A Publication of the UNL Chapter of AAUP
On Friday, December 5, over 110 faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the University of Nebraska filed into Varner Hall to testify against the elimination of four academic departments before the Board of Regents. While the packed overflow room had… Read moreFear, Loathing, and “Metrics” at the Nebraska Board of Regents
Cuts in federal spending on research and small increases in state appropriations for higher education will mean belt-tightening and higher tuition, NU President Jeffrey Gold told the UNL Faculty Senate Tuesday, May 6 Gold said the NU system has lost… Read moreGold outlines NU’s grim budget picture for Faculty Senate
Putting the University of Nebraska in a position to gain readmission to the Association of American Universities will require it to make careful use of money it receives from donors and taxpayers, Jeffrey P. Gold, the new president of the… Read moreReturning to AAU will require strategic use of university resources, NU president says
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
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
The following is a transcript of remarks offered by faculty affiliated with AAUP during the open mic portion of the UNL Faculty Senate meeting on February 6, 2024. Please also see our coverage of the meeting. Susan Vanderplas: Hi, I’m… Read moreRemarks offered at UNL Faculty Senate meeting
