The State System of Higher Education has approved an enhanced sick leave payout agreement with its faculty union to encourage faculty retirements if filed on or before April 11th with an effective date on or before August 22nd.
Among other actions, the Board of Governors last week approved the delegation to the chancellor of its duties regarding changing or initiating academic programs at State System schools and established periodic reviews of each school’s academic programs.
The governors also appointed sophomore Jackson White as the student member of the IUP Council of Trustees.
In his remarks to the State System Board of Governors, APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth Mash thanked the board for initiating an audit of university practices in the treatment of faculty members and university employees in relation to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mash had been critical of those practices and a lack of fair treatment after some faculty members spoke before the board at its October meeting.
He also urged quick action by the State System should the board approve IUP’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine.
