On Transparency

Whereas the university is asking the faculty to continue to reallocate their time, adjust instructional modes and intensify their teaching efforts in AY2020-21 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and

Whereas the university is asking the faculty to make considerable personal financial sacrifices to address expected budgetary deficits;

Whereas transparent communication and providing adequate information are essential for establishing a sense of common purpose and trust between the administration and the faculty, and

Whereas the quality of communication and adequacy of information from the administration have profound effects on faculty morale;

Be it resolved that the administration makes available the unredacted final reports of the Reopening Committees as soon as they are communicated to the President to ensure that faculty, whose futures are critically affected by the reports’ recommendations, are adequately informed of the deliberations that inform the administration’s decision-making process.

Be it further resolved that the administration work more closely with the Financial Policies Committee of the Faculty Senate during the pandemic and its aftermath to ensure that the faculty is adequately informed, prior to decisions being made, about the economic realities facing the university and about the tradeoffs associated with forthcoming decisions.