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奥本大学受托人完全控制课程并解散参议院后引发教师强烈反对

2026年6月9日 04:05 33 Comments
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奥本大学董事会于周五解散了教职参议院，并全权负责学校的学术事务。据《高等教育内部》报道，董事会毫无争议地一致批准了这两项变更，现在将控制“课程设置、课程设置、学位要求和学历”。 这模仿了阿拉巴马州的一项新法律 [...]

来源:The College Fix

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  • Auburn University's Board of Trustees disbanded the Faculty Senate, assuming full control over academic matters such as curriculum and degree requirements, despite criticism that this undermines faculty governance.
  • The board established a new body, the Presidential Academic Advisory Council, to provide a faculty perspective, but its composition has raised concerns about the loss of genuine faculty input and shared governance.
  • Critics, including the AAUP and faculty members, argue that the changes threaten academic freedom and collaboration, citing fears of reduced trust and engagement among faculty.

    • The Auburn University Board of Trustees disbanded the Faculty Senate on Friday and took full authority over the school’s academic matters.

    The board unanimously approved the two changes with no debate and will now control “course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials,” according to Inside Higher Ed.

    This mimics a new Alabama law that limits faculty senates to an advisory-only role, even though the new law doesn’t technically apply to the school as a land-grant institution.

    Further, the board is replacing the Faculty Senate with a new group, called the Presidential Academic Advisory Council, which will create “a direct, structured and professionally responsible channel for faculty perspective to the president, provost and senior academic leadership,” according to the Board of Trustees’memorandum.

    The council will include “one elected faculty member from each academic college, selected by a vote of the faculty member’s respective college” and “one faculty member from each academic college appointed by the President.”

    The decision has drawn criticism from faculty and the school’s American Association of University Professors chapter.

    AAUP Senior Program Officer Mark Criley told Inside Higher Ed the changes represent the “end of shared governance” at Auburn.

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