AAUP
Wilmington College of Ohio

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AAUP-WILMINGTON COLLEGE, OHIO

 

September 13, 2009: How to Read IRS form 990

(charity's tax return form): http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/demystify/

September 8, 2009: AAUP CBU at Oakland University (MI) goes on strike

http://www.oaklandaaup.org/

September 1, 2009: AAUP National's Report on Antioch College Released

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/newsroom/2009PRS/Antioch.htm

July 30, 2009: Average US College Health Benefits

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/29/benefits

July 29, 2009: Fired Edison Professor Reinstated

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/28/edison

June 30, 2009: Antioch Reborn!

See links at http://www.antiochians.org/s/1050/start.aspx

June 16, 2009: A Good Idea from Wright State

See pages 1 and 3 of this issue of the Wright AAUP's newsletter, The Right Flier, on the novel concept of a formal reporting system for (lack-of-)service issues in support of the primary academic mission. And if you think that state universities and privates live in separate worlds with nothing in common--read this recent issue for some good laughs of recognition; we are all in this together.

June 12, 2009: An Article of Interest

Adjunct pay of "$44,000 plus basic benefits" viewed as scandalously low at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. From Inside Higher Education: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/12/adjunct

BULLETIN: May 12, 2009:

It appears that our contracts include the expected "wiggle room" on the raise we thought we had negotiated. Regardless, the rest of the language is consistent with past contracts, and it does not seem necessary at this time to advise rejecting them.

BULLETIN, May 8, 2009:

The faculty at Georgetown, KY have been given contracts which specify a scale of pay reductions which faculty are to accept based on the number of students enrolled in the fall. Our best legal advice to date is that tenured faculty are NOT obligated to sign new contracts with this or any other modification. In the event that such language appears in our upcoming contracts, please be advised that we (the tenured faculty) may wish to collectively reject such provisions.

Chapter News, April 20, 2009:

TO OUR TENURED FACULTY: PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEWS AND LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING NEW CONTRACTS. IN THE EVENT OF UNEXPECTED CHANGES TO FACULTY CONTRACTS, SIGNING NEW CONTRACTS FOR THIS OR ANY YEAR MAY CONSTITUTE GIVING UP CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS.

Chapter News, October 2, 2008:

At the meeting of October 1, the chapter approved a pay and benefits proposal for 2009/10; this will be publicized by the end of the week.

Chapter membership is now up to 21. Because main-campus full-time faculty currently number 57, we are optimistic that a membership drive may put us "over the top," and underline that we are advocating for the shared concerns of the majority. Letters and other recruiting materials will be distributed shortly.

Membership will be polled as to the desirability of meeting on alternate Mondays at 4 p.m. for the current year; weekly meetings are seen as too frequent, but bi-weekly seems preferred by most.

Mission

The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to advance academic freedom, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. Founded in 1915, the AAUP has helped to shape American higher education by developing the standards and procedures that have maintained quality education and academic freedom in this country's colleges and universities for most of the twentieth century, and now in the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is the only national organization exclusively serving the interests of college and university faculty members. AAUP supports and defends the principles of academic freedom and tenure and promotes policies to ensure academic due process. AAUP has more than 44,000 members at colleges and universities throughout the country.

Ohio Chapters

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