UTMB AND UT HISTORY OF ATTACKS ON TENURE

Click below for a historical perspective of the U.T. System's systematic weakening of tenure written by Dr. Charles Zucker, former Executive Director, Texas Faculty Association.  (The current director is Tom Johnson.)

http://txfacassn.typepad.com/utmb_galveston_chapter_te/files/ut_system_tenure_busting_070223.pdf

For a quick overview of the UTMB tenure crisis, click on the link below to take you to the article that held top billing on the blog for months:

http://txfacassn.typepad.com/utmb_galveston_chapter_te/2007/04/tenure_under_at.html

UTMB administration used claims of a financial crisis to justify its attack on tenure through the new School of Medicine faculty compensation plan.  The link below leads to an article that debunks the claims of poverty put forward by administration:

http://txfacassn.typepad.com/utmb_galveston_chapter_te/2007/01/tales_to_look_f.html

And for readers who need a smoking gun to be convinced, something is sure enough smoking here:

http://txfacassn.typepad.com/utmb_galveston_chapter_te/2006/08/utmb_administra.html

Comments

[anon]

rumor is that utmb will soon start drug testing all new employees, including new faculty

if you fail the test they will not hire you

[UTMB Faculty Member]

Yes -- I heard that too. I'm told that for faculty it will be called Pee-er Review.

[anon]

If faculty have to worry about passing a drug test then perhaps they should be worrying instead about finding a new profession.

Blogmeister: according to Nature there are some grave problems with the Biocontainmemt Lab being constructed in Boston:
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080611/full/453837c.html
The only other lab being constructed in the US is the GNL at UTMB, and it would be very useful to know if similar problems/concerns are being raised here as well.

There was something recently about a door in the lab not working, but then we didn't hear much more. We who work on the campus and live on the island want more information. Blogmeister, can you help us?