The Faculty Association and IVC Academic Senate Presidents, in collaboration with one another and in sounding the IVC faculty at large, are pleased to announce the two faculty members serving on the IVC President Search Committee: [PS, a counselor] (F[aculty]A[ssociation]) [union] and [CK, a member of the Business faculty] (A[cademic]S[enate]).
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Bringing their knowledge, experience, diversity, and integrity to evaluating and advancing outstanding Presidential candidates, [P] and [C] will serve our faculty and college most admirably.
Respectfully Yours,
Kurt Meyer,
Faculty Association President
June McLaughlin,
IVC Academic Senate President
Wed, Dec 18, 2019 3:04 pm
One thing is clear: after over twenty years of administrative oppression of academics, we now need to hire an actual academic as president.
And so what do we do? For faculty to serve on the search committee, we select individuals from the least academic areas on campus.
Just F-ing great.
Very, very disappointed.
—Roy Bauer
9 comments:
I am disappointed not by these choices so much as the number of faculty on the committee. If there were 4 faculty reps other areas could be represented.
I think we are still hobbled by the old processes. I do have faith that no matter what this will get a good result. Still two faculty members seems a rather small number. Non-instructional faculty should have representation but there are so many others of us as well and so many disciplines with different needs. I trust that these reps will do their best.
Well, there is much more gender balance than ever before in the selections. Just last year, the Senate was still forwarding mostly white all male hiring committees. So this is progress. But I see your point. When we put together a contract negotiating team, we strive for fuller faculty representation. Two positions is a really, really small number. I do think these two will be good reps. But yes, Raghu's revenge is seen in this policy.
Oh yes, if we only had an academic area like philosophy instead of that useless stuff in business...
8:01: I think Roy's point is that there is more to education than business, but you knew that didn't you? We educate people, citizens, not only not employees.
Although you are trying to be clever, 8:01, what you are saying is, ironically, completely accurate.
Is business a discipline? How is it academic? Agree that we could have done better here.
I hear others were asked but their schedules didn't allow them to participate.
Can't please everybody.
No matter what you do people complain.
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