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NEVADA FACULTY ALLIANCE

ESTABLISHED 1983

NFA News & Opinion

  • 4/24/13 @ 4pm: Higher Education Budget

    23 Apr 2013 1:20 PM | ANGELA BROMMEL

    Tomorrow the NSHE budget is on the work session agenda for the  4:00pm meeting of the subcommittee of the Senate Finance/Assembly Ways and Means Joint Subcommittee on K-12/Higher Education/CIPS.

  • NFA State Board Election

    22 Apr 2013 10:35 PM | Deleted user

    The NFA State Board Election began today. An email has been sent to NFA members with a link to the election survey.

    Voting will end Saturday, April 27th, at 11:55p.m. Tabulation of the results will be done by the NFA legal defense chair, Professor Peter Bayer. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 30th.

    The following is a list of offices and the candidates who are running for each:

    NFA state board candidates:

    President, Angela Brommel NSC
    Vice president, Jim Strange WNC
    Treasurer, Shari Lyman CSN
    Secretary, Leah Wild UNR
    Adjunct Representative, Jeannine Klein NSC

  • Cancelled: Saturday, April 20th Meeting on Higher Ed Budgets

    19 Apr 2013 7:32 PM | ANGELA BROMMEL

    The Saturday, April 20th meeting of the Senate Committee on Finance and Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, Joint Subcommittee on K-12/Higher Education/CIPS  has been cancelled.

  • NFA State Board Election

    16 Apr 2013 7:06 PM | Deleted user

    A Message from the Past President

    State board NFA officers serve two year terms. June 30, 2013 will mark the end of the term for those officers elected in 2011. Thus, it is necessary for nominations and the election of new officers to take place soon.

    Please note that the nomination process and collection of statements from candidates will begin April 14, 2013 and end April 20th at 11:55 PM. You may nominate an individual, or self- nominate, but please confirm that the nominee accepts before forwarding any names.

    Candidate statement should be forwarded to: admin@nevadafacultyalliance.org Subject line: “Candidate Statement for State Board Officers”

    Nominations should be forwarded to: peter.bayer@unlv.edu Subject Line: “Nominations for State Board Officers”

    Candidate statements will be made available and the election will commence on April 22nd and end at 11:55 PM on April 27th.   The results will be reported on April 30, 2013.

    A link to an online survey will provide a confidential mechanism by which votes will be cast. Tabulation of the results will be done by the NFA legal defense chair, Professor Peter Bayer.

    The following officer positions are open for nomination:

    NFA state board president

    NFA state board vice president

    NFA state board treasurer

    NFA state board secretary

    NFA state board part-time faculty representative

    Thank you,

    Scott Huber, Past President

  • Governance and Contigent Faculty

    28 Jan 2013 1:33 PM | Deleted user
    This week the AAUP released a statement outlining additional protections for contingent faculty, often called "adjunct" faculty. This report follows a draft that the AAUP released in June 2012.

    This report suggested expanding the voting and governance rights of tenure-track faculty to all faculty who teach and/or conduct research. With many universities moving toward a majority of faculty who fall into the contingent category, the AAUP urges greater inclusion and protections.

    The Nevada Faculty Alliance is currently looking for more adjunct/part-time members to participate in governance. If you are a part-time NFA member and would like to become more involved in your NFA, please contact NFA President Angela Brommel or your chapter president. Contact information can be found through the link below.

    The AAUP Report...

  • Sandoval gives the State of the State

    21 Jan 2013 11:20 AM | Deleted user
    Governor Sandoval presented his State of the State address on Wednesday, January 15 in Carson City. In his address, he promised to restore merit and bring much needed funds into higher education in Nevada. But is his plan enough? Click on the links below to read a piece in the Review Journal. Below you will also find links to the text of both Governor Sandoval's speech and Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis' response.

    Review Journal article...

    Click here for the Governor's Speech...
    Click here for Sen. Mo Denis' Response...

  • Professors and Teaching: Proving an Old Adage Wrong

    14 Jan 2013 8:35 PM | Deleted user

    A new book challenges what has been thought of as common knowledge: professors do not make good teachers, especially professors at research institutions.

    A qualitative study of 55 professors representing a range disciplines, teaching excellence, and demographics were interviewed in depth on their approach to teaching in higher education. Contrary to how many professors are viewed, the studied demonstrated that for those working in higher education teaching is an iterative process that one professor likened to the movie "Groundhog Day." Many professors reported a continual adjusting and improving of courses over years, while others stated their concern for teaching quality often caused them to overprepare.

    Read the full article...

  • Special Board of Regents Meeting this Friday at UNLV

    09 Jan 2013 2:05 PM | Deleted user
    The Board of Regents will hold a special meeting this Friday, January 11 from 9:00 am in UNLV's Student Union. Click the link below to access this meeting's agenda.

    http://system.nevada.edu/Nshe/index.cfm/administration/board-of-regents/meeting-agendas11111/

  • Assessment and Student Motivation

    07 Jan 2013 11:10 AM | Deleted user
    A new study from researchers at the Educational Testing Service (one of the major providers of assessment tests) demonstrated the importance of student motivation in assessing what a student has learned throughout their college career.

    This study showed that students, who were told their assessment test would be shared with university professors, scored significantly higher than those who believed that only the research team would view their scores.

    This study raises important questions not only for assessment but also for other standardized low-stakes tests.

    Read the full article...

  • A Year in Review: The Politics of Educational Technology

    31 Dec 2012 11:14 AM | Deleted user
    2012 saw many changes in the politics of ed-tech. The year began with regular Internet users and the titans of Internet technology defeating SOPA and PIPA. As the year progressed, we saw a marked upsurge in lobbying dollars spent by such companies as Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. At the state level, ALEC has taken aim at education including advocating the penalization of students who take more than four years to complete college.

    Examining these and other happenings in ed and ed-tech, this article from Inside Higher Ed reviews what we've seen in 2012.

    Read the full article...

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