Month: February 2018
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Miami’s “Boldly Creative” Profit Focus: How to Reduce the Risks
Miami’s new “Boldly Creative Initiatives” plan — funded by $50 million that’s just been swept from department and program budgets—is an effort to respond to a difficult situation for higher ed. Moody’s, the bond rating agency, has just revised the bond outlook for higher ed downward. Higher education’s financial outlook is not good. Publics such…
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Upcoming Changes to Faculty Composition: A Conversation
As many faculty have already heard, Miami’s administration is preparing to propose changes to the faculty composition at Miami. While nothing is certain, the proposed changes may involve raising the lecturer cap from 20% to 25% and having MUPIM “go silent” on the 5-year limit for VAPs, among other plans. Our chapter would like to…