News incl. Grievance Policy: Issues, Events & Personnel

Relevant Information about the Missouri Press Controversy: ** Articles by Janese Silvey, of the Columbia Tribune are accessible at her blog Campus Chatter. ** Rachel Brekhus, MU Librarian (rbrekhus@gmail.com), compiled relevant information about the Missouri Press Controversy.
Timeline and articles on the Greg Engel Case
Patent Policy and the Galen Suppes Case
Faculty Council Web Site: 2011 Grievance Process Materials, including: Concerns about an Administrator on the GRP. By Victoria Johnson, associate professor of sociology and current chair of the grievance oversight committee.
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2012


• 09/05/12: Authors: Willcox has best chance of rebuilding press. By Janice Silvey, Columbia Tribune. See also: List of Authors Wanting Rights Back


• 09/06/12: UM Press supporters push for editor's return Committee to form soon for transition. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.


• 09/01/12: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS DISASTER LEFT TIM WOLFE DANGLING. By Jerry Berger, St. Louis, MO.


• 08/30/12: The Tribune's View: UM to MU Press management moves. By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Tribune, Thursday, August 30, 2012


• 08/30/12: Mizzou takes over leadership of Missouri Press.
  A national search is under way for an editor-in-chief with faculty experience. Speer Morgan, editor of The Missouri Review, is the press' director.


• 08/27/12: MU Provost Evaluation 2012: GPA 1.7/4.0!


• 08/27/12: Letter by Tom Quirk to Tim Wolfe


• 08/23/12: UM Press talk continues at Faculty Council. By Caroline Bauman and Savannah Kannberg, The Maneater.


• 08/23/12: Civility talk at MU stirs debate. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.


• 08/23/12: UMKC faculty 'disappointed' with press decision. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.


• 08/23/12: Newsletter of FC Meeting. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 08/21/12: Celebration of the Missouri Press Save the Date!
  What: "A Celebration of the University of Missouri Press" with readings by authors and community members, a Q&A session, displays of press titles, and more! When: Tuesday 21 August, 2-4 pm. Where: Jesse Wrench Auditorium, (Memorial Union S107), University of Missouri-Columbia Campus. Who: Coalition to Save the University of Missouri Press. RSVP not necessary, but if you want to help, please let us know at


• 08/08/12: Deaton clarifies statement; AAUP scolds Wolfe. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 08/08/12: UM Press transition team to include faculty. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 08/07/12: UM Press considered at Faculty Council meeting with Wolfe, Deaton. By Fareeha Amir, Columbia Missourian.


• 08/07/12: Letter from Prof. John Budd to Chancellor Deaton regarding the UM Press.


• 08/07/12: Letter from MOAAUP to President Wolfe regarding the UM Press.


• 08/06/12: Letter by Prof. Christensen et al. to President Wolfe regarding the UM Press.


• 08/06/12: Newsletter of FC-EC Meeting with President Wolfe and Chancellor Deaton. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 08/03/12: Informal Meeting to Prepare the 8/21/12 Celebration of the Missouri Press Event
  ATTN CoMo Area Press Supporters: One of the ideas that has come out of discussion with Press Supporters is a "Celebration of the Missouri Press" event on 21 August, two days before the Faculty Council meets to vote on the resolutions presented in July (basically to keep the Press open, stop the layoffs of current staff, maintain both a print and digital presence, and use interns but not as a replacement for paid staff). If you are interested in helping plan the "Celebration of the Press," we are having a very informal meeting on Friday (8/3) at MU Memorial Union at 10 am. We're just going to try to grab a table or two close to the Starbucks. Bring ideas for a 90 minute or so gathering with a 45 formal minute or so program followed by Q&A followed by informal discussion.....if you can't make it and have ideas, I can be reached at . I imagine after the meeting we will be looking for people to help with specific tasks, from bringing cookies and napkins to helping with publicity, to doing a reading or one of the formal presentations. From, Jane Lago, Mary Barile, and Lois Huneycutt


• 08/02/12: Letter by Robert Kreiser, National AAUP RE: Missouri Press to President Timothy Wolfe and David Bradley, Chair, Board of Curators


• 07/26/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 05/19/12: MU dean reaches out to nuclear science faculty. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 05/18/12 Ameren backs MU's nuclear changes - CEO calls school important in bid for grant funds. By Janese Silvey, The Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 05/18/12: Letter to The Curators of the University of Missouri; Re: MU_AAUP concerns with Recent Administrative Actions at MU and Request for Board Actions to uphold the University's Collected Rules and Regulations concerning NSEI. By Eddie Adelstein, President, MU-AAUP


