Bruce Rosenstock At the last Academic Senate meeting (April 30, 2018), Jay Rosenstein and several other senators (Rahul Raja, Katherine La Barre, Bruce Reznick) brought forward a resolution that would have asked “the Chancellor and Athletic Director to direct all State Farm Center and Memorial Stadium personnel, including UI police, to enforce the no-protest policyContinue reading “We in the Senate Owe Jay Rosenstein an Apology”
Category Archives: Academic Freedom
The Chancellor’s Massmail on Free Speech: Who is it Talking About?
Bruce Rosenstock, Professor of Religion Returning from a meeting of the American Association of Universities (AAU), Chancellor Jones shared a joint statement that was crafted at the meeting in regard to free speech on campus. The statement starts out by saying that people whose views are deemed by some members of the campus community toContinue reading “The Chancellor’s Massmail on Free Speech: Who is it Talking About?”
Untapped Revenue or Cheap Labor? Graduate Students and the Future of UIUC
The strike by graduate employees at UIUC is now in its second week. There is no end in sight; according to the union, the administration offered nothing new at the week’s only bargaining session on Sunday afternoon. And so it is back to the picket lines for the members of the Graduate Employees Organization, andContinue reading “Untapped Revenue or Cheap Labor? Graduate Students and the Future of UIUC”
Statement of Support of Tariq Khan
The CFA expresses its strongest support for Tariq Khan. Mr. Khan is a PhD candidate in excellent standing in the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Tariq is an engaged, thoughtful, and committed scholar and a wonderful and effective teacher. His presence in our intellectual community is invaluable. Tariq Khan is alsoContinue reading “Statement of Support of Tariq Khan”
Campus Faculty Association Statement on the Arrest, Release and University investigation into the conduct of Prof. Jay Rosenstein
The struggle over the university’s refusal to enforce its own regulations on the retirement of racist mascots continues. On the evening of Monday, January 22, a person dressed and behaving in racist and mocking ways was allowed, once again, to attend and perform in the stands at the U of I/Michigan State men’s basketball gameContinue reading “Campus Faculty Association Statement on the Arrest, Release and University investigation into the conduct of Prof. Jay Rosenstein”
In defense of Prof. Rochelle Gutierrez
“Mathematics is political.” We became academics because we were fascinated with an idea. Just one idea, whatever it was. We learned how to pursue it, chase it up and down, through hell and high water. We learned how an idea is like a seed that needs water. We learned how to water it. We learnedContinue reading “In defense of Prof. Rochelle Gutierrez”
Translation of Provost’s interview in News-Gazette
Original document: the Provost’s interview in the News-Gazette (April 21, 2016). Detect language: admin-speak Translate into: reality Administrators want multiyear contracts to be based on merit and performance… Translation – Administrators have set up a system that excludes almost all non-tenure-track faculty from multiyear contracts. The system is working! Merely 19 non-tenure-track faculty members campus-wide have multiyear contracts. TheContinue reading “Translation of Provost’s interview in News-Gazette”
Translation of Chancellor’s massmail and bargaining position
Original documents: Chancellor’s massmail (April 19) and administration bargaining positions on non-tenure-track faculty union contract Detect language: admin-speak Translate into: reality Multiyear contracts should be based on performance and evaluation. Performance evaluations are too difficult, and so the administration refuses to agree to them in the union contract. The administration is not responsible for the fact that onlyContinue reading “Translation of Chancellor’s massmail and bargaining position”
CFA Responds to Budget Cutbacks in LAS
The Campus Strategic Plan lists as one of its most important goals “to strengthen the visibility and impact of the arts and the humanities.” This goal cannot be met by imposing severe cuts on the departments of the College of LAS. We therefore ask Dean Ross to explain to LAS faculty why the College wantsContinue reading “CFA Responds to Budget Cutbacks in LAS”
Where Were You Living Forty Years Ago? My Experience With Background Checks
By a UIUC Faculty Member It is with some dismay that I see that the Board of Trustees has adopted a policy of background checks for all new faculty at the University of Illinois. In order to take advantage of a fellowship opportunity at another academic institution, I recently had to submit to four backgroundContinue reading “Where Were You Living Forty Years Ago? My Experience With Background Checks”
“Requirement that faculty disclose their affiliations is not authorized by the law” – Matthew Finkin
Professor Matthew Finkin writes that “to require faculty to disclose any position held with the entities set out in the Executive Order [by Governor Rauner] would infringe on the constitutional right of association: a deaconship in one’s church, an elected position in a veterans’ organization, of an environmental organization, a labor organization, an advocacy group forContinue reading ““Requirement that faculty disclose their affiliations is not authorized by the law” – Matthew Finkin”
A PLAN TO CUT IN-STATE TUITION
Ten years ago, 53% of the freshmen we admitted accepted our admission offer. Today, slightly less than 33% accept our offer. There is one and only one reason for this: the cost of in-state tuition. The current cost of a year at Illinois, tuition and housing, for an Illinois resident, is estimated to be betweenContinue reading “A PLAN TO CUT IN-STATE TUITION”
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