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How the University Works

This is how the Administration of the University of Minnesota operates. At the University of Minnesota, we recently witnessed University leaders uniting expediency and power when the Board of Regents (BOR) rolled out its proposal for changes to the Student Code of Conduct. The language the BOR planned to add was written in a wayContinue reading “How the University Works”

Contingent Faculty Access to Essential Services

In recent years, contingent faculty have sometimes been suddenly cut off from having access to a number of essential services (email, library, Canvas, direct deposit, grading, etc.) at the end of their contract periods. Apparently, such faculty were designated as being “terminated” within the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft system. The effect of these sudden changesContinue reading “Contingent Faculty Access to Essential Services”