Quote from: lightning on May 08, 2024, 08:22:32 PMQuote from: EdnaMode on May 08, 2024, 04:59:37 PMOne of my friends just sent me this. He's at one of the Commonwealth Campuses and is worried about the future. They have already been told that for teaching faculty, regardless of years of service or rank, their 5 year contracts will be converted to one year. Several of their engineering departments do not have enough faculty to teach the required courses because faculty who have retired or left for other positions have not been replaced. He said his particular campus has not run at a deficit in the several years he's been there, but the administration at University Park is making the majority of the cuts from the Commonwealth Campuses. Not sure where the money is going because their tuition is among the highest in the Big Ten.
Penn State offers Voluntary Separation Incentive Program to eligible Commonwealth Campus employees
https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/penn-state-offers-voluntary-separation-incentive-program-eligible-commonwealth/
1 year of salary as buyout? That's it?!? Bollocks. There's a sucker born every minute, I guess.
Quote from: fishbrains on May 08, 2024, 02:33:46 PMIf I were Lord-God-King of the universe, all schools at any level receiving any federal funding would be required to have the same summer break, fall break, winter break, and spring break, so family members can take vacations at the same time.
Quote from: EdnaMode on May 08, 2024, 04:59:37 PMOne of my friends just sent me this. He's at one of the Commonwealth Campuses and is worried about the future. They have already been told that for teaching faculty, regardless of years of service or rank, their 5 year contracts will be converted to one year. Several of their engineering departments do not have enough faculty to teach the required courses because faculty who have retired or left for other positions have not been replaced. He said his particular campus has not run at a deficit in the several years he's been there, but the administration at University Park is making the majority of the cuts from the Commonwealth Campuses. Not sure where the money is going because their tuition is among the highest in the Big Ten.
Penn State offers Voluntary Separation Incentive Program to eligible Commonwealth Campus employees
https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/penn-state-offers-voluntary-separation-incentive-program-eligible-commonwealth/
Quote from: rochish on May 08, 2024, 05:18:58 PMHello everyone,
I need to file an appeal to our University's Faculty Grievance Committee. However, I have never done this before and so I'm not sure how to go about it and if there are any best practices. If you have any insights or experiences, I would be grateful if you could share them.
In addition, I am looking for examples of appeal documents (fully recognizing that the issues under consideration will be totally different). I was able to find one such document online (https://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023.01.16-Amy-Wax-Grievance.pdf).
If anyone of you is aware of any other appeals submitted to Grievance Committees available online, I would appreciate knowing.
Thank you.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 08, 2024, 05:32:09 PMQuote from: Puget on May 08, 2024, 01:40:04 PMTwo good pieces of grant news in one day!
But I have a ton of work and grading to do. Finding it very hard to concentrate.
Congratulations!
Quote from: Puget on May 08, 2024, 01:40:04 PMTwo good pieces of grant news in one day!
But I have a ton of work and grading to do. Finding it very hard to concentrate.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 08, 2024, 07:06:23 AMJust a bit of T1 today.