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Back to school season comes with emotion. I recently saw a high school cross country team out on summer run, and my memory whisked me back 25 years to pre-season practices with my high school field hockey team. I still… Read moreTaking inventory of where we are
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
If you are rightly consumed by mid-semester responsibilities and not following the latest on the budget reduction process, let me get you quickly up to speed. And, importantly, if you are looking for ways you can continue an effort to… Read moreWhat you can do right now while waiting for budget news
Does the budget reduction process truly recognize “the importance of the faculty voice”? After a lot of digging into our own bylaws and established norms, my assessment is that no, it does not. Shared Governance Colleges and universities have never… Read moreUNL’s Proposed Cuts Don’t Follow Established Rules and Norms
