Petition to END Blanket Non-Renewals at SUNY New Paltz
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Kristin Muller
5 months ago
I found receiving the certified letter to be disconcerting. Even though I was already on the schedule, after receiving the letter I became worried that I might have overlooked an important email from an administrative office--perhaps something about budget cuts requiring course reductions--occluded by the high influx of campus emails we receive daily. Also, this certified letter said that I was "not assigned to courses or other academic assignments" and that my "current contract, which expires on May 15, 2026, is not being renewed at this time." Reading that conflicted with the fact that there is a nearly full roster for a summer course with my name listed as the instructor.
This discrepancy, along with the following issue, leads me to feel that there is a layer of high level administration that does not appreciate the value contingent faculty brings to our university. (Fortunately, I know this is not true of my department.) This second issue is that, seeing the DSI call for full-time faculty many weeks ago, I have spend a considerable amount of time hunting through my campus email inbox and campus webpages for information about the DSI call for contingent faculty.
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Cheryl Rice
5 months ago
It's bad enough that the college is staffed by non-tenured faculty, but to cut them off en masse just adds to the insult.
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Rachel Rigolino
5 months ago
Several of our English Department employees have taught here for decades.
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Shauna Keating
5 months ago
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I was already on the schedule of classes for the Fall when I received this letter. It actually made me less aware of where I stood, which is the opposite if the intent of sending these out. Just not needed.
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Jesse Stacken
5 months ago
You spent $9 on a certified letter that contained confusing, false, and unnecessary info. Got the same (bad) info in an email just a few days earlier.
I found receiving the certified letter to be disconcerting. Even though I was already on the schedule, after receiving the letter I became worried that I might have overlooked an important email from an administrative office--perhaps something about budget cuts requiring course reductions--occluded by the high influx of campus emails we receive daily. Also, this certified letter said that I was "not assigned to courses or other academic assignments" and that my "current contract, which expires on May 15, 2026, is not being renewed at this time." Reading that conflicted with the fact that there is a nearly full roster for a summer course with my name listed as the instructor. This discrepancy, along with the following issue, leads me to feel that there is a layer of high level administration that does not appreciate the value contingent faculty brings to our university. (Fortunately, I know this is not true of my department.) This second issue is that, seeing the DSI call for full-time faculty many weeks ago, I have spend a considerable amount of time hunting through my campus email inbox and campus webpages for information about the DSI call for contingent faculty.
It's bad enough that the college is staffed by non-tenured faculty, but to cut them off en masse just adds to the insult.
Several of our English Department employees have taught here for decades.
I was already on the schedule of classes for the Fall when I received this letter. It actually made me less aware of where I stood, which is the opposite if the intent of sending these out. Just not needed.
You spent $9 on a certified letter that contained confusing, false, and unnecessary info. Got the same (bad) info in an email just a few days earlier.