[Peace] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC Campus Faculty Association Hosts Forum on Shared Governance and Academic Freedom, Wednesday February 4

[Stuart Levy]

Subject: 	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC Campus Faculty Association Hosts 
Forum on Shared Governance and Academic Freedom, Wednesday February 4
Date: 	Mon, 2 Feb 2015 09:23:33 -0600
From: 	Campus Faculty Association <campusfacultyassoc at gmail.com>



*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:**UIUC* *Campus Faculty Association Hosts Forum 
on Shared Governance and Academic Freedom, Wednesday February 4*

**

The Campus Faculty Association (CFA) at UIUC will host a forum entitled 
“Shared Governance and Academic Freedom: Where Are We Now”.

*WHEN & WHERE:*The forum is set for Wednesday February 4, 2015 at 7:30pm 
at the University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign.

*WHO:*The panel discussion will feature Michael Rothberg, Head of the 
UIUC Department of English and John K. Wilson, the co-editor of the 
influential AcademeBlog.  Professor Rothberg helped author a Provost’s 
report on hiring policies and procedures in the aftermath of the Steven 
Salaita firing. Dr. Wilson has been following the Salaita case and other 
academic freedom cases for Academe and the Illinois AAUP.

Rothberg, Wilson and the audience will discuss the report from the 
standing Committee for Academic Freedom and Tenure (CAFT), the 
University administration’s refusal to implement recommendations from 
that report and what this means for shared governance at UIUC.  Another 
focus will be the likely censure of the University by the American 
Association of University Professors (AAUP).  Censured universities may 
not claim to subscribe to the AAUP standards of academic freedom, and 
may have trouble recruiting tenure-track faculty.

*More:*In the weeks since the release of the CAFT report the Campus 
Faculty Association has circulated a petition calling on the 
administration to implement the three corrective actions outlined by the 
committee.  It calls for an assessment of Professor Salaita’s 
professional fitness by a faculty committee appointed by the Dean of the 
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; it recommends administrators 
retract their statements asserting “civility” as an employment standard. 
Finally, it asks the University of Illinois to meet its financial 
obligations to Professor Salaita.  In a few days, more than 65 tenured 
and tenure-track faculty from UIUC have signed the petition.

*About CFA*: The Campus Faculty Association advocates for administrative 
transparency and the rights for tenure and non-tenure track faculty, 
including fairness and equity in hiring, shared governance, and academic 
freedom.  CFA is dedicating to continuing the legacy of the University 
of Illinois as a premiere public education institution.

**

*FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT*: Bruce Rosenstock, Campus Faculty 
Association President, 217-359-5394, brsnstck at gmail.com 
<mailto:brsnstck at gmail.com>.

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