A cademic freedom is about the freedom to choose: the freedom to research this problem and not that one, to consider or advance one argument in the classroom and to criticize another. But freedom of ...
They say that challenge breeds innovation, and it’s clear that the higher education sector has faced no shortage of challenges in recent years. Perhaps that’s why an increasing number of institutions ...
It regularly collaborates with other faculty, administrators, staff and students. Yet, even in a 4-year public university system like mine, where shared governance is often strongest, the power to ...
The American Association of University Professors and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges alike tout shared governance as crucial, as do dozens of books on higher ...
Example 1: An administrator wants a new program implemented quickly, the demand for speed resulting from budgetary concerns or institutional culture. To ensure a quick process, a small, select group ...
The practice of shared governance — where faculty, staff, administrators, boards, and sometimes students share responsibility for decision-making and policy development — has long been considered a ...
Academic freedom is the pillar of a free society. When it is compromised, public trust in scientific knowledge is eroded; biased teaching invades classrooms; and knowledge is politicized. The first ...
A bill that aims to restore shared governance power at the Universities of Wisconsin was introduced to the Wisconsin State Assembly early January. If passed, the bill would reinstate language in ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo will hold its 10th annual Shared Governance Day on March 4 with a joint meeting of the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate (PSS). The meeting is ...