Too often we raise issues through our shared governance processes, only for the issues to die in committees, or for administrators to erase long-standing policies when they became inconvenient. By forming a strong faculty organization independent of administration, and by using our right to collective bargaining, we can strengthen shared governance and ensure that our input on academic issues is not dismissed.
Protecting Shared Governance Through Collective Bargaining: Models Used by AAUP Chapters
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