College and University Chapters of the AAUP in North Carolina:
Here's a list of current chapters. We're pleased to announce that this list has a number of new chapters on it (just within the past year), as well as as a revived chapter at ECU. If you need to contact chapters that don't have a web site, just contact us, and we'll get you in touch with the officers of that chapter.
Appalachian State University
Belmont Abbey College
East Carolina University
Elon College
Gardner-Webb University
Greensboro College
Guilford College
High Point University
Lees-McRae College
Lenoir-Rhyne
College
North Carolina State University
Pfeiffer University
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina-Pembroke
A brief report from the University of North Carolina Pembroke
Chapter President: John Antoine Labadie.
In the spring of 2009, the faculty of the University of North Carolina Pembroke re-formed our AAUP chapter after a fifteen-year lapse of membership. The UNCP Chapter is now vital and its membership is growing weekly. Re-establishing an AAUP Chapter will, we believe, assist the faculty in developing a clear and independent voice that will prove of great value in navigating our fluid and changeable academic environment. The primary forces driving the group of faculty to form a Chapter were a perceived lack of transparency in administrative decision-making, a lack of genuine shared faculty governance, and a lack of direct channels of communication with upper administration on the campus. Our Executive Committee has already met with the Provost, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, and has been present at a special meeting of the Faculty Senate. We have had discussions regarding our specific concerns but see real progress in these regards as something that will certainly require concerted, long-term effort. Our Chapter meetings are well attended and we are using external online resources to conduct regular discussions about our concerns among the Chapter members. We hope that our Chapter activities will help the faculty (and administration) develop a sense of solidarity about the role of the university in the 21st century and how we might address conceptual and procedural issues that appear to be impediments to our genuine communication at this time.
The 2009-2010 UNC Pembroke Executive Committee is:
Vice-President: Larry Arnold baslarno@gmail.com
Secretary: Margie Labadie margie.labadie@gmail.com
Treasurer: Tulla Lightfoot dtlightfoo@yahoo.com
Chapter Service Program
The
Chapter Service Program of the North Carolina Conference strives to develop
AAUP advocacy chapters at public and private colleges and universities in the
state. The Chapter service program
is designed to:
- Offer support in the establishment
of functioning chapters;
- Assist in the organization of
effective faculty governance bodies;
- Provide assistance to individual
faculty members experiencing
problems with academic freedom, tenure and/or
grievance problems;
- Serve as a state-wide advocate for
the principles of the Association,
including standards of the academic
profession.
Why Campus Chapters Are Important
The
campus chapter provides the first line of defense of academic freedom and
shared governance. A
well-organized, functioning chapter is better able to respond to problems when
they develop on a campus.
The
NC Conference is prepared to assist any chapter or faculty members who seek for
form a chapter. The service is
also available to individual faculty members who are in need AAUP advice or
services.
Services of the Chapter Service Program
The
North Carolina Conference, in collaboration with the Association of State
Conferences and the national AAUP organization, provides the following
services:
Academic Governance
- Review and provide advice for the
revision of faculty handbooks and
other governance documents;
- Advise chapter and other faculty leaders on academic policy;
- Help develop strategies to
strengthen the faculty’s role in university governance;
- Assist in the development of
instruments for the evaluation of administrators.
Academic Freedom and Tenure
- Assist
chapters in the promotion of academic freedom on NC campuses and the
development of acceptable personnel and tenure policies;
- Assist
and advise individual faculty members in their academic freedom,tenure and
grievance cases;
- Refer
academic freedom and tenure cases to national Committee A when appropriate;
- Provide external observers at
faculty hearings;
- Referral
to North Carolina attorneys with experience in higher education legal issues.
Financial Analysis
Services
- Assist
chapters in conducting a comprehensive financial analysis of their
institutions;
- Consultation and assistance
in the effective use of budget and financial data including the publication of
faculty and administrator's salaries;
- Comprehensive
analysis of college and university finances;
- Comparison
of faculty salaries with peer institutions.
- Analysis
and assistance in the design and evaluation of employee benefit plans.
- Assistance
in the evaluation of equity in salary distribution.
Public Relations
- Provide advice and assistance in
the development of chapter newsletters;
- Advise chapters on how to deal with
the press.
Other
Services
- Assist in chapter leadership
training;
- Provide speakers and other
assistance for chapter meetings and workshop.
Contacts
for the North Carolina Chapter Services Program
Cat Warren
1414 Norton St.
Durham, NC 27701
cat_warren@ncsu.edu
919-682-9408
Glenn
Howze
331
Burlage Circle
Chapel
Hill, NC
ghowze@ag.auburn.edu
919-942-1766
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