Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Dana Cox takes the stand, arguing that librarians are not faculty and that the roles at Miami are substantively different #FAMhearings
“Do nonTT faculty have academic freedom?” asks the lawyer.
“No.”
“No.”
Cox argues that “tenure is reserved for those who include in their workload scholarly pursuits.” But librarians and other ranks of faculty DO have to show scholarly productivity for promotion
“How is compensation set for TT faculty?”
“When you are promoted, your base salary is increased as a result.”
“How does that work for TCPL faculty?”
“The same. Pretty much the same.”
“When you are promoted, your base salary is increased as a result.”
“How does that work for TCPL faculty?”
“The same. Pretty much the same.”
“But TCPL are hired in at about 80% of the salary of TT faculty, and it’s also about 80% at each of the promotion bumps.” Earning less does not mean they are not doing the same work!!!
TCPL faculty are evaluated only on teaching and service, not research, and have a higher workload. VAPs also have a higher workload and are not eligible for merit raises. YEAH, that’s why they need bargaining power and a contract! #FAMhearings
“Work expectations are different for TCPL. They are asked to teach more” (except that tenured & tenure-eligible faculty on regionals have same or higher loads in regionals division!)
“TCPL faculty are not evaluated in a formative way by the Provost’s office at all during probationary period. The process varies by division.” Clarifying these policies for all faculty would be a priority of a bargaining unit!
What's actually awesome about this is that an associate provost acknowledged ON THE RECORD that NTT don't have academic freedom...
...tho MU policy SAYS they do (miamioh.edu/policy-library…), and you'd think she'd want to go with what policy says...
I guess union-busting makes it worth it to acknowledge that university policy is BS?
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