AAUP to Investigate RPI
We're not sure which one we're getting with our AAUP investigation.
The AAUP (American Association of University Professors) announced recently that it will be investigating Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for issues surrounding faculty governance, specifically the still suspended Faculty Senate.
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “The Ticker” had this to say:
The American Association of University Professors announced on Friday that its general secretary, Gary Rhoades, has authorized an investigation of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute over issues of shared governance. The group says the investigation by a panel of its own members will focus on the suspension of Rensselaer’s faculty senate. The office of Rensselaer’s top-paid president, Shirley Ann Jackson, suspended the faculty senate there in 2007, and it has not met since.
The AAUP’s press story is available here.
Here is another story from the Chronicle ‘07 where the AAUP publicly criticized the school.
I don’t really know what this investigation will entail, but I believe it is a step in the right direction to resolve this faculty/administration fiasco rift within our school community.
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