Now the administration is saying that we are not getting our cost-of-living increases until we hold a debate on whether department chairs are admin or faculty. I’m sure after that is decided, we’ll need to debate the meaning of life, and right after we figure that out, we’ll get the increases.
Yes, it’s a shameless, union-busting delay strategy aimed at making people hate the union.
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Get in touch with the state AAUP governance committee and ask how they define these things. Their definitions are standard. http://www.ilaaup.org/committees.asp
Chairs are faculty and deans are administrators. In a head system, though, I’d say chairs are administration.
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