For academic programming cuts, there should always be early, careful, & meaningful faculty involvement. It is primarily the responsibility of the faculty—who have the subject matter expertise & front-line experience— to determine if/where programs reductions should be made. 4/
The University of Oregon faculty collective bargaining agreement explicitly requires that the president must follow "university procedures providing for faculty…input. Regardless of their specific role, all workers who stand to be adversely affected should have the right to be heard. 5/
The AAUP calls upon the UO administration to immediately drop its plan to eliminate whole programs and lay off faculty, and instead pursue solutions that put students, faculty, and education first. 6/6