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1. Experience in the classroom at the university level, since academics are central to EMU's mission.

 

2. A Ph.D. degree or an equivalent degree as one indicator of their ability to lead the academic mission.

Details: EMU Administration Goals for 2007-2008

Details: YPSILANTI ”Howard Bunsis, President of the Eastern Michigan University Association of American University Professors (EMU-AAUP), issued the following statement on the firing of EMU President John Fallon and other officials:

Though it is never satisfying to see anyone lose their jobs, we at the AAUP believe that the Board did the right thing in removing President Fallon and the others from office. Now, it is time to move forward and make academics once again the top priority of Eastern Michigan University.

Over the last several years, we on the faculty have been conflicted, as we have always given complete dedication to our students, yet at the same time been faced with an administration that has not been cooperative or forthcoming on any number of matters. What we hope now is that there will be a commitment to giving faculty a seat at the table and a voice in the process. We believe that with this additional input, faculty can lead the university to restore academics to its proper place at EMU.

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I come before you today to discuss the critical situation regarding safety and security on our campus, as well as ways in which the faculty can work with the Board and the administration in the future.

We certainly appreciate how the Board wants to wait until the DOE report is analyzed before making any personnel decisions. However, if it is discovered that the University violated federal law in this matter, then the President should not be allowed to continue to lead Eastern Michigan University. We cannot have leaders of this university who mislead students, faculty, and community about vital safety and security issues. Nor can we accept top leadership that knows nothing about an issue of such importance.

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Welcome Regent Parker, Regent Hawks, Regent Ahmed, and Regent Stapleton. Regents Clack, Incarnatti, Sidlik, and Wilbanks, welcome back, and Happy New Year. And it is a new year, and hopefully a new beginning for Eastern Michigan University.

It is invigorating and exciting that you are here today. We are fortunate that you are willing to lend your experience and expertise to partake in one of the most important endeavors within our society: educating our citizens.

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Today, at the AAUP office, we received the fact finder’s report on the comparable institutions that will be used in the remaining fact finding hearings (the full report can be viewed as a PDF attachment below).

These 7 institutions are:

Akron (MAC)
Kent State (MAC)
Toledo (MAC)
Central Michigan (MAC)
Western Michigan (MAC)
Ball State (MAC)
Grand Valley State (Administration list)

In our fact-finding presentation (which is on our website at http://emuprofessors.org/node/240), we suggested 7 institutions at the end of our presentation (5 from the MAC and 2 others). Why did we do this? The fact finder indicated that he believed the final list should only include 5 to 7 institutions. The MAC has 12 other institutions besides EMU, and we outlined why some of the MAC schools were not appropriate, based on criteria such as size and student profile. That is how we arrived at our final list of 7, and we are very pleased that 6 of those 7 were chosen by the fact finder.

The following conclusions can be reached by reading the fact finders report (we will be putting the report on our website,
www.emuprofessors.org, as a pdf file this weekend):

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The following are letters published in the Ann Arbor News in support of Eastern Michigan University faculty:

EMU administration's comparisons are unfair

Ann Arbor News, December 31, 2006

What a sad time for Eastern Michigan University. In the space of one year, a new president has managed to alienate a significant portion of the faculty. Three members of the Board of Regents resigned. The faculty struck because it deemed the contract offer to be unreasonable in comparison with its sister institutions.