From jane_brice@med.unc.edu Thu Apr 5 11:32:07 2007 Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:21:11 -0400 From: jane_brice@med.unc.edu To: Andrew Perrin Subject: Re: Faculty Governance Survey Thanks for this opportunity. 1.) What issues, concerns, and areas do you hope to address through your service on faculty government? * Creating a welcome environment for discussion of issues and ideas be they local, national, or international. * Fostering within all employees (faculty, staff, administrators, etc.) the central missions of the institution ~V education and scholarship. * Maintaining a safe environment for learning and work * Planning for UNC~Rs future ~V both in terms of people and buildings * Supporting the inclusion of students who might not ordinarily have the chance to attend UNC for financial or other reasons * Focusing on areas where the work/employment environment of faculty can be improved to promote retention. 2.) To what extent to you believe faculty interests differ from those of administrators? I hold firm to the belief that faculty and administrators are committed to the founding values of the university ~V the education of students as a primary mission and the generation of knowledge and ideas as a second mission. I recognize that the perspective of each group is different just as the three blind men had differing perspectives of the elephant. Talking to one another and building bridges will enable both groups to fulfill their goals while respecting and honoring the position of the other. Remembering and holding central our core missions is essential to successful collaboration. It is not about us and them ~V it is about we. 3.) How should we maintain academic integrity in the face of increasing financial pressures? I believe that integrity is not unique to academic issues. Those managing and controlling the finances of the institution are also bound by the concept of integrity. Again, holding fast to our core mission and using that as the benchmark against which decisions are made will help us all to stay on the right path. 4.) What are your views on increasing inequalities within the faculty based on, for example, tenure-track vs. fixed term appointments and differing salary levels? Inequality is always bad. I recognize that recruitment and retention issues play a large role in the inequalities that exist. We must recruit and retain outstanding educators and scholars but not at the cost of unfairly reimbursing other faculty. It should be our goal to fairly compensate our faculty for their service to the university. 5.) Would you prefer to see a faculty governance system that is focused on prominent University issues (e.g., academic freedom and educational policy) or one that is more focused on faculty's specific needs (e.g., benefits and salary)? Or, alternatively, how would you seek to balance the two? I am not sure how you can have one without the other. If we focus on academic freedom and educational policy but lose the faculty to other institutions ~V the mission fails. If we focus of faculty~Rs specific needs and lose sight of academic freedom and educational policy ~V the mission fails. We must have both and learn to balance the two so that all succeed. 6.) Are you a member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)? No 7.) Any additional comments? No Jane Brice ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Perrin Date: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:41 am Subject: Faculty Governance Survey To: jane_brice@med.unc.edu > Greetings- > > I am writing as part of an effort to generate more information on > candidates running for faculty governance positions at UNC. This > survey is a project of the American Association of University > Professors' UNC chapter. Any answers you choose to provide to the > questions below will be posted to my faculty governance page at > http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/fg and will be publicized to interested > faculty. Thank you for your service to the university! > > Best wishes, > Andrew J. Perrin > Department of Sociology > andrew_perrin@unc.edu > > 1.) What issues, concerns, and areas do you hope to address through > your service on faculty government? > > 2.) To what extent to you believe faculty interests differ from those > of administrators? > > > 3.) How should we maintain academic integrity in the face of > increasing financial pressures? > > > 4.) What are your views on increasing inequalities within the faculty > based on, for example, tenure-track vs. fixed term appointments and > differing salary levels? > > > 5.) Would you prefer to see a faculty governance system that is > focused on prominent University issues (e.g., academic freedom and > educational policy) or one that is more focused on faculty's specific > needs (e.g., benefits and salary)? Or, alternatively, how would you > seek to balance the two? > > > 6.) Are you a member of the American Association of University > Professors (AAUP)? > > > 7.) Any additional comments? > >