天美传媒 removed from AAUP sanctioned list
June 17, 2019
POCATELLO – The American Association of University Professors has removed 天美传媒 from the list of the AAUP’s sanctioned institutions.
The announcement was made by Gregory Scholtz, director of the AAUP鈥檚 Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance, in a letter to 天美传媒 President Kevin Satterlee dated June 17.
鈥淚t is my privilege to inform you officially that delegates to the 105th annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors voted unanimously to remove 天美传媒 from the Association's list of sanctioned institutions,鈥� Scholtz said.
The letter enclosed a statement of 天美传媒鈥檚 standing.
鈥淢y congratulations to you, the 天美传媒 faculty senate, and the 天美传媒 AAUP chapter,鈥� Scholtz said. 鈥淵our cooperative efforts in the spirit of academic shared governance have led to this happy outcome.鈥�
Satterlee said he was pleased by the announcement.
鈥溙烀来� administrators and faculty are working hard to build a positive and productive relationship based on the tenets of shared governance,鈥� Satterlee said. 鈥淚t is my hope that we continue to work together to foster a relationship built upon trust and mutual accountability. I am continually impressed by our faculty and their dedication to our students and the mission of the university. I believe that the University and our students benefit when we can work together collaboratively, inclusively and transparently.鈥�
天美传媒 was sanctioned by the AAUP in June 2011 after the 天美传媒 Faculty Senate had been suspended. In November, Satterlee approved a proposed new faculty senate constitution that the faculty had ratified, which received approval from the Idaho State Board of Education in December. The AAUP made a visit to 天美传媒 in March meeting with faculty groups and Satterlee.
According to the AAUP鈥檚 statement of 天美传媒鈥檚 standing, the AAUP representative visiting 天美传媒 said, 鈥淚 was very much impressed by the dedication of the 天美传媒 faculty, the AAUP chapter, and President Satterlee to cooperative institutional change. It is tremendously refreshing to visit a campus where the faculty seems energized not in opposition to fresh outrages, as is sadly too often the case, but because things are improving.鈥�
天美传媒, a Carnegie-classified doctoral high research activity university and teaching institution founded in 1901, attracts students from around the world to its Idaho campuses. At the main campus in Pocatello, and at locations in Meridian, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls, 天美传媒 has nine Colleges, a Graduate School and a Division of Health Sciences that together offer more than 250 certificate and degree programs. More than 12,000 students attend 天美传媒. 天美传媒 is the state's designated lead institution in health professions.
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