by apscuftest | Sep 22, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
In a recent blog entry I noted that, given the important role that tenure plays in protecting academic freedom, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) asserts that removal of tenure because of an institution’s financial distress...
by apscuftest | Sep 19, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
I was surprised to see Inside Higher Ed referencing Cardinal Newman in their latest edition (“How Would Newman Fare Today?” http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/17/newman) — admittedly, I don’t keep up with the announcements about...
by apscuftest | Sep 14, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Frank Donoghue’s article in the Chronicle is misguided: he forgets the public good that comes from broad-based public higher education. Frank Donoghue’s recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (Can the Humanities Survive the 21st Century?...
by apscuftest | Sep 12, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Sometimes it’s just plain hard to not snicker, smirk, or just outright laugh. As our PASSHE officials and local managers preach about dire financial situations, as they strip away release time and pare down summer schools, as they...
by apscuftest | Aug 30, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Stripping faculty of tenure is a serious matter. It ought not done based on dire predictions of what might happen; it should only occur, as the AAUP says, “under extraordinary circumstances because of a demonstrably bona fide financial exigency, i.e., an imminent...
by apscuftest | Aug 25, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Today’s newsflash from Inside Higher Ed is an article titled “Dollars and Sense” (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/25/budgeting). This article makes a virtue out of a mantra of “no margin, no mission.” This piece of news...
