Month: February 2016
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Contingent faculty groups forming at MU
Precarious careers are more and more common in academe. At Miami, rising enrollments and austere hiring policies have led to an extraordinary ballooning in the number of non-tenure-line faculty, especially VAPs, over the last ten years—a rise of 108%, according to data Miami reported to the federal government (180% if you count only faculty on one-year contracts). Given its…
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What’s Miami spending the most on?
Our chapter has begun commissioning a series of working papers on the state of Miami. The first, on Miami University Economic and Financial Trends, is by economics professor James Brock. The trends are worth noting. As a comparison, bear in mind that the Consumer Price Index rose by 48% in the last ten years. Meanwhile, at Miami: Total costs…
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Miami’s Presidential Finalist: Statement
Yesterday, Miami’s AAUP Advocacy chapter released this statement on Miami’s presidential search and the just-announced finalist, Gregory Crawford: The Executive Committee of the Miami University AAUP Advocacy Chapter has worked to promote the hiring of a new president who would commit to a set of objectives. As enunciated last August and approved by the membership, here are…