TOPICS:
UM-Flint Shared Governance Report (2016) and Related Documents
Core Association Policies, as well as Rights and Freedoms
Censures and Investigations, Acts against Faculty
Best Practices
Contingent and Untenured Faculty
Promotion, tenure, and compensation
Fiscal Matters
Faculty and the Government
UM-Flint Documents
AAUP Weblinks
National AAUP “UM-Flint Shared Governance Report” (2016)
Note: This document was authored by Debra Nails (MSU) and Dan Burns (U of M). Both are members of National AAUP. The report is largely based upon their 2016 analysis of a variety of U of M and UM-Flint policies. It is NOT authored by UM-Flint AAUP chapter members, and nor is it an official document of UM-Flint. However, it is an independent report that is available to UM-Flint faculty and administrators.
Review of UMF Governance by independent members of the national AAUP
UM-Flint Report related documents:
Open-Governance Resolution U of M
How to on Agendas, Minutes, and Reports (AAUP)
Academic Freedom Primer (AAUP)
Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation (AAUP)
Model Faculty Grievance Procedure (SACUA)
AAUP NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENTS AND REPORTS:
A) Core Association Policies, as well as Rights and Freedoms
1) Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities
2) Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students
3) Grappling with Collegiality and Academic Freedom by Timothy Shiell
4) Statement on Intellectual Property
B) Censures and Investigations, Acts against Faculty
1) Standards for Investigations in College and University Government
2) Use and Abuse of Faculty Suspensions
3) Investigative Procedures in Academic Freedom and Tenure Cases by Debra Nails
C) Best Practices:
1) Legal Primer for New & Not so New Administrators
2) Accommodating Faculty Members who have Disabilities
3) Campus Sexual Assault: Suggested Policies and Procedures
4) Institutional Accreditation: A Call for Greater Faculty Involvement
6) Faculty Communication with Governing Boards
7) Faculty Evaluation of Administrators
8) Faculty Employment Outside of the University: Conflicts of Commitment
9) Faculty Communication with Governing Boards: Best Practices
10) Resolution in Support of Faculty Control of the Curriculum
11) Suggested Best Practices for Research Universities
12) Ensuring Academic Freedom in Politically Controversial Personnel Decisions
D) Contingent and Untenured Faculty:
1) Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession
2) Status of non-tenure-track Faculty
3) A Primer on Improving Contingent Faculty Appointments
4) The Inclusion in Governance of Faculty Members holding Contingent Appointments: Recommendations
E) Promotion, tenure, and compensation:
1) Faculty Salary Study Report on Gender 2012
2) Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments (2014)
3) Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure
F) Fiscal Matters:
2) The Role of the Faculty in Conditions of Financial Exigency
G) Faculty and the Government:
1) Higher Education after the 2016 Election
UM-FLINT AAUP DOCUMENTS:
1) UM-Flint AAUP Chapter Constitution
2) UM-Flint AAUP Orientation Letter to New Faculty
AAUP WEBLINKS:
3) AAUP Resources on Hiring and Promotions
5) Resources on Contingent Appointments
6) How to Evaluate a Faculty Government Structure
8) News about our Efforts to Protect Faculty Speech