Endorsed by Senate Assembly and SACUA - March 2008

Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Unit Governance
at the University of Michigan 2d ed.

Nadine Strossen
President, American Civil Liberties Union
"Defending Freedom: Even for Thoughts We Hate"
4:00 p.m., Monday, November 9, 2007
Honigman Auditorium, 100 Hutchins Hall, Law School

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The 2007 Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom is sponsored by the Academic Freedom Lecture Fund, American Association of University Professors University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Chapter, University of Michigan Office of the President, University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Communications, University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Information, the University of Michigan Board for Student Publications and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. 

Academic Freedom Lectures available as playback on demand

Charles B. Smith

SACUA and 
Senate Assembly Chair-Elect
2006-07

SACUA/Senate Assembly Chair-Elect Charles B. Smith Statement
(Requested by the University Record)
April 3, 2006

I am extremely pleased that my colleagues on SACUA made me their unanimous choice to lead the Faculty Senate, the Senate Assembly, and its executive committee, SACUA, for the next year.

The range of issues now facing the faculty and their importance to the well-being of our University have rarely been so compelling.  They include a proposal to lengthen the tenure probationary period, authority of faculty in unit governance decisions as well as in University-wide governance, the role of faculty in decisions that affect the well-being of the academic community, the University's evolving conflict of interest and conflict of commitment policies, admissions of students and academic standards, evaluation of administrator performance, fairness of the faculty grievance process, and the preservation and enhancement of benefits for active and retired faculty.  One key to making progress on these many important issues will be to achieve increased transparency in administrative undertakings that affect the intellectual and academic life of our great University.  I invite all the faculty to join in affirming our common commitment to strengthening shared governance, preserving academic freedom, and maintaining high standards of academic and intellectual performance that make our University one of the world's most outstanding institutions of higher education.

Model Policy for Conflict of Interest/Conflict of Commitment Issues 
Passed unanimously by Senate Assembly, 31 October 2005

Questions to Unit Executive Committees Regarding Flexible Tenure Probationary Periods 
Passed unanimously by Senate Assembly, 31 October 2005

Bruno Giordani and Richard Gull elected as the SACUA Chair and Vice Chair for  2005-06

CHILD CARE TASKFORCE REPORT

"Changing American Life: Responding to the Needs of Faculty with Children at the University of Michigan"
October 25th, 2004
(Accepted by Senate Assembly - Oct. 25, 2004)

Rules of the University Senate, the Senate Assembly
and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs 
April 1997

Bylaws of the Board of Regents of The University of Michigan