We caution university leadership in using all-university email communications to implicate — even obliquely — specific departments and individuals for speech and statements they made within their rights of academic freedom. Read more »
As AAUP members, we seek a work environment that is free of coercion or intimidation. We insist on the same for graduate student workers. Read more »
The report detailed AAUP’s first student survey, which asked students for their thoughts on different aspects of SU’s COVID-19 response, including masking policies and testing and quarantine protocols. Read more »
We demand a commitment to greater transparency and clearer communication from SU administration. Read more »
Our readers, SU professors part of the American Association of University Professors, argue that SU administration should give faculty a larger role in decision making. Read more »
The executive council of Syracuse University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors says SU leadership has repeatedly condemned racism and then moved on. Read more »
Like other universities, Syracuse University in recent years has shifted to a more corporate mindset. Some community members say that is at odds with academic freedom. Read more »
The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education held a conference call Wednesday to discuss the trend of universities and colleges in the United States increasingly hiring faculty on a temporary basis. Read more »
SU has failed to release data to the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors for the second straight year. Read more »
The majority of the University Senate voted in favor of a motion affirming THE General Body’s efforts to increase diversity, transparency and shared governance throughout… Read more »
The University Senate will vote Wednesday on two motions inspired by THE General Body during its final meeting of the semester. The vote comes 13… Read more »
An overall trend in higher education has shown that hiring part-time faculty has become increasingly popular. But while a majority of the educators on campus are not full-time faculty, many on campus feel adjuncts and part-time faculty aren’t receiving the salaries and benefits they deserve. Read more »
The rise in professors' salaries across the nation this year was the lowest it has been in 50 years, according to an annual study from… Read more »
