Groups like Faculty Senate and the American Association of University Professors hoped for more representation and transparency during the appointment process.
Commentary: Purdue Senates govern Purdue’s curricula, not the Trustees
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EDITOR S NOTE: The following is a commentary submitted to the Journal & Courier regarding the Purdue University Board of Trustees proposed adoption of a graduation requirement without Faculty Senates consent, according to the authors.
Many faculty at Purdue are critically worried about the decision of the Purdue Board of Trustees to do two things: 1) vote to adopt an undergraduate graduation requirement without consent of the University Senate; and 2) apply it system-wide without engaging faculty at the regional campuses.
That the graduation requirement is about civics literacy, when the Board is not following its own governance procedures, is a particularly vicious irony.
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Even after a year of heightened attention, following the killing of George Floyd, there has been little change to the problems associated with campus police, with institutions largely batting off demands for meaningful overhaul, say professors.
Dozens of US colleges and universities have faced calls from their students and others to end armed patrols by campus or local police in the aftermath of Mr Floyd’s death in May 2020.
The calls expanded and amplified complaints that had been heard for years, often containing racial dimensions, as campus police forces have mushroomed across the country despite showing little, if any, net benefit.
NJ AAUP protests restructuring plan
accuses administration of violating faculty guide June 3, 2021 | 4:06pm EDT
The New Jersey branch of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has sent a letter to University President Dr. Joseph Nyre, protesting the administration’s proposed restructuring plan, calling it a “violation of shared governance.”
The plan, announced in late April by Provost Katia Passerini, would change the structure of several colleges, merging the College of Communications and the Arts with the College of Education and Human Services, merge the College of Nursing with the School of Health and Medical Sciences, create closer ties between the School of Diplomacy and International Relations and Seton Hall Law, and make internal changes in the College of Arts and Sciences.