• 05/13/12: The Tribune's View: NSEI, Hoping for a smooth landing. By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 05/13/12: Professors allege MU administrators break rules. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.
  In one comment to this article: AntonB (anonymous) says "President Wolfe, the Columbia administration desperately needs a complete and immediate overhaul."
  Also a must read for anyone interested in MU is realtiger's comments on MU being a kleptocracy (http://www.columbiatribune.com/weblogs/campus-chatter/2012/may/10/a-question-of-meritocracy/#comments). This comment was spot on. The nuclear engineering curriculum and program is undergoing a hostile takeover by an unqualified group of non-nuclear engineering degreed faculty for the purpose of getting positioned for the perceived gravy train from the Ameren/Westinghouse partnerships. The fact that the state needs professionals to train a quality workforce in an area where nuclear safety and human health is an absolute must is irrelevant to this administration because it is a classic kleptocracy. In a kleptocracy, if the ruling class has the muscle to take over a lucrative enterprise, it will do so because it is only interested in the money. The rules be hanged. MU's kleptocracy extends from the top of the administration downward. Only the president and curators can take it apart. Missouri deserve better.


• 05/09/12: Hey, Prez, you think that's embarrassing .... By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 05/09/12: Engineering school looks to offer nuclear emphasis. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 05/09/12: MU's role in Ameren project questioned - Company reps to visit in June. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 05/06/12: Infighting threatens University of Missouri's nuclear program. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 04/30/12: Stltoday.com: Editorial: Real 'cancer' in higher education is lack of affordability.
  "One of the dirty little secrets of higher education finance is that competition leads to increased spending and mission creep rather than to greater differentiation of products, in part because of the absence of measures of quality, leading institutions to treat money and prestige as surrogates for excellence."


• 04/23/12: Debate over MU's nuclear plan persists Reputation will suffer, some say. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 04/20/12: UM to support nuclear push - Research ability is touted as a plus. By Rudi Keller and Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.
  JEFFERSON CITY. The University of Missouri, which came close to dismantling its Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute this year, will play a major support role for the Westinghouse-Ameren Missouri application for federal funds to develop small modular reactor technology. -- This story provides some context: Ameren, Westinghouse partner on nuclear reactors.


• 04/19/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 04/10/12: NSEI: They listened. By Janese Silvey, The Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 03/28/12: A stronger nation through higher education -- and Missouri's role in that effort. By the Lumina Foundation for Education, Inc.


• 03/25/12: Professor's case to test new UM leader -- Wolfe's actions will set tone. Commentary by Eddie Adelstein, President, MU AAUP Chapter.


• 03/23/12: MU shifts gear on nuclear institute. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 03/22/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council. Attachments: Proposed_Definition_of_Faculty_v4.1.doc, Ranked_Faculty_Counts_2009_service_years.pdf, Ranked_Faculty_Counts_2009_Edited_Titles.pdf, fac_headcount2011.pdf.


• 03/22/12: Letters show more NSEI fallout. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 03/21/12: NSEI: Another communication failure. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 03/21/12: Alumni, students, faculty call for NSEI review. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.
  A MUST_READ. Includes a letter signed by 52 students and alumni sent from 2007 graduate Ryan Meyer. Also includes an email sent by the local AAUP executive committee to Chancellor Brady Deaton and copied to President Wolfe and others.


• 03/21/12: Request for a Hold and Review of Action on the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute (NSEI). Letter by the executive committee of MU's AAUP chapter to Chancellor Brady Deaton.


• 03/20/12: MU considers NSEI feedback -- Nuclear program is facing overhaul. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 03/17/12: Surgeon hired by MU seeks $15 million in lawsuit. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribubne.


• 03/17/12: Students, faculty worry as MU Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute dissolves. By Breanna Dumbacher. Columbia Missourian.


• 03/17/12: Faculty rule in favor of embattled MU professor . By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.


• 03/15/12: NSEI - the kids aren't alright. By Janese Silvey, March 15, 2012.


• 03/13/12: MU to dissolve Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute. KBIA News.


• 03/13/12: Students critical of Nuclear Science Engineering Institute closure. By Janese Silvey, March 14, 2012.


• 03/12/12: MU Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute professors affected by tenure changes. By Breanna Dumbacher, Missourian, March 12, 2012.


