On Campus

We are thrilled to announce that we have arrived at a tentative agreement with the administration on our CBA, completing this round of negotiations!  Here are some highlights: We negotiated a raise package and got it implemented January 1, 2022, bringing that benefit to faculty six months early. We retained current levels of raises for promotion and PTR reviews for tenure-track faculty and got commensurate raises for Career faculty. We secured research travel support for faculty who are caregivers, and got a commitment from the administration to provide seed funding for more daycare options in the Eugene/Springfield area. We tentatively…

On at least four occasions last week, President Sinclair and Executive Director Cecil encouraged the Provost’s Office to allow non-tenured faculty in the tenure-track to extend their tenure clock for one year at their discretion. These requests were the result of several emails and conversations from faculty requesting this extension. On each occasion, the Provost’s Office responded positively to this request and indicated that the opportunity for extension would be given soon. Unfortunately, the week ended with no such extension granted. We are seeing that clock extensions are widespread in the academy as a response to the uncertainties all faculty…

Dear colleagues,Obviously, events on campus are evolving rapidly and it can be hard for anyone to keep up. United Academics leadership and staff have been involved in several conversations with administration this week, both keeping up with administration’s planning and making sure faculty interests are being considered.While we will be closing our office for the next two weeks (Finals Week and Spring Break), our staff and leadership will be available via email at [email protected]. You can reach out to us to get information on the expectations of faculty during the next few weeks, details about sick leave, and answers to…