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Auburn Faculty Protest Board’s Curricular Overhaul
Three months after the Board of Trustees abolished the faculty senate and gave itself curricular control, faculty are back on campus and making their disapproval known.
Architect of Ohio Higher Ed Overhaul Calls Shared Governance ‘Garbage’
Jerry Cirino, former chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee, successfully passed a sweeping, controversial law in his state. He’s an example of state lawmakers getting more involved in colleges and universities.
Why Shared Governance Is Breaking Down, and How to Fix It
The “pick your lane” approach with faculty owning curriculum and the administration owning the budget doesn’t work anymore, if it ever really did.
Faculty Should Lead Way in Responding to Compact 2.0
No university should respond to Secretary McMahon’s letter without significant faculty involvement.
Jacksonville State Dissolves Faculty Senate
What 2 Years as an Administrator Taught Me About Being a Senate Chair
I’ve seen shared governance from both sides of the table.
Stockton Pulls Genocide Reference After Donor Complains
The public university in New Jersey abruptly deleted a reference to genocide in Gaza from its website. The author, a Jewish scholar of genocide, believes officials caved to donor pressure.
UC Expedites Timeline for Determining Whether to Restore Testing Requirement
Amid a national debate over the value of standardized testing, faculty are pushing the UC Board of Regents to reinstate the use of test scores in admissions.