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FacFAQs: Implementing DPC Changes in 2015-2017 Agreement
Marla is the department chair in the Psychology department at Lehua U, and just noticed that in the new 2015 to 2017 contract that there is a change in Article X for the department personnel committee procedures. The change states that now DPC members must be at or higher in rank than the applicant, which throws a bit of a [...]
Arbitration Victory for UHPA and Mironesco Gets Major News Coverage
UHPA held a news conference regarding the recent arbitration decision and we're happy that this important story was covered by several news outlets. Watch KITV news coverage Watch KHON2 news coverage See national coverage - Inside Higher Ed Article (1/12/15)
Wrongfully Fired University of Hawaii-West Oahu Professor Gets Her Job Back
NEWS RELEASE Date: January 8, 2015 Contact: Kris Hanselman (808) 593-2157 Historic Landmark Arbitration Has National Implications for Faculty Union Agreements Download the Arbitration Decision PDF Monique Mironesco, Ph.D., an associate professor of political science at University of Hawaii-West Oahu (UHWO) for the past decade, is happy to resume teaching this semester, thanks to the intervention of the University [...]
Happy New Year!
From all of us to all of you, may 2015 bring all that you desire to fruition. Happy New Year from UHPA!
FacFAQs: Can I split up my sabbatical?
Marvin is an Associate Professor employed at UH Waimea on an 11-month appointment. He applied for and was granted a 4-month sabbatical leave during Fall 2014. After he returned from his sabbatical, he applied for another leave, this time for 2 months during Spring 2015. However, his fiscal officer, Jan is telling him that, "the clock starts over again," and [...]
Try-all Tech Expectation Garners Eyerolls from Faculty
We've heard many promises about how using tech in the classroom will make things better, but the actual results are not always promising. Our favorite quote from this piece in the Hechinger Report, "Is technology actually making higher education less efficient?": “We’ve been hearing over the last four or five years that technology is going to reduce costs, increase quality [...]