• 03/12/12: MU's nuclear science institute to be split. By Janese Silvey, March 12, 2012.
  Read the comments on the Tribune web site. There are calls for the resignation of Chancellor.


• 03/10/12: Student Loans seen as potential 'next debt bomb' for U.S. economy. By Eric Pianin, The Washingtion Post, March 10, 2012. PDF


• 03/09/12: National group's rules aren't clear-cut. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune, March 9, 2012.


• 03/09/12: Professors question Deaton's move in Engel case. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune, March 9, 2012.


• 03/08/12: MU Faculty Council reacts to chancellor's move in Engel case. By Celia Ampel, Missourian, March 8, 2012.


• 03/08/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council. Attachments: FC Rules of Order Changes for CASCR1 2.docx, Campus Committee on Faculty Responsibility to Chancellor rev LJR copty.docx, Final OAP Task Force Draft Report 4.docx. Chancellor's Letter to Vice-Chair FC, Feb. 29, 2012. MU FC Statement Regarding Evidentiary Standard, version 2.


• 03/03/12: Email by Prof. Sudarshan Loyolka to AAUP list regarding the decision by Chancellor Deaton to return the Engel case to faculty committee.


• 03/03/12: Professor's case goes back to faculty panel. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 03/02/12: Post-Tenure Blues. By Kaustuv Basu, INSIDE HIGHER ED.


• 02/23/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council. Attachments: FC Rules of Order Changes for CASCR1.docx, Motion regarding evidence for dismissal without attachments.doc, Campus Committee on Faculty Responsibility to Chancellor LJR.docx, Final OAP Task Force Draft Report 3.docx.


• 02/23/12: Faculty Council Discuss Next Move Engel Tenure Case. By Celia Ampel, Missourian.


• 02/20/12: WORKPLACE MOBBING IN ACADEME, Kenneth Westhues, Professor of Sociology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada.


• 02/11/12: Measure would cap administrative spending at colleges. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 02/11/12: Timing of UM admin office renovation is questioned. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 02/11/12: MU faculty panel suggests higher standard for firing. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 02/11/12: Engel saga throws process into question - What is burden for termination? By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 02/09/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 02/08/12: Professor's case highlights unclear tenure policy. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 01/31/12: Professor sues MU over harm to reputation - Panels ruled in favor of Engel. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.


• 01/19/12: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 01/15/12: MU radiology department under scrutiny. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.
  University of Missouri Health Care was caught providing radiology services to patients without physicians ordering those services, according to an internal audit published in late 2010.

2011


• 12/29/11: Chairman of MU radiology department retires. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune.
  
  
• 11/17/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 11/03/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 10/20/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 10/11/11: What We Do to Our Young: Evolving Trends for Faculty in Higher Education. Dr. Gary Rhoades, Chambers Auditorium, 2501 MU Student Center. Flyer


• 10/08/11: Grading the Digital School: Inflating the Software Report Card. By TRIP GABRIEL and MATT RICHTEL, The New Yeork Times, October 8, 2011.


• 10/08/11: Strategic plan holds goals for MU faculty - Council forms a panel for action. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune, Saturday, October 8, 2011


• 10/06/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.
  IFC materials discussed: ClassRoomDiscussion.doc and ProgramReviewSummary.


• 09/22/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 09/11/11: Email by Stephen Montgomery-Smith to AAUP-MU list regarding MO College Funding Plan.


• 09/08/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council. National Governors' Report: From Information to Action: Revamping Higher Education Accountability Systems


• 09/08/11: States ask colleges to perform for money. By Ben Wieder, Stateline Staff Writer.


• 09/06/11: Massachusetts public colleges win grants based on performance, not head count. By Mary Carmichael.
  "Massachusetts is awarding money to its colleges based on the results of a contest to improve student outcomes. It's the first time in decades that the state has allocated funds by any criteria other than enrollment and a strong sign that accountability reform, long a K-12 trend, has come to higher education. The money will go mostly to schools that proposed strategies to raise graduation rates, strengthen science instruction and career development, and close achievement gaps among minorities."


• 08/26/11: Nixon seeks to fund colleges based on performance. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune, Friday, August 26, 2011. Continue reading here.
  Gov. Jay Nixon yesterday unveiled a plan to make colleges and universities meet certain academic targets to get increases in state funding.


• 08/13/11: The Tribune's View: Deaton - Evaluating the chancellor. By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Saturday, August 13, 2011.


