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    • I - Name
    • II - Purpose
    • III - Membership
    • IV - Dues
    • V - Chapter Officers
    • VI - Committees
    • VII - Election of Officers
    • VIII - Removal of Officers
    • IX - Disciplining of Members
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    • XII - Finance
    • XIII - Amendments
  • Saving WCC
    • Decision on Standing Lawsuit
    • AAUP Response to Provost Fredeen's October 2nd Email
    • Important Information on Campus Consolidation
    • Chinese Company Out As Buyer Of Westminster Choir College
    • Kaiwen is Gone
    • Kaiwen Education Reply to a June 2019 Inquiry from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
    • Update on Kaiwen Education's Financial Status
    • Arbitration Over Layoffs at WCC
    • Kaiwen Education 2018 Annual Report
    • By Federal Reserve Standards Kaiwen Education is a Highly Leveraged and Risky Business
    • Two Updates on Kaiwen's Finances
    • Due Diligence and Kaiwen Education
    • Chronology of a Crisis
    • WCC Reset
    • New Jersey Attorney General’s Office Delivers Major Setback to Rider University’s Plan to Sell Westminster Choir College
    • Westminster Foundation Press Release on AG Investigation
    • Purchase Agreement
    • Faculty Shocked to Learn Secret Agreement Would Allow Buyer to Close Westminster Choir College
    • Universities as the Guardians of Assets
    • Press Release Kaiwen Finances
    • 2019 Report on Kaiwen
    • DejaVuDellOmo
    • Kaiwen Announcement 1/11/19
    • AAUP Goes to the NJ Assembly
    • Sign the Petition to Save WCC
    • WWCAC Letter November 8 2018
    • Kaiwen Education: Report on Company Performance Through the Third Quarter 2018
    • New Information Reveals Chinese Corporation Plans to Take $20 Million Westminster Choir College Endowment despite Prohibitions Imposed by State/Federal Law
    • More Bad News about Kaiwen
    • Claims v. Reality
    • AAUP Challenges Legitimacy of Newly announced Non-Profit Said To Be Created To Run Westminster Choir College
    • Label Your Stuff!
    • WCC Alumni Council Questions and Answers
    • Statement on Proposed Sale of Westminster Choir College Faculty Union Vows to Continue Oppose ill-conceived Sale of Iconic Music School
    • June 7 Letter to Board
    • A Failure of Due Diligence
    • Bond 2017
    • Chronology of the WCC Crisis
    • Kaiwen Education Technology
    • Pending Legal Actions >
      • Legal Complaints against Rider University over Sale of WCC
    • The Legacy of Westminster Choir College
    • Updates and Information Sent to Faculty from AAUP Leadership >
      • A Letter to WCC Faculty regarding President Dell'Omo's Letter
      • Open Letter to Board of Trustees
      • Letter to Faculty
      • How a For-profit Company Might Ruin Westminster
      • A Message from AAUP regarding the potential layoff of Westminster Faculty
      • ​Update on Westminster
    • Press Releases >
      • Outrage Over Rider University's Plan To Sell Legendary Choir College To Chinese For-Profit Company With No Experience in Higher Education
      • DellOmo Lays Off Entire WCC Faculty
    • WCC Crisis in the News >
      • The Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College Initiates Spin-Off Discussions With Rider University Administration
    • Letters of Support for WCC >
      • Eric Whitacre Praises Westminster
      • Statement of support from NJ Higher Ed Leadership Council.
      • Support for Westminster Choir College
    • Teach In at WCC
    • WCC Teach In Audio >
      • Remarks by Laura Brooks Rice
      • Have American Universities Lost Their Way? by Joel Phillips
    • Governance Standards in Institutional Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 2020 Negotiations
    • Outline of Tentative Agreement
    • AAUP Negotiating Team
    • Negotiation Update 5 25 2020
    • Negotiation Update 5 28 2020
    • The 5-Year Impact of President Dell'Omo's Policies
    • ​What Has Happened to your Compensation?
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Rider's AAUP Chapter is committed to preserving the legacy and future of
Westminster Choir College. For up to date information on our efforts to save
WCC, ​click here: SAVING WCC

Materials from Last Meeting
10/15/20

Here are the comments from the breakout rooms and Art Taylor's presentation on Rider's financials from the last chapter meeting on September 22.

How to Request Stoppage of Tenure Clock Due to Covid
6/19/20

If you are a junior faculty member, who would like to request a stoppage in your tenure clock due to COVID, you can use this document as template for such a request. 

