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“At the center of our agenda today is Project Health,” NU President Jeffrey Gold said in his remarks to the Board of Regents at the Oct. 3 meeting. The board’s approval of the intermediate design plan for the massive hospital… Read moreRegents hear faculty complaints about budget-cutting process
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
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
During the Open Mic period at the February meeting (Feb. 4) of the Faculty Senate, the subject of faculty unions was raised by Ed Harris, a professor of biochemistry, who asked the Executive Committee their thoughts on unionizing. Pete Eklund,… Read moreFaculty Senate discusses the merits of unions
Editors’ note: We were unable to cover the October meeting of the Faculty Senate, but the minutes of that meeting are available here. The UNL AAUP chapter sent out a call for faculty members to show up at the Faculty… Read moreSenators air concerns about opaque budget process
Last spring, I brought a motion to the Faculty Senate to create a Faculty Budget Committee. This idea came to me after reading blog posts from my colleague, Beth Niehaus, a higher education scholar: Participatory Budgeting, A Blueprint for Faculty… Read moreGetting into the Room Where It Happens: The Need for a UNL Faculty Budget Committee
The Nebraska Board of Regents on June 20 approved a $3.46 billion budget and a 3.4 percent tuition increase for 2024-25 on a 6 to 2 vote. (Click here for budget documents that were distributed to the Regents.) Regent Kathy… Read moreRegents approve $3.46 billion budget for 2024-25
The Board of Regents eliminated 17 degrees or programs on three Nebraska University campuses at the April 19 meeting, but the cuts had little to no impact on faculty. Five University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs or degrees were eliminated; four were… Read moreRegents cut 17 degrees or program but few faculty affected
The Faculty Senate narrowly approved a motion April 2 to create the Faculty Budget Committee, which will advise the administration on budget matters and expand faculty access to and knowledge of campus budgeting processes. Sarah Zuckerman, an associate professor of… Read moreSenate votes to create committee to advise on budget
An interview with Mark Bee, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and Chair of the University Senate and Faculty Senate Consultative Committees at the University of Minnesota. In “Five Things You Should Know About College Presidents,” posted last week, guest… Read moreSetting Up a New President for Success: Shared Governance in Action at the University of Minnesota
