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About David Duffy

David Duffy is President of UHPA

Who are the UH Regents?

Monthly Op-Ed post by UHPA President David Duffy The University Regents hire and fire the President and have “jurisdiction over the internal structure, management and operation of the university.” The President is the executive officer and the Regents operate through him and he in turn is responsible for the various chancellors who are responsible for individual campuses. Regents are selected by the Governor from a list of candidates suggested by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council and then approved by the State Senate. The [...]

2015-09-29T12:48:42-10:00September 24, 2015|Frontpage, Newsletter|

Hiring more Kānaka Maoli faculty

By David Duffy, UHPA President. UH has as one of its goals increasing the representation of Native Hawaiians or Kānaka Maoli as faculty in the university They can serve as role models and add to the breadth of opinions and expertise within disciplines and across campuses. How is this best done? UH could grow its own, supporting Kānaka Maoli through college, and grad school, but this would be slow If such students don’t spend time in other institutions as post docs and [...]

2015-07-24T10:44:59-10:00June 22, 2015|Academic, Frontpage, Newsletter|

So you want to run the university like a business? Try making nice to the faculty.

By David Duffy, UHPA President. In most businesses, it is elementary that a motivated work force is a productive one Motivations can be financial, social or even minatory.  Businesses pay well and reward performance with bonuses, pay raises and corner offices. Medals and promotion are the currencies of the military. Unfortunately too many universities seem to be completely gormless when it comes to motivation and reward, beyond tenure and promotion. I’d like to suggest some simple things that can work to motivate [...]

2015-07-24T10:45:33-10:00May 29, 2015|Academic, Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion|

Musto’s Road Show: Saying farewell to faculty after 35 years

By UHPA President David Duffy. It may have been Friday the thirteenth, but it was all good for the 80 faculty who showed up for the last stop on JN Musto’s farewell tour of the University system at Manoa Gardens. The drinks were free but the bar line was long, although the pupus and the conversations made the wait more palatable. At the end of the gathering, about 40 remaining faculty gathered to hear JN talk about his time with the [...]

Science’s Sexual Assault Problem

A. Hope Jahren, a faculty member at UH makes the point that in encouraging girls to go into science we ignore the downsides that women in science frequently experience. "They need to know that daring to act upon their dreams of science can be both a beautiful and a dangerous thing." Read the article

2014-09-24T12:28:21-10:00September 24, 2014|Commentary|