AAUP Criticizes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Over Faculty Governance

by E Wayne Ross on September 25, 2007

The Chronicle News Blog: AAUP Criticizes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Over Faculty Governance

he American Association of University Professors has weighed in on a conflict over faculty governance at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The rift, between RPI’s faculty and administration, has widened since early August, when the university’s provost, Robert Palazzo, suspended the university’s Faculty Senate, citing concerns that the Senate had failed to amend its constitution following a directive from the university’s Board of Trustees.