February 12, 2010. Necessary to address FAU administrators' continued stonewalling, PERC hearing anticipated in April.
Author: jamestrcy (James Tracy)
11.022010February 12, 2010
BOT & Admin Med School Railroad Barrels Through Faculty Senate
February 11, 2010 (Updated February 12). Faith endures among faculty who've repeatedly been told to sacrifice.
10.022010February 9, 2010
UFF-FSU President: BOG Promotes “New Florida”, Seeks Boost in Higher Ed Funding
February 10, 2010. United effort necessary from students, faculty, parents, and other higher ed supporters to convince FL legislators.
08.022010February 7, 2010
St. Petersburg Times Editorial: Getting Florida Back on Track
February 8, 2010. "Politically, it is easier for legislators to dismiss Crist's budget plan and start slashing than to acknowledge what he has gotten right: Reinvest in education and the environment, collect the revenue from the ongoing expansion of gambling on Seminole lands, and get what help Florida can from Washington. That's where the discussion should begin."
06.022010February 6, 2010
FEA Legislative Update – Week of February 1, 2010
February 6, 2010. Special "fire-drill edition", Crist's "wish and a prayer" budget proposal allots $7.1 billion to higher ed, Repubs' devious "Right Size Class Size 2010", More tax breaks! Smith, Atwater & Cretul's personal responsibility defense: "Try as it might, no government (or parent) has the power to assure a high-quality outcome in a child’s education."
05.022010February 5, 2010
Faculty Senate Falls Into Line, Consents to FAU Med School
February 5, 2010. Concerns about project's long-term costs brushed aside by erstwhile budget-conscious administrators.
05.022010February 7, 2010
Palm Beach School District Administrators Invoke Layoff Bogey
February 5, 2010. Where have we heard this before?
04.022010January 19, 2015
Palm Beach Post 2010
A chronologically arranged, regularly updated list of news stories, editorials, and blog posts by the Palm Beach Post’s education reporter relating to FAU faculty affairs and organization. (See also Palm Beach Post 2004-09 below.)
02.022010February 2, 2010
FAU Engineering Faculty Votes Overwhelmingly to Rescind College Reorganization, Rejects Dean’s Plans to Alter Departmental Structure
February 2, 2010. Seventy-eight percent of faculty vote at December 10 meeting, "We, the Faculty of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, do not endorse the proposed organizational structure ... since the suggested grouping alters the traditional departmental structure, enables faculty reassignments and undermines the tenure process."
01.022010January 31, 2010
I’m Sticking by the Union…
February 1, 2010. FAU Eminent Scholar and UFF take on administrator's headstrong efforts to disrupt established and productive research program.