Inside Higher Ed: Grievances About Grievance Procedures
When a faculty member feels wronged, there’s usually a system in place to turn to, whether or not it’s one that has broad support and trust.
It’s that last part that makes the difference between grievance procedures that enjoy broad buy-in from faculty, as opposed to a perception that they are a tool of the administration. At the University of Missouri at Columbia, where the system has undergone several overhauls in recent years, faculty members are again voting for a new set of procedures that would streamline the process and, among other things, place an administrator on the grievance resolution panel along with members of the faculty.
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