Iowa City Press-Citizen
The search for the next president of the University of Iowa garnered interest from applicants soon after the opening was made public, members of the search team leading the process said Wednesday. Although all of the (advertisements) have not yet appeared, we have absolutely been inundated, every day, with interest. I think that this committee needs to know that the University of Iowa is attracting high-quality candidates already, Rod McDavis, a managing principal with AGB Search, said during a meeting Wednesday morning. We still have a lot to do, but the initial response has been very, very positive to the presidency of the University of Iowa.
IOWA CITY - The University of Iowa has been advertising its presidential vacancy officially for just one week, but executives leading the search report that we have absolutely been inundated every day with interest.
Jennifer Freyd
After 33 years at the University of Oregon, Jennifer Freyd, professor of psychology, would like to accept the retirement package she and some of her senior colleagues were recently offered.
Yet the university says she can’t accept the deal unless she drops her ongoing pay equity lawsuit.
The clock is ticking: the deadline for accepting the package is Feb. 5. Freyd asked the university to grant her an exception to the requirement that would-be retirees release the university from all legal claims, as she is, to her knowledge, the only eligible faculty member currently suing the university. In other words, she argued in a recent open letter to Oregon’s Board of Trustees, the release of liability requirement is uniquely injurious to her and “a new form of discrimination for all those with a history of discrimination.”
A national nonprofit organization of professors and other academics in the U.S. has issued a warning to University of Evansville President Christopher Pietruszkiewcz, critical of his realignment plan
In late November, a committee within the Northwestern chapter of the American Association of University Professors published a report criticizing the administration’s COVID-19 response, calling several budgetary and academic decisions out of line with the mission of education.
A national nonprofit organization, the AAUP identifies and defines key educational and professional values in order to set standards for higher education and promote academic freedom. The November report, compiled by NU-AAUP committee members, examined the actions of the University against the standards set by the AAUP nationally. While the AAUP tends to focus on scholarship rather than broader administrative actions, the report steps beyond the boundaries of scholarship, approaching budgetary, accreditation and governance concerns.