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[Senate Pres Elliot Berkman]

Bill,

Yours is an absurd response to a Provost paying faculty to do academic work, and entirely backwards. Thankfully, I’m confident that senators can see the value in these positions to the Senate and the university as a whole. Of course, I was involved in creating the position description for the Teaching Fellow and will be involved in the selection process.

I continue to strongly encourage senators who want to do this work - and get compensated generously for it - to apply for these positions. They’re an outstanding opportunity to contribute to the academic mission of the university and shared governance.

- Ell

Elliot Berkman
Senate President
Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Translational Neuroscience
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On Jan 26, 2021, 9:21 PM -0800, William Harbaugh <harbaugh at uoregon.edu>, wrote:
> Hi Elliot -
>
> This is an extraordinarily generous offer from Provost Phillps, especially given the difficulties we’ve had getting the administration to recognize and compensate faculty for elected service to the Senate and its committees.
>
> More problematic is the fact that we are apparently ceding de facto control over these positions to the provost:
>
> > quote_type
> > A small selection committee for each of the three fellowships will be formed from members of the provost’s academic affairs team, the University Senate and other stakeholders. The committee will present three finalists to the provost for each position.
>
> Obviously Patrick has plenary power to spend money and give out course releases as he sees fit to who he sees fit, but I suggest you insist on more Senate control over appointments like this, before for giving a Senate stamp of approval to a process which cuts the Senate out of any real input.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Harbaugh
> UO Economics
> harbaugh at uoregon.edu
>
> > On Jan 26, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Senate Pres Elliot Berkman <senatepres at uoregon.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Good afternoon, Senators,
> >
> > I’d like to draw your attention to the new Provost’s Fellows program that launched today. The Office of the Provost is hiring three promoted faculty to work on special projects related to teaching, leadership, and mentorship. These positions are opportunities to gain experience in campus leadership and contribute to some high priority areas in academics, equity, and faculty development. The Teaching Fellow, for example, will be working with the Senate to help implement some of the changes we proposed to how inclusive teaching is defined, assessed, and rewarded.
> >
> > I especially encourage senators to apply for these. The positions each come with three course releases over a year plus a summer stipend. See the program website or this piece for some further information.
> >
> > - Ell
> >
> > Elliot Berkman
> > Senate President
> > Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Translational Neuroscience
> > he/him/his
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