Category: University Governance
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Our Chapter advocates: Here’s why faculty should be members of federal response work groups
The Hopkins work groups are gathering information and providing recommendations for leadership to consider. If faculty are not involved as equal parties in this, Hopkins will be fighting with one arm tied behind its back. At this historic and unprecedented time, having the analysis and insights of scholars is critical. Read more
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AAUP Chapter urges faculty must be part of federal response work groups; Leadership response
Thank you for your message regarding recent developments in federal funding and regulations. We appreciate the concerns you have raised about the potential impacts on research and teaching. Read more
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AAUP Chapter urges: Faculty must be part of federal response work groups
Dear Provost Jayawardhana and Executive Vice President Laurent Heller: Thank you for responding. We are glad to have the additional information you provided, and in some cases have received updates from our FBAC and JHUC representatives. These updates do not provide tremendously increased detail from the emails we are receiving from Central. The situation since… Read more
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Our chapter calls on JHU Provost: In the face of federal overreach, increase engagement with faculty. Communication is not enough.
We respectfully request that you immediately reach out to division-level faculty leadership (cc’ed here), JHUC, as well as leadership of staff associations to partner with you in crafting university policy and planned communications with the Hopkins community. We further insist that our faculty governance bodies participate in the evolving charges of work groups, and that faculty governance bodies name… Read more
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Letter regarding Security Cameras on the Homewood Campus
The JHU chapter of the AAUP recently sent this letter to JHPD Police Chief and VP of Security Branville Bard. Dear Mr. Bard, I write on behalf of the Johns Hopkins chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). We have received questions about the recent installation of mobile security cameras on campus public… Read more
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AAUP Special Reports
AAUP Special Reports Read more
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Published Perspectives by our Members
François Furstenberg on The Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com/author/francois-furstenberg Juliana Paré-Blagoev, “Fighting for the Freedom to Learn at New College of Florida”https://www.aaup.org/article/fighting-freedom-learn-new-college-florida Read more