A Publication of the UNL Chapter of AAUP
This guest post comes from colleagues in one of the four departments voted to be merged in last semester’s budget cuts. One of the cost-saving measures to come out of the recent budget reduction process was the merger of two… Read moreObservations on the Costs of Department Mergers
The Board of Regents approved a $600 million plan to renovate Memorial Stadium—called the Big Red Rebuild—at their April 24 meeting. All eight elected regents voted in favor of the proposal. Three of the four student regents voted for it…. Read moreRegents OK $600M plan for refurbishing Memorial Stadium
President Jeff Gold and Interim Chancellor Katherine Ankerson met with a group of about ten faculty on Thursday, March 19th for nearly two hours on Zoom. The goal of the meeting was to hear concerns about budget cuts, specifically from… Read moreA mid-semester meeting with President Gold and Chancellor Ankerson: What we heard and learned regarding budget cuts from last semester
Related Materials: A motion calling for a vote of no-confidence in three top UNL administrators was withdrawn by the faculty member who offered it at the March meeting of the Faculty Senate. In its place, however, the Senate received a… Read moreMotion for no-confidence vote on 3 administrators withdrawn
This guest post, written by Clint Rowe, Chair of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, explains what is occurring within his Department with respect to faculty retentions and eliminations, ultimately highlighting the fragile state of tenure protections at… Read moreThere is no coherent case for eliminating Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
