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...least, union leaders expect the University to protect “its people” by focusing on non-personnel cuts and leaving layoffs as a last resort. Local administrators are contractually required to engage the union in conversation and negotiation whenever they are considering specific layoffs. Called “consultation when considering,” the agreement gives affected staffers the opportunity to understand the reasons behind the proposed...
...When asked to clarify the term “reshaping,” Smith repeatedly turns to the Faculty, casting his non-answer as an opportunity for professors—particularly those in the working groups—to propose “innovative” solutions for the remaining $143 million deficit. When asked to explain the growth of the administration in the past few years, Smith reverts to stock optimism: “I’m a very forward-looking person,” he says. When asked to comment on budget plans that could impact...
...successful comp for The Crimson, each new editor in my cohort was asked to name his or her politics for recording in a great book that no non-editor would ever be allowed to see. Amid a litany of “Democrat,” “Republican” and the occasional “democratic socialist,” my answer stood out for its confession of the shared reason that we were all together at Harvard and in the upper room of 14 Plympton Street: “intellectual elitism.” That moment...
...learned that, in fact, universities are funded by government, foundations, alumni, and other private donors who often thereby determine which forms of knowledge are useful and prestigious. Sometimes, unreasoned ethnic interests prevail, as when, in 2006, a top scholar was denied a job at Harvard on account of his non-specialist critique of Zionism...
...reform would never have been possible without the help of students, nor would academic changes like ethnic studies be realized without a coalition of students supporting it. No government can function without an active constituency, and the successes and failures of UC initiatives most often reflect the numbers of non-UC members supporting them. Whether it is participating in a UC meeting, serving on a student-faculty committee, or writing to your UC representative, the UC will only continue to improve if we hear from the people we represent...