THE DAVID R. KELLER CHAPTER OF THE AAUP / AFT AT UVU

Chapter President David Knowlton has worked through this issue in behalf of the Department of Integrated Studies, whose choice of Scott Carrier for a one-year lectureship was denied by Vice President Ian Wilson and then again by new Vice President Jeffrey Olson on the grounds that after a member of the faculty is denied tenure he or she cannot be hired into a lectureship. Note that this is a completely different department, with very different needs from the department (Communications) that denied tenure. The question is broader than a specific hire by a specific department. For a Vice President to simply veto a hire is a serious matter. What, then, should the relationship be between departments and the administration in the case of hiring? What are the principles of shared governance involved? AAUP Evaluation of AVP Action June 11, 2014 On AVP Non-Support of a Departmentʼs Chosen Candidate for Hire The Question A question of the relative balance between facult...

A good argument from Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/01/adjuncts_in_american_universities_u_s_news_should_penalize_colleges_for.html

Colo. lawmakers consider measure to raise pay, benefits of adjuncts Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation that would require community colleges to increase pay and benefits for part-time faculty. The measure would base adjuncts' salaries on how much they work -- for example, paying them 50% of the salary and benefits of full-time faculty if they take on 50% of a full-time workload. However, critics say the cost of the measure would force schools to cut back on classes and other operations.   The Coloradoan (Fort Collins, Colo.) (tiered subscription model) courtesy of Bob Robbins

DAVID RICHARD KELLER (12/17/62-12/28/13) OBITUARY David Richard Keller was born on a snowy morning in Salt Lake City, December 17, 1962, to proud parents JoAnn Olson Keller and Richard Hubbard Keller and spent his early life in the Olympus Cove and Neffs Canyon. David was extremely close with family members Dick and JoAnn and Peter and Christena, having a formative adolescence exploring the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the peaks of the Wasatch Range. He attended Skyline High School and began taking Philosophy courses at the University of Utah and Pitzer College. David earned a double-baccalaureate in English and Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College, a master in Philosophy at Boston College, and a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Georgia. David also matriculated at the University of Edinburgh. During this period, David attended 183 Grateful Dead and 36 Jerry Garcia Band concerts. This period catalyzed a penchant for travel: David traversed...

Dennis Potter notes that "this is disturbing": http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2013/12/kansas-regents-casually-end-academic-freedom.html I agree.

Our decision to rename the UVU chapter of the AAUP in honor of David Keller is meant as a statement about a tradition David helped establish and that he has kept viable for a decade and a half. One highlight in this history was David's work to bring Cary Nelson, then President of the National AAUP, to campus. Cary spoke forcefully and intelligently to audiences that included AAUP members, members of the UVU Senate, members of the faculty, students, and most of the UVU Administration. Discourse about academic freedom will never be the same on our campus. Most significant, however, has been David's work in behalf of members of the UVU faculty who, variously, have been denied due process in decisions of tenure and promotion and dismissal. In the name of our chapter, David argued various cases skillfully and forcefully. For those whose cases were reheard and for whom positive decisions resulted, this was critical intervention. And even those cases that were lost were meaning...

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