JCU AAUP General Meeting for Faculty on Compensation Issues, Monday, Nov. 28, 11-1

On Monday, November 28 John Carroll's chapter of the American Association of University Professors will hold a brown-bag discussion on faculty compensation issues from 11:00-1:00 in the Faculty Lounge.  Our guest will be Rick DeWitt, president of the Fairfield University chapter of the AAUP.  Fairfield, which has a very robust AAUP chapter, has made considerable progress on faculty compensation issues in recent years.
 If you would like to take a look at some of what has been accomplished there, you can visit their web site at http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/rdewitt/fwc/  under Publications/Contract Documents.  All faculty are welcome to join us.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to congratulate We Are Ohio on its Issue 2 victory.  The Ohio State Conference of the AAUP played a major role in the campaign, through both monetary donations and  organization.  While we would not have been directly impacted by SB 5, it would have seriously weakened the position of faculty at public universities, which would have lowered standards for all faculty.  Because of the AAUP's important role in this successful campaign, the executive director of the state conference is now a member of the board of We Are Ohio, which will give the state AAUP a direct voice in ongoing organizing around similar issues. 

If you are not a member of the AAUP, this is a good time of year to join, as the (the surprisingly affordable) dues may be a tax deduction for you. Membership information and an on-line registration form are available here: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/involved/join/  If you would like to be taken off our general faculty mailing list, please reply to this email indicating so.  Also, if there are particular issues that you would like us to discuss, please let us know.