TAUP – Temple Update

TAUP’s Fight For A New Contract

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:05:35 +0000

Nationwide, organized labor is having its moment in the spotlight, but for Temple’s Association of University Professionals, a battle for a new contract is underway. With their contract expiring in less than three days, TAUP held a rally to demand support from the Board of Trustees in obtaining what they say is a fair new contract. Political Science professor Barbara Ferman said…

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TAUP’s No Confidence Vote

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:59:51 +0000

Over 800 Temple University faculty members voted “no confidence” in Board of Trustees chair Mitchell Morgan and provost Gregory Mandel. TAUP’s President, Jeffrey Doshna, said during the conference, “our concerns about the management of Temple were never about one person, but about the way those in senior leadership failed in the past several years to live up to Temple mission as…

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Students Return Home for Remainder of Fall 2020 Semester

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:50:30 +0000

To limit the spread of COVID-19 after the holidays, Temple has decided to send all students home on November 20th. Now that students have been online for almost two semesters, some express how they’re beginning to like the online format. Graduate student Hannah Alexander told Temple Update, “I definitely miss the people and the environment of having classes in person, but it’s been really nice…

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Temple Presidential Search Committee Gains Two New Members

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:24:53 +0000

The Temple University Board of Trustees has added two new members to the Presidential Search Committee, Chairman Mitchell Morgan announced over the weekend. The new members are Faculty Senate Vice President Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon and Senior Advisor to the President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Valerie Harrison. The original committee list was released a week prior.

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TAUP’s Concerns Regarding Temple’s Fall Semester Plan

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:04:05 +0000

The 2020 Fall semester is just around the corner and while many are excited and eager to get back on campus, some professors are concerned about the administration’s reopening plans. Temple has been in contact with students and faculty through emails and social media spreading word of the changes to campus life for the semester, which starts on August 24. Signs and posters have been put all…

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Temple Update News Brief | August 11, 2020

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:01:34 +0000

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Temple and TAUP Announce Agreement

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:39:42 +0000

Temple and Temple Association of University Professionals, or TAUP, have come to a tentative agreement on a two-year contract with adjunct faculty after a year of negotiations. As the first agreement since adjunct faculty became part of the union, it offers adjuncts credit-hour increases for each of the two years. $1,425 per credit hour in 2017-18 and $1,500 for 2018-19. Those already paid more…

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Acting President Englert to Address Temple University

Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:01:23 +0000

Art Hochner is still looking for answers after a tumultuous summer. He hopes to get some of those answers when President Englert makes his State of the University speech this week. As the President of the Temple Association of University Professionals, Hochner represents over 2,800 faculty members at Temple, and wants to see more communication from higher up. “It’s too closed a system.

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