• 07/14/11: The Fall of the Faculty, by Dan Barret, Inside Higher Education.
  In his polemic, The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters (Oxford University Press), Benjamin Ginsberg, David Bernstein Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, takes stock of what ails higher education and finds a single, unifying cause: the growth of administration.


• 06/20/11: Under Assault. By Randolph Lewis, Inside Higher Education.


• 06/09/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 06/07/11: From Tenured to Adjunct. By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education.


• 06/07/11: Supremes Rule Against Stanford. By Doug Lderman, Inside Higher Education.


• 06/06/11: Faculty Governance in Idaho. By STANLEY FISH, The New York Times.


• 05/18/11: Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling. By C. Rampell, The New York Times.


• 05/17/11: "Getting Wise to Breitbart's Lies": Missouri Professors Survive Right-Wing Smear Campaign by Andrew Breitbart. DemocracyNow.


• 05/14/11: Your So-Called Education. By R. Arum and J. Roksa, The New York Times. Quote: "In a typical semester, for instance, 32 percent of the students did not take a single course with more than 40 pages of reading per week, and 50 percent did not take any course requiring more than 20 pages of writing over the semester. The average student spent only about 12 to 13 hours per week studying - about half the time a full-time college student in 1960 spent studying, according to the labor economists Philip S. Babcock and Mindy S. Marks."


• 05/09/11: Statement by the MU Department of Mathematics regarding e-learning
  At a meeting on May 4, 2011 the Faculty of the Department of Mathematics discussed the preliminary report on e-learning and the resolutions on e-learning adopted by the Departments of History, Economics, and Political Science. A consensus statement expressing the concerns of the Mathematics Faculty discussed at that meeting is presented in the attached document. DoM requested that the Mathematics Department statement be distributed to the chairs of other departments in the College of A&S. The statement will be forwarded to the Chancellor, the Provost, and the MU e-Learning Task Force.


• 05/05/11: AAUP fights to stay in the game in tough new world. By Jon Marcus, Times Higher Education.
  The US faculty association's genteel methods are no longer fit for purpose. A contentious leadership battle inside America's principal faculty association has exposed a struggle to keep up with political events that even the group's president concedes have overtaken it. The issues at stake include threats to tenure and other rights once considered inviolable.


• 05/05/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council. Supporting Information: UT Data
  Texas recently compiled faculty productivity measures similar to those collected and released by A&M last year. The supporting information above links to 800 pages of spreadsheets with faculty names, salaries, salary source, students numbers in classes etc.


• 05/05/11: Far Right Harassment of Academics, Missouri Edition.


• 05/02/11: Why College Is Not A Bubble (Except For The University Of Phoenix). By Anya Kamenetz, Fastcompany.com.


• 04/21/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 04/19/11: Is education the next bubble? Opinion Brief, The Week.
  Higher learning is just an overpriced, speculative investment that typically rewards graduates with dismal career prospects, says billionaire Peter Thiel, and offers grants to future entrepreneurs for dropping out of College.


• 04/17/11: University ignores its faculty grievance rules at its own peril. Columbia Tribune, Letter by Eddie Adelstein, Chair, MU Chapter, AAUP. (PDF)


• 04/07/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council. Supporting Information Available: Faculty Queries


• 04/06/11: There should be clear documentation. By Mike Kaylen, Professor of Economics.


• 04/05/11: "Previous pilot" was never moved forward and was never rejected by anybody. By Rainer Glaser, Professor of Chemistry.


• 03/29/11: e-LEARNING REALIGNMENT REPORT. By Tom Henderson.


• 03/17/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 03/12/11: Fighting the system -- Going against web of UM administrators tough, some say. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune, Sunday, March 13, 2011.


• 03/02/11: Handling of complaints leads to rift - Grievance vote pending at MU. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.
  A small but vocal group of University of Missouri professors is urging fellow faculty to get rid of the process now being used when faculty members lodge complaints against their superiors.


• 03/02/11: An Open Letter from Prof. Karen Piper to AAUP List RE: Sexual Harrassment.


• 03/01/11: An Open Letter to the MU Faculty RE: Grievance Policy.


• 02/17/11: Faculty Council Newsletter. By Stephen Montgomery-Smith, AAUP Representative to Faculty Council.


• 02/13/11: Arkansas State U.'s Online Deal Violated 'Spirit' of Shared Governance, Faculty Panel Says. Bt J. Stripling, The Chronicle of Higher Education.


