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An interview with Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Donald R. Voelte, Jr. and Nancy A. Keegan Chair of Engineering, Professor, and Department Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering. This interview is part of our series on the importance of tenure. Dr. Shannon… Read moreDoing What Needs to be Done to Protect Nebraskans from Dangerous Chemicals: Brought to You by Tenure
An interview with Pete Jones, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration and chair of the Faculty Senate Finance Committee at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This interview is part of our series on shared governance in action…. Read moreDon’t Tell Me Your Priorities, Show Me Your Budget: Shared Governance in Action at the University of Alabama – Birmingham
An interview with Rebecca Lai, Professor in the UNL Chemistry Department This post is part of our series, Brought to You by Tenure. Dr. Rebecca Lai is a tenured Professor of Chemistry at UNL and a Fellow with the National… Read moreTaking Risks and Saving Soldier and Civilian Lives: Brought to You by Tenure
There has been a lot of attention paid to tenure lately, particularly from state legislatures in places like Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio, and of course recently right here in Nebraska. The debates over tenure tend to focus on… Read moreIntroducing “Brought to You by Tenure”
John Bender is Kearns Professor Emeritus of Journalism. The Board of Regents voted to abolish degree programs in geography, theatre and recreation management at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and comments by regents and administrators suggested more cuts are… Read moreRegents terminate degree programs at UNK
The kindest thing that can be said about Sen. Loren Lippincott’s bill to eliminate tenure at Nebraska’s colleges and universities is that it’s a product of profound ignorance about American higher education. And Gov. Pillen’s position that the “system needs… Read moreState senator’s bill to eliminate tenure would damage Nebraska
At the December 2023 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, I remarked during the comment period that in education excellence and efficiency are diametrically opposed values. My statement was in response to the former president of the… Read moreExcellence can’t be efficient
Recent events at UNL have called into question the extent to which shared governance is valued and enacted at the University. Contrary to the strong recommendations of the Academic Planning Committee, the faculty group charged with advising the Chancellor on… Read moreIntroducing “Shared Governance in Action”: a special series to broaden our collective imagination
This post is the first in our series on shared governance. Dr. Matt Johnson is a professor of higher education at Central Michigan University, and we invited him to share his experience for our Nebraska audience. Academic Calendaring I served… Read moreFrom overlooked to essential: a former faculty union president’s experience with academic calendaring language in collective bargaining agreements
John Bender is Kearns Professor Emeritus of Journalism. Complaints about a lack of shared governance and indifference to faculty to concerns were raised by faculty members at the open mic portion of the Faculty Senate meeting Feb. 6. The issues… Read moreFaculty raise alarms about shared governance at Senate meeting
