Among numerous figures reported to the Trustees by the FSU Administration last week was that the number of FSU tenure and tenure-earning faculty was down 9% from 2006/07 to 2011/12. This figure appeared on p. 10 of the Academic Affairs agenda document at the BOT web site (see http://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings/materials/20130606/Academic-Affairs-Agenda.pdf). It also aligns, generally speaking, with […]
Incredible Shrinking Faculty Read Post »
Thursday’s Florida Supreme Court ruling did more than dash the hopes of more than 620,000 public workers in the Florida Retirement System who wanted to see 3 percent of their pay returned. It also opened the doors for lawmakers to make more changes that help the state’s bottom line but cost the school teachers, law-enforcement
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Task force gets report on higher ed challenges By BRENT KALLESTAD, Associated Press Published: Monday, June 11, 2012 at 6:29 p.m. Two veteran faculty members cautioned a newly formed task force on Monday against changing the state’s higher education system simply because a businessman – in this case, Gov. Rick Scott – believes it needs
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Happy New Year! Hope you had a refreshing break. Volunteers and UFF staff have continued to work for FSU faculty these past few weeks, as indicated in part in the balance of this update. 1. At the “Ledge.” President Barron has noted that the initial state budget discussions have NOT included plans for large cuts
From the St. Petersburg Times Tampabay.com October 28, 2011 By Times Wire At least credit former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux for being half-right: Tuition at Florida’s public universities is too low. But so is the state’s direct support. The hard fact that no one in Tallahassee’s majority party seems willing to acknowledge is that the
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Below you will see an FEA report, a news media report, and links to other news reports on the legal battle over cuts to our pay that the legislature and governor approved this past spring. This is one of the reasons that the UFF is affiliated with the Florida Education Association (FEA) and other organizations.
FEA Suit on Mandatory Retirement Contribution (Pay Cut) Read Post »
UFF-FSU is examining several proposals for major reform of higher education in Florida. For now, we refer you to the following resource pages: The Seven Breakthrough Solutions proposed for higher education in Texas are inspiring Governor Scott to consider similar reforms in Florida. For a humorous analysis of the Texas proposal, see these two 8-minute
Texas, Don't Mess With Florida Read Post »
As expected, some of the bad ideas that failed to become Florida law last session are circulating again in pre-session circles. Among these are proposals to eliminate or change tenure in state-assisted higher education.
They're back…Legislature to consider proposals to eliminate/change tenure Read Post »
This article on non-tenure-track faculty appeared in Inside Higher Ed, December 11, 2006.
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On November 3, 2010, arbitrator Stanley Sergent, ruling in response to a grievance filed by UFF-FSU, determined that the laying off of 21 tenured FSU faculty the previous summer had been “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered that the lay-offs be rescinded. For more information, see the arbitrator’s ruling and the Tallahassee Democrat story on the
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