our shared governance.
December 8, 2015
The momentum behind our call for shared governance reflects a shared commitment to the academic integrity of this institution. Your collective insistence on protecting faculty participation in decision-making sends a clear message to the Board of Trustees.
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As an adjunct with no job security, academic freedom is the only guarantee that I can function as a professional instructor at the university level.
As a citizen of the state of Connecticut who wants the very best higher education available to our students, I share the concerns of the UConn faculty and support their efforts to make sure faculty control curriculum decisions and have shared governance of the university.
Faculty and staff ARE the University. Our opinions and thoughts should be at the forefront of decisions regarding academics, strategic initiatives, and the future of UConn.
I support UConn-AAUP's proposals to protect and strengthen the core values of higher education.
Students and faculty are the heart of higher education. Both deserve a fair agreement that respects the voice of educators and protects academic freedom.
As a WCSU attendee, I support this fully.
Faculty are the most valuable resource - as well as the heart and soul - of any university. Why would anyone wish to exclude faculty members from decision- and policy-making discussions at any level?
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Beginning on September 11, 2015, the faculty entered contract negotiations with the UConn Board of Trustees. Educators, represented by the UConn-AAUP presented proposals to maintain and strengthen the overall educational environment. The Administration submitted proposals that will profoundly undermine the strong tradition of shared governance that helped launch UCONN to become one of the nation’s top universities. The Administration seeks, through its proposals, to redefine the University as the Board of Trustees, the President, the Provosts, and the Deans, and will effectively silence students and faculty in academic decision-making.
Faculty proposals seek to protect the bedrock values of public higher education including academic freedom, an atmosphere free of discrimination. The UConn-AAUP also seeks to strengthen UConn by maintaining competitive compensation, gender pay equity and a strong voice for faculty that facilitates UConn’s ability to recruit and retain world-class faculty.
We believe in the strong and robust voice of educators in academic operations and priority setting and maintain that collective bargaining in good faith is the most effective means to protect and enhance faculty governance. A University is only as strong as its educators and when the faculty is able to collectively bargaining for better academic working conditions, educators, students, and the entire UConn community benefits.
We the undersigned support UConn-AAUP’s proposals to protect and strengthen the core values of higher education. We call upon the Board of Trustees to support a contract that improves faculty working conditions and supporting the faculty voice in academic decision-making. The UConn-AAUP is committed to fostering a strong academic environment that builds on our shared success.
Updates
December 8, 2015
The administration continues to overlook the essential role of faculty in our academic decision processes despite our persistent efforts. I am currently documenting the implications of these proposed contract changes to ensure our case remains clear and evidence-based. Thank you for your continued commitment to preserving our shared governance.
December 8, 2015
The momentum behind our call for shared governance reflects a shared commitment to the academic integrity of this institution. Your collective insistence on protecting faculty participation in decision-making sends a clear message to the Board of Trustees.
17 Comments
All faculty await the conclusion of these negotiations so that we may all proceed with what we are here for, the advancement of education and research at UConn. It is perplexing that the organization we work so very hard to advance appears, from reports we have received, not to view faculty, especially long term in- residence faculty who carry the largest percentage of tea by responsibility, in the same light. We encourage the university to provide us with the same level of support we provide to our students and the university, and stop treating us as adversaries.
As an adjunct with no job security, academic freedom is the only guarantee that I can function as a professional instructor at the university level.
As a citizen of the state of Connecticut who wants the very best higher education available to our students, I share the concerns of the UConn faculty and support their efforts to make sure faculty control curriculum decisions and have shared governance of the university.
Faculty and staff ARE the University. Our opinions and thoughts should be at the forefront of decisions regarding academics, strategic initiatives, and the future of UConn.
I support UConn-AAUP's proposals to protect and strengthen the core values of higher education.
Students and faculty are the heart of higher education. Both deserve a fair agreement that respects the voice of educators and protects academic freedom.
As a WCSU attendee, I support this fully.
Faculty are the most valuable resource - as well as the heart and soul - of any university. Why would anyone wish to exclude faculty members from decision- and policy-making discussions at any level?
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All faculty await the conclusion of these negotiations so that we may all proceed with what we are here for, the advancement of education and research at UConn. It is perplexing that the organization we work so very hard to advance appears, from reports we have received, not to view faculty, especially long term in- residence faculty who carry the largest percentage of tea by responsibility, in the same light. We encourage the university to provide us with the same level of support we provide to our students and the university, and stop treating us as adversaries.