Yes, the economic crisis creates opportunities and risks from various vantage points. I have a student there who was about to start the doctoral program in School Psych and they eliminated that and other programs in Education. Another is in the interdisciplinary social science program and he is hoping his program of study can continue. I am sure we will hear of more places where graduate programs and faculty are going to be sacrificed. Sad and difficult times. Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 8:44:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [tips] More layoffs of tenured faculty Finding sneaky ways to lay off tenured faculty seem to be becoming fashionable among university administrators this season. From today's Inside Higher Ed: "Another Plan for Tenured Layoffs Without 'Financial Exigency' "Facing steep state cuts, the University of Nevada at Reno this week released a plan to eliminate a number of academic programs in ways that would result in layoffs for about 35 tenured and tenure-track faculty members -- most of them tenured. If the plans are approved by the Nevada Board of Regents, Reno would become the latest university to impose layoffs of tenured faculty members without declaring "financial exigency." Under the guidelines of the American Association of University Professors, such a declaration is normally necessary for layoffs to include tenured faculty members. Marc Johnson, the provost at Reno, said he didn't believe that was the case because entire programs are being eliminated so the job losses are not because of general layoffs. (Similar rationales have been offered by university leaders elsewhere, although faculty leaders disagree.) At Reno, some of the programs being eliminated include the College of Agriculture (although some divisions would survive and be moved to other units), German studies, French, Italian and interior design. In addition, a number of graduate programs would be placed on a five-year hiatus. "Eliminating the agriculture college is unusual, given that Reno is the state's land grant university. Johnson stressed that the experiment station would continue, as would many programs that promote agriculture. "We're not getting out of the agriculture business," he said. Rather the university is looking for ways to cut administrative expenses through consolidating some programs and eliminating those with low enrollments." -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=1031 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1031-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1032 or send a blank email to leave-1032-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
