The 2018-2019 CWUR World University Rankings report evaluated 18,000 universities worldwide. Of those, UH Manoa ranked 306, 105 nationally, 245 in influence, 541 in citations and 574 in research output. A detail not lost on us is that our UH Manoa faculty was ranked at 100, the highest of the ratings for the campus. It's nice to see great efforts and great results recognized by all. Congratulations UH Manoa Faculty!
UHPA Members can access tenure and promotion data that includes 2016 and 2017 academic years. Members can access both graphs and the tables producing those graphs published within a Google sheet. UHPA Executive Director Kristeen Hanselman said, "Each year UHPA gathers information on faculty success in obtaining tenure, increased compensation with promotion, and completion of probationary periods thru contract renewal. These indicate that UH continues to replenish some tenured faculty positions and faculty members are successful in their career path. " This [...]
Thanks to American Income Life (AIL) for their generous donation of $3,000 for the 2018 Hawaii State AFL-CIO scholarships. There will be three scholarships awarded in the amount of $1,000 each. High school students planning to attend post-high school study on a full-time basis will be considered for the three scholarships. Please see the details and the criteria below that will be used in determining the winners. ____________ The Hawaii State AFL-CIO has established scholarships that will be awarded to students who [...]
SB 2328 proposes that all courses at all UH campuses be required to use instructional materials exclusively from the OER at the UH, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. As the chief advocates upholding the quality of the education at the University of Hawaii, UHPA and faculty members submitted testimony against SB 2328 for a hearing before the Senate Higher Education Committee held on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Legislators were urged to defer or reject the proposed bill for sound reasons. Our Top [...]
SB 2328 proposes that all courses at all UH campuses be required to use instructional materials exclusively from the OER at the UH, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. Of course our UHPA Executive Director Kristeen Hanselman testified against this bill. We also asked for your feedback and faculty responded. Some of their public testimony is below: David Duffy Bill Could End Academic Freedom In Hawaii - "Senate Bill 2328 is a strong disincentive to teach and will politicize the University of [...]
There was no individual or organization supporting this proposal. The testimony sent by UHPA faculty members was well received by the Senate Higher Education Committee which has deferred decision making until February 6 at 1:20 pm. Senator Kahele has indicated he is rethinking this proposal and will be reaching out to UHPA.
Star Advertiser Editorial (posted 8/17/16) by Matthew Tuthill, an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Kapiolani Community College. The recent front-page headline — “Report hails community colleges’ affordability” — substantiated what is often overlooked: that our local community colleges (CCs) are the most affordable institutions of higher learning in the nation. However, the article only scratched the surface: There are a great deal of other metrics besides tuition costs that illustrate the value of these two-year schools. For example, less [...]
Department Chair Stuart Donachie demonstrates the impact of the loss of tenured faculty positions on instruction and research along with the dysfunction in facility planning for a new science building. Other departments experience similar circumstances. UHPA is experiencing an increase in grievances and complaints due to faculty members being impeded in their ability to advance student instruction and research. Response from the Department of Microbiology to the Manoa Planning Committee's ‘Preliminary Program Documents.
"Rate Your Dean" - January 20, 2016
The second in series of Rate My Administrator surveys (this one focused on vice chancellors) is available for all UHPA Members to download as a PDF. Our next survey will give our members a chance to rate UH vice-presidents and you will be invited to participate via email. “These results give faculty members the opportunity for a productive discussion on advancing a better relationship with their respective vice chancellors”, said UHPA Executive Director Kristeen Hanselman. “The results have been shared with President Lassner consistent [...]
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