The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/tenure/)
Underrepresented minority students and faculty reflect on their experiences and Cornell’s efforts to address the challenges they face in academia.
“I think Cornell understands that permanent tenured faculty are healthier for the institution, and provide a better classroom experience that ultimately results in better student learning outcomes,” said Professor Adam Smith, archaeology.
Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting raised resolutions to improve transparency in the professorial tenure process and the creation of Cornell’s global hubs.
Amid the new challenges that online learning present, is the issue of balancing childcare with academic work.
Cornell prides itself in being one of the best research universities in the world. The depth and breadth of research endeavors are true to Ezra Cornell’s founding mission of “any person … any study,” and its faculty are some of the most renowned scholars in their field. Yet, the emphasis placed on scholarly activities often come at the expense of student learning and experience. Around this time every semester, I am shocked at the number of Ivy League professors who put so little effort into their syllabi that they forget to change even the term of the course from Fall 2018 to Spring 2019. It is no secret that the setup of a research university enables faculty members to thrive so long as they are actively involved in their research interests and advisement of graduate students under their direct supervision.
Several previous and current faculty members of the hotel school said that the administration is often too focused on gender diversity to realize the importance or put the effort into achieving racial diversity.
“To any objective person, substantive justice has been denied in that case,” Prof. Kevin Clermont, law, told The Sun.
It is rare for a court to vacate a university’s tenure decision.