Whether its involvement in the USFA or involvement in our university, it matters. In this issue of Collectively Speaking, USFA Chair Geraldine Balzer offers suggestions on ways you can become involved. She provides one member’s take on the benefits of being involved in university governance and offers insight into why more and more faculty association […]
Read More »Our latest issue of Collectively Speaking is about teaching evaluations. Anxiety inducing for faculty, particularly untenured faculty and faculty seeking promotion, the Association regularly receives questions about teaching evaluations from members. This issue of Collectively Speaking poses some of those questions and offers information and advice in response. Download Collectively Speaking
Read More »The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is launching its inaugural State of the Post-Secondary Academic Profession Survey. The survey will build longitudinal information about issues and needs faced by academic staff at Canadian universities and colleges. This data will help CAUT and its member associations advocate for members’ interests. What is this survey? The online survey […]
Read More »Read the December 12, 2022 issue of VOX here.
Read More »The May 2022 issue of Collective Speaking focuses on a presentation, made at the Joint Grievance Committee meeting in mid-March by USFA Senior Grievance Officer Colleen Bell, to senior university administrators. The presentation outlined challenges faculty members encounter with administrative processes at the U of S, and how these challenges add to and impede the […]
Read More »Read the June 30, 2021 issue of VOX.
Read More »Read the June 15, 2021 issue of VOX.
Read More »In this edition of Vox, an article submitted by three USFA members focuses on faculty workload expectations in the current U of S system for funding academic units. The article addresses the fact that few faculty have changed how they approach their work in response to chronic underfunding and an erosion of supports for faculty […]
Read More »The memo that went out to USFA members from Human Resources yesterday about the MRARP contains several errors. The Detailed Plan Information page linked from the memo references an “Application Process” and provides a link to an “Application” form, which specifies that “your Dean will provide decisions (approvals and deferrals) to you no later than Sept. 30, 2018.” In […]
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