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From Kelly Benjamin, AAUP Media and Communications Just a few of our recent media mentions Below are the latest AAUP press clips highlighting the phenomenal work your fellow members have been doing to keep academic freedom, shared governance, and the economic… Continue reading

and we’d love to see you! Welcome back! We at the JMU chapter of AAUP would like to invite you all to our first AAUP-JMU Social happy hour of Fall 2023! AAUP-JMU Social happy hour Friday, September 8th starting at… Continue reading

Have JMU’s Academic Affairs Hiring Guidelines made searches less transparent, and do they diminish the role of faculty expertise in the process? This, at least, appeared to be the case in the 2021 search for the Dean of the College… Continue reading

Our initial experience with FOIA process about the 2021 CSM Dean candidate Feedback FOIA didn’t align with expectations as described on the JMU BOV FOIA webpage. In particular, our request: didn’t appear to be “interpreted liberally, in favor of access”,… Continue reading

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and the FOIA process at JMU, are important tools to build transparency and strengthen trust through increased accountability. At JMU AAUP, we’ve reviewed the JMU FOIA specific webpages and pulled a few key statements… Continue reading

Here is a place to document currently open FOIA requests, and to suggest additional requests. Continue reading

Over the past 15 months, James Madison University’s Faculty Senate has passed a series of resolutions critical of the University’s Provost. The following is a list of those resolutions: On April 13, 2023 –  Resolution of Condemnation of Recent Actions… Continue reading

A letter to all VA faculty April 25, 2023 Dear Fellow Faculty, On Thursday, April 13, the Faculty Senate of James Madison University convened in a special session to consider a resolution of condemnation concerning the (most recent) actions of… Continue reading

and we’d love to see you! There is a lot going on these days and much to talk about, so we would like to invite you all to another AAUP-JMU Social happy hour this Friday! AAUP-JMU Social happy hour Friday,… Continue reading

The April JMU BOV meeting is here! Several committees are having open meetings today, with a full BOV meeting tomorrow.  Of particular interest to those following the work of the JMU Faculty Senate is the meeting of the Academic Excellence… Continue reading