Posted on 06/04/2015 10:43:55 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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.....Wisconsin is rare for including tenure provisions for professors in its statutes rather than in policies set by regents or similar boards. “We are directing the Board of Regents to develop a policy,just as there is in so many states,” Ms. Harsdorf said. “It’s just a matter of recognizing the ability for chancellors and campuses to administer and manage their operations.”
Along with tenure,“shared governance” has been a central feature of academic life in universities generally, giving faculty members the primary responsibility for decisions about matters like curriculum, choice of subject matter,instructional methods,faculty status and research. Under the proposed changes in Wisconsin,faculty members would still advise leaders on academic and educational activities,and on personnel matters, but that advice would be “subordinate” to the powers of the board, president and chancellors.....
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Wisconsin has hardly been the only place where public universities have struggled in relationships with their states,and leaders elsewhere have been closely watching the events unfold in Wisconsin. As state funding for higher education has dwindled in recent years, public universities in several states have been involved in discussions over cutting,or loosening,their ties with state government,so they would not have to comply with state regulations governing areas like purchasing and construction.
....A legislative committee voted on Friday to “keep several of the flexibilities Governor Walker originally proposed, including the specific proposal regarding tenure,”....Mr. Walker’s law limiting public-sector unions in 2011 had also eliminated tenure requirements in the school system. “Today, graduation rates are up, third-grade reading scores are up, and A.C.T. scores are second-best in the country.”....
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...Yet in academic circles nationwide, there was concern......
...“If you just took the Wisconsin language on eliminating tenure, and moved it from the statute into board policy, you could argue that there would be no problem. But the shared governance change seems to undermine the whole structure.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Well those ‘teachers’ are presented the way most should be. Silently, untenured, with tape on their mouths. The world would be a better place.
instead of tape can we glue their mouths shut.
who the heck originally thought of tenure anyway?
Tenure = Tyranny
Tenure = Protects & Rewards Incompetence
This really isn’t the place to drop a Rand Paul ad.
Post your own thread and tout him.
This really is bad form.
Yeah, consistently bad and crazy. But I guess if you’re a pothead he looks pretty good.
“This Is Your Money” - Why for-profit colleges are the real welfare queens
Education is big business and it needs sorting out.
I'm very disappointed with Walker, along with just about everyone else. I was defending him against Cruz supporters up to this point... Sure hope he can somehow clarify his statement about the Patriot act.
Nope, not a pothead. Just looking for a decent candidate...
And you think that Ron Paul, Jr. is that person? Based on what?
So, you’ve decided to come on the thread and distract from the information that I’m trying to give out, to campaign for another candidate?
Posts like yours reek of forum disruption - divide and conquer tactics.
You say you’re shopping around for a candidate?
Then why not read more and comment less until you sort that out.
You’re a known quantity.
Get over yourself.
That’s the pot calling the kettle black. Are you conflicted, now that Rick Perry is back in the race?
I’ve never asked to have, or been involved with, having any thread pulled.
You really are a student of Alinsky.
No conflict.
Scott Walker wasn’t running in 2012.
Rick Perry has a lot to offer (and has given Texas a huge leg up) and I wish him a great campaign. The nation would be a different place today if Perry had been elected.
Scott Walker is the best candidate for 2016.
Love it. What other pol would take on these two groups?
I don’t go on Cruz threads (or FReepmail) to insult and disrupt.
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