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.
Vice-chancellors’ pay cut as NSW universities feel heat over salaries
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Vice-chancellor salaries at most NSW universities fell or stayed flat last year, as bosses took pay cuts amid a financial crunch and new VCs were offered smaller packages to defuse festering controversy over high remuneration.
The heads of The University of Sydney and UNSW took pay cuts of several hundred thousand dollars in 2020 after border closures stopped international students – upon whose fees they rely heavily – from travelling to Australia.
The pay package for the top job at Sydney University will also shrink by more than $500,000 a year for the new vice-chancellor, Mark Scott, who will begin at the university next month. He will earn a maximum of $1.15m including bonuses.
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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.