“’Shared governance’ is much revered by faculty, but it adds vastly to administrative costs and stifles innovation and change. Shared governance is a byproduct of academic tenure, where faculty members with lifetime appointments face little consequence from trying, often successfully, to obstruct changes that might reduce their power or influence or increase their teaching load.“ […]
Faculty Shared Governance Read Post »
The UFF-FSU faculty negotiating team presented proposals on four articles at July 18th’s session. These proposals and a link to each are:
DRAFT minutes from July 10th’s consultation with President Barron, Provost Stokes, and other administration representatives are now posted at the UFF-FSU web site (www.uff-fsu.org). The URL is: https://uff-fsu.org/art/Mins2012July10Consult-UFFdraft.pdf Charts from the UFF May faculty poll comparing Specialized Faculty (NTTF) and
UFF/FSU Presidents Consultation Read Post »
First Friday will be held from 5-7pm on July 6th at Momo’s Brew Pub, 1410 Market Street. As usual, our UFF-FSU Chapter will provide snacks (pizza!). Refreshing beverages will be available, and faculty members from throughout FSU will provide interesting conversation. Please come out and relax with your colleagues and get informal updates on bargaining
First Friday and Other Upcoming Events Read Post »
An expanded edition of the report on the May, 2012 FSU Faculty Poll is now available at the www.uff-fsu.org web site, or via direct link at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/May2012FacPollResultsAll-Post.pdf This edition includes hundreds of faculty comments that help to clarify and elaborate on the meaning of the quantitative results released last week. The quantitative results appear in
Highlights and Comments from the May, 2012 FSU Faculty Poll Read Post »
More than 500 FSU faculty members responded to the UFF-FSU poll earlier this month. This constitutes approximately 31% of UFF-represented FSU faculty (1600+ members of the General Faculty Bargaining Unit). Preliminary tabulations are available at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/May2012FacPollResultsNC-Post.pdf
Preliminary May, 2012 Poll: Barron Rocks, Pols Reek Read Post »
In response to a UFF-FSU Facilitation request and meeting (see Sec. 20.8(a) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement), FSU Administration representatives notified UFF-FSU representatives on Monday that additional merit bonus distributions will be made in several colleges and other academic units. The Facilitation was initiated because UFF-FSU analysis indicated certain units distributed less bonus funds than called for
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By Professor Jack Fiorito, Senator and UFF-FSU President “Welcome” to new, continuing, and returning Senators. This is a good time to review the roles of the Senate and of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF). The Faculty Senate is the voice of the faculty on academic matters, and can express its opinion on “any subject
Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, April 18th, 2012 Read Post »
Collective Bargaining Faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of the changes and supplements to our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in last month’s ratification vote. A special thanks to those of you who voted! I hope everyone has completed the reading assignments that I announced at last month’s Senate (see the February Senate Minutes). They will be
Report to Faculty Senate on University Welfare, March 21, 2012 Read Post »
Ratification voting is underway. If you are in the faculty bargaining unit and did not vote already, please do so on your way out today. Aside from ratification, I would like to talk about reading assignments today. I will try to be brief and give you more time for your reading. One document I urge
Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, February 22nd, 2012 Read Post »
