An Open Letter to the UD Community, November 2, 2020

On November 22, the AAUP-UD’s Executive Council voted unanimously to file a Step 3 Grievance with the administration concerning faculty 403(b) retirement contributions, and filed this grievance on November 25 through their legal counsel. The grievance was filed because the administration failed to match faculty retirement contributions for the 2018 $1,500 lump sum payment as…

Faculty Colleagues, This letter was sent this morning to President Assanis and Provost Morgan to express our concerns, and those of multiple faculty, about the university’s distribution and use of the Accommodation Request Form to determine which faculty might be exempted from teaching in-person classes in the fall.  As a result of this communication, I already have been assured…

Since 2019, seven working groups at UD have been researching and drafting a self-study to present to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education as part of UD’s re-accreditation process. In order to be accredited, an institution is judged by seven standards, and each of the working groups was assigned one standard upon which to…