Different Outlooks – Is All Well, or Do We Need Changes?
Executive Summary The two teams discussed key issues related to tenure and sabbatical. We debated whether the administration should have the sole discretion to delay sabbatical leaves, the obstacles to taking leaves faculty in small departments face when there is no commitment to replace their labor, the need to reform the tenure and promotion denial appeal system, and whether the administration can comply with state law and get the union accurate information about faculty on time. Through our conversations, we discovered that we have some fundamental differences of opinion on whether everything at UO is working just fine or we…