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From: Kelly Benjamin, AAUP Media and Communications It’s been a busy month in the world of higher education. Below are a few of the AAUP’s press clips from around the country since our last email. Read on to see the great… Continue reading

The Resolution of Condemnation of Recent Actions of JMU’s Provost was passed by JMU’s Faculty senate on April 13, 2023 by a final vote of 36 – 4 (5 abstentions). This blow for shared governance was preceded by the passage… Continue reading

The following opinion piece was contributed by JMU faculty emeriti Russ Smith (Economics), Bill Ingham (Physics), and Jim Leary (Chemistry). We are three emeritus faculty who chose to spend our entire academic careers at JMU because we were dedicated, along… Continue reading

This past fall (2022), the Provost’s Office created, without input from important stakeholders (the faculty!), a Core Curriculum Appraisal Task Force that was charged with reviewing the current GenEd program and making recommendations about potential changes. While the AAUP lodged complaints… 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

What’s New with Academe? Our March newsletter features three early-release articles from our forthcoming spring 2023 issue on academic libraries and librarians, guest edited by Danya Leebaw, as well as selected book reviews and columns from the issue and a… Continue reading

From: Kelly Benjamin, AAUP Media and Communications Below are a few of the AAUP’s press clips from around the country over the past month. Read on to see the great work your fellow members have been doing to keep academic freedom,… Continue reading

The Faculty Senate “Resolution Regarding Transparency and Accountability of A&P Appointments within the Division of Academic Affairs” catalogs several instances of non-transparent and intimidating practices in relation to a recent A&P search process. This resolution, introduced in the January 26… Continue reading

In the Provost’s February 2023 remarks to the Faculty Senate (February 23, 2023) and in regard to the Faculty Senate’s Transparency and Accountability of Administrative Hires resolution and resolution of Condemnation, Dr. Coltman noted that the American Association of University… Continue reading

Email on Shared Governance, send to all JMU instructional faculty. (sent on Feb 21, 2023)   Continue reading