AAUP-UD Civic Bulletin #2 (April 6, 2025)

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…

AAUP-UD Member Update, November 2025

In mid-November, faculty members received notice that their investment options within their TIAA accounts would be changing significantly within several weeks’ time. The AAUP-UD had received no advance notice of these changes and was offered no additional information about them. As a result, the AAUP-UD leadership called for a meeting with UD administration, which was…

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…

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