Faculty Senate disagrees on promotion requirements
Senators questioned how useful student and peer feedback is for promotion

Members of Faculty Senate disagreed on required feedback for promotions this past Tuesday. Difficulties in staff retention and preserving university archives were also highlighted.  Feedback on faculty  Feedback from faculty, staff and students is required for professors seeking promotion and tenure.   Torrey Lawrence, provost and […]

Discrimination lawsuit filed against university
Professor seeks remedies for race and gender discrimination

A University of Idaho law professor is seeking all available remedies for alleged race and gender discrimination from the university, its college of law and former law school dean.  Shaakirrah […]

Faculty Senate hears proposal to streamline tenure and promotion procedures
The current procedures for faculty to receive promotions or tenure is obscured by a complex web of policy, a new proposal aims to unravel the web

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate discussed a proposal to change tenure and promotion policies for university faculty members during its meeting Tuesday. Policy coordinator Elizabeth Brandt and vice-provost Torrey […]

Senate changes calendar
Faculty senate approves changes to future academic calendars

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate approved changes Tuesday to the academic calendar that will result in the 2019 to 2020 and 2026 to 2027 school years being a week […]

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Lessons to remember
Campus safety should still be UI’s top priority seven years after Katy Beniot’s death

The “I Got Your Back” Campus Safety Week at the University of Idaho rolls around every September. It is a week students know well by the end of their tenure […]

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Teachers talk tenure

It’s expected that Idaho’s flagship university maintains high-quality faculty to ensure a high-quality education. The University of Idaho’s tenure policy is designed to ensure such faculty, but not everyone is […]