Emporia, firing Eleven fired faculty members have brought a lawsuit.
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actually it's not just emporia state: https://littleapplepost.com/posts/00cab8ee-2cc0-48b7-8532-7969cd6c8076
"She said the review process could be a convenient way for institutions to get rid of any curriculum they didn’t want taught.
“The individual institutions themselves can use that as an opportunity to get rid of people that they don’t want and to get rid of programs that they don’t want and to ensure that research goes in directions that they want,” Smith said.
DeCesare, who served as one of the ESU investigators for AAUPP, said it was difficult to trust the Regents’ intentions with other public universities. DeCesare said a board that had already “abused power in the recent past” shouldn’t be judging other academic programs."
apparently the board of regents are qualified to decide what programs are axed -- just like insurances companies are qualified to decide if you should receive certain treatments.
But here is the kicker: https://littleapplepost.com/posts/15298c61-a06a-47c6-a8b0-9ea1371a1448
"ESU is scheduled for its 10-year comprehensive evaluation to reaffirm accreditation by HLC in 2024-25, said Laura Janota, HLC spokeswoman. The university will host a visit from reviewers in fall 2024.
The AAUP finding ESU administration unfit to lead will be a consideration in the HLC evaluation, said Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, a Kansas AAUP committee officer."
it would be so ironic and perhaps fitting if the accreditation wasn't renewed. not wishing bad for them but just showing that actions have consequences.
The state of Illinois did something along these lines — PQP, or Priorities, Quality, and Productivity. It decreed a magic number: a department needed nineteen majors for a major to continue. I’m not sure if anything was ever eliminated, but for several years, a number of departments were in very stressful times. I do recall that at my school several languages were combined to make a “foreign language” major, with the student choosing a “concentration” in a particular language.
The architect of PQP died in a plane crash, and PQP soon disappeared.
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actually it's not just emporia state: https://littleapplepost.com/posts/00cab8ee-2cc0-48b7-8532-7969cd6c8076
"She said the review process could be a convenient way for institutions to get rid of any curriculum they didn’t want taught.
“The individual institutions themselves can use that as an opportunity to get rid of people that they don’t want and to get rid of programs that they don’t want and to ensure that research goes in directions that they want,” Smith said.
DeCesare, who served as one of the ESU investigators for AAUPP, said it was difficult to trust the Regents’ intentions with other public universities. DeCesare said a board that had already “abused power in the recent past” shouldn’t be judging other academic programs."
apparently the board of regents are qualified to decide what programs are axed -- just like insurances companies are qualified to decide if you should receive certain treatments.
But here is the kicker: https://littleapplepost.com/posts/15298c61-a06a-47c6-a8b0-9ea1371a1448
"ESU is scheduled for its 10-year comprehensive evaluation to reaffirm accreditation by HLC in 2024-25, said Laura Janota, HLC spokeswoman. The university will host a visit from reviewers in fall 2024.
The AAUP finding ESU administration unfit to lead will be a consideration in the HLC evaluation, said Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, a Kansas AAUP committee officer."
it would be so ironic and perhaps fitting if the accreditation wasn't renewed. not wishing bad for them but just showing that actions have consequences.
kirsten
Thanks for the added info, Kirsten.
The state of Illinois did something along these lines — PQP, or Priorities, Quality, and Productivity. It decreed a magic number: a department needed nineteen majors for a major to continue. I’m not sure if anything was ever eliminated, but for several years, a number of departments were in very stressful times. I do recall that at my school several languages were combined to make a “foreign language” major, with the student choosing a “concentration” in a particular language.
The architect of PQP died in a plane crash, and PQP soon disappeared.
Here’s an account of one university’s response to PQP: https://125keymoments.niu.edu/p-q-p-niu-defends-against-threats-to-academic-programs-1990/.
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