• 01/27/11: UM stymies request for president's e-mail By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.
  This is an article about how the UM system is charging absurdly large amounts of money to comply with a Sunshine Law request and here are two quotes: [1] "The university is asking the Tribune to pay $100 an hour for an in-house attorney to sort through university e-mails and determine which are open under the law and which are exempt." [2] "Maguffee is paid a salary of $110,000 a year as the system lawyer who handles, among other things, Sunshine Law assistance."


• 01/25/11: Nixon appoints St. Louis businessman to UM Board of Curators. By Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune.


2010


• 12/16/10: Concerns about an Administrator on the GRP. By Victoria Johnson, associate professor of sociology and the current chair of the grievance oversight committee.


• October 27, 2010: Debate on Higher Education Sponsored by the AAUP, GSA, ASUM and GSA with the candidates for the seats in the MO House in the 21st, 23rd, 24th, and 25th Districts. Ms. Kelly Schultz (21st), Rep. Stephen Webber (23rd), Rep. Chris Kelly and Ms. Laura Nauser (24th), and Rep. Mary Still (25th).
  Legislative Debate (.MOV, Mac file)
  Legislative Debate (.WMV, PC/Windows file)
  Candidates debate strategies to bridge budget gap, Rudi Keller, Columbia Tribune, Oct. 28, 2010. (PDF)
  Anti-Schultz robo-calls stopped, Rudi Keller, Columbia Tribune, Oct. 29, 2010. (PDF)
  Incumbent Chris Kelly tops Laura Nauser in 24th House District, Rudi Keller, Columbia Tribune, Nov. 3, 2010. (PDF)
  


• Faculty study decision-making - MU council wants to assess group's rights. Article by Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune, September 5, 2010.
  


• MU professor seeks to sue over chair pick. Article by Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune, July 20, 2010.
  Faculty Member Considering Lawsuit Against MU. Reported by James Parham; Edited by Ashley Colley; KOMU, July 21, 2010.
  AAUP urges readers to also read the "Related Links" provided at the KOMU web site. Check back for updates!


• Dispute over Navy project still brewing - Researcher dropped from lead role declines to help. Article by Janese Heavin, Columbia Tribune, June 9, 2010. Engel gets support, but also hate mail, in fight for funds. Campus Chatter Blog by Janese Heavin, Columbia Tribune, June 9, 2010. The Blog includes in full the open letter in support of Engel sent by the Executive Committee of the MU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors to UM System President Gary Forsee and Chancellor Brady Deaton.


• Professor upset over losing status on Navy project Article by Janese Heavin, Columbia Tribune. AAUP urges all readers of the article to also read the many comments written by CT readers. AAUP feels that this matter needs to be made transparent and that one needs to hear from Drs. Sobel and Duncan.


2009


• IT outsourcing puts MU Health at risk. Decisions by curators reason for low ranking. Article by Eddie Adelstein, Columbia Tribune, October 6, 2009. "If you wonder who should get the credit for the University of Missouri's ranking by U.S. News and World Report of 102 out of 110 national colleges, look no further than the UM Board of Curators. These are political appointees who generally have little training in higher education and often bring their own agendas to their leadership position. I offer my review of two recent decisions, one dealing with MU's low national ratings and the second with outsourcing MU Health Care's information technology (IT) from local control to a Kansas City company. ..."


• University Statement Re: Norm Stewart. Chancellor's Statement, August 10, 2009 (PDF) Related article in the Columbia Tribune, August 11, 2009. We wonder whether it was reasonable (under any circumstances) to spend 780,000 dollars (!) for Norm Stewart to show up occasionally at a few fundraisers and/or photo-ops? This money would have paid for TWO assistant professors.


• Visa Problems for International Faculty/Students. Letter dated August 4, 2009 The MU chapter of the AAUP sent certified letters to the offices of Senators McCaskill and Bond and an e-mail letter to the U.S. Embassy in London to help Zaid Mahir. The national AAUP has been concerned about delays in visa processing that have been affecting universities since 2001.


• Appointment of Curators. Letter dated January 30, 2009 in which we express strong reservations about the prospect of Curator Walsworth being reappointed as Curator of the University of Missouri.


2008


• 09/09/08: Response to Grievance Policy changes proposed by Faculty Council in Fall 2008.


• 08/10/08: Faculty complaints - Chancellor nullifies grievance panel findings. By Abraham Mahshie, Columbia Tribune, Sunday, August 10, 2008.