July 17, 2009 Florida’s State University System has a new Chancellor: FAU President Frank Brogan. The Board of Governors selection,...
Author: jamestrcy (James Tracy)
14.082009January 19, 2015
The Importance of Contract Enforcement
July 3, 2009. A good deal of misunderstanding and even misinformation surrounds the UFF-FAU/BOT Collective Bargaining Agreement and how the...
13.082009June 6, 2015
South Florida Sun Sentinel 2009-10
Recent news stories by the Sun Sentinel's education reporter relating to FAU faculty-related affairs and organization.
13.082009January 19, 2015
FAU president’s video endorsement of “Destiny” raises questions
August 13, 2009. Frank Brogan has melded his identity to FAU's "brand" over the past six years, Should he now be using both to promote private, for-profit ventures?
10.082009January 19, 2015
“A + B = C”: The Fine Art of Breaking Tenure and Bypassing Faculty Governance
August 10, 2009. Transcript of tenure's last stand on June 17 before future SUS Chancellor Frank Brogan, FAU Board of Trustees Chair Nancy Blosser, Vice Chair Scott Adams, Trustee David Feder
05.082009January 19, 2015
Brogan’s Missive Tells Just One Side of Story
August 5, 2009. In a August 3 letter to Governor Crist, Brogan depicts himself as benevolent leader, Undergraduate Engineering course offerings lack instructors
04.082009August 19, 2009
Boss Brogan Responds to “UFF’s Distractions,” “Vitriol”
August 4, 2009. Brogan sends letter to Governor Crist in attempt to explain the terminations of tenured faculty members he oversaw at FAU.
03.082009January 19, 2015
Board of Governors Responds to UFF-FAU’s President Tracy
August 3, 2009. In a letter to UFF-FAU President James Tracy the BOG says it will put the matter of FAU's abrupt layoffs of tenured faculty in the College of Engineering before someone who is intimately involved with the boondoggle: incoming BOG Chancellor Frank T. Brogan.
01.082009August 12, 2009
University trustees to retain power, Palm Beach Post, Jan. 8, 2003
Trustees at Florida's 11 public universities will continue to exercise broad powers even though a newly created statewide university governing board began work on Tuesday.
01.082009August 1, 2009
“University Boards Belie Voters’ Will” St. Petersburg Times, January 8, 2003
August 1, 2009. The Boards of Trustees that oversee Florida's public universities are almost invariably made up of political appointees, as this 2003 St. Petersburg Times article explains.