Once you have filled it out, email it to the Provost.

Ratification Results
6/14/20

The bargaining unit members of the AAUP have ratified the Memorandum of Understanding, dated June 10, 2020 to extend the 2017 -2020 contract to August 31, 2021.

AAUP Negotiating Team

Rider AAUP Chapter Statement on Racial Injustice
6/12/2020


Together we have arrived at a moment.

It is a moment when the systemic racism and white privilege that have plagued our country from the start must end.  


It is a moment that requires long-overdue actions....

Click here to read the rest of the statement.

Ratification Q&A Video
6/11/20

If you were unable to make today's
 meeting in which members of the Negotiating Team and the Executive Committee answered questions about the MOU on extending the Agreement, the meeting was recorded. You can watch it here. 

Tentative Bargaining Agreement
6/2/2020

We are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement for a one-year contract extension has been reached by Rider University and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). More specific details will be shared in the coming days, and while a formal agreement is contingent upon ratification by the AAUP's members, both sides are confident that ratification will take place.

We wish to acknowledge the willingness of both parties to work together cooperatively in reaching this agreement. The historically unprecedented nature of global events coincided with the final year of our Collective Bargaining Agreement, yet both sides approached our discussions with a level of professionalism and empathy that allowed for expedient resolution.

From the very beginning, our shared goal was finding middle ground so all of our efforts could be diverted to the pressing issues we face in reopening our University. With this agreement, we are now able to do so. Thank you.
​
Jeffrey Halpern, AAUP Chief Negotiator and
DonnaJean Fredeen, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

To see the details of the tentative agreement, click here.

A Message from AAUP Executive Committee
May 15, 2020

We wanted to provide some context and perspective to recent announcements and decisions by Rider's administration and the board of trustees.

While we are keenly aware of the global pandemic which affects our learning community, we are nevertheless committed to seeking fair compensation for our members and for ensuring that the university provides a safe and suitable learning environment for faculty and students in all of the university’s programs...  Read more here

Rider's Bond Rating Reduced to Junk Status
4/22/20

Moody's downgraded Rider's bond rating once again. See news coverage here. 

In response, Rider AAUP's Vice President, Art Taylor, wrote a  letter to the Rider News, which you can read here. He concludes, "The downgrade is a powerful public statement that Rider’s senior administration and board of trustees must stop the excessive spending on unnecessary building projects, end the disruptive actions which continue to impact enrollment (and revenue) and begin to run the institution with some degree of financial pragmatism."

Back in 2017, we sent this Open Letter to the Board of Trustees to specifically caution against the very actions which have placed Rider in its current financial predicament.

Kaiwen is Gone!
6/30/19

Posted this morning at a Kaiwen news site is the attached announcement of a Kaiwen Education Board vote, on June 28, 2019, to terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement with Rider University.

We have posted in full the Google Translate version of the announcement, and have placed in boldface some of the most relevant text. 

Click the title for the link.

Deja Vu Dell'Omo
​2/8/19

In a meeting with members of the Rider AAUP executive committee, President Dell’Omo accused Rider’s faculty of ‘hiding in their classrooms’ while he does the hard work of 'saving the institution' from financial ruin.

He is wrong on both accounts...  Click "Deja Vu Dell'Omo" to read more

AAUP Leadership: More on the New Hiring Procedures
Jeff Halpern
​11/29/18


Rider AAUP outlines its position on the unilateral hiring procedures instituted by the administraiton. For more information, click the headline.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission Statement
    • Chapter Meeting Minutes
    • Meeting Dates 20-21
    • Points of Contact
    • AAUP Officers
    • AAUP Awards >
      • Bertram Mott Award
      • Henry J. Frank Award
    • P&T Committee Members
    • APC Committee Members
    • UAPC Committees
    • Training for College/School Academic Policy Committee Members
    • CIM Training Video
    • Membership
    • Assumption of Risk and Waiver Form for Employees that is required for travel funds
  • Contract
  • Grievances
    • Grievance Process
    • Amendments to Grievance Process, Updated April 2016
    • Grievance Procedure Explained
  • Constitution
    • I - Name
    • II - Purpose
    • III - Membership
    • IV - Dues
    • V - Chapter Officers
    • VI - Committees
    • VII - Election of Officers
    • VIII - Removal of Officers
    • IX - Disciplining of Members
    • X - Meetings
    • XI - Contract Ratification
    • XII - Finance
    • XIII - Amendments
  • Saving WCC
    • Decision on Standing Lawsuit
    • AAUP Response to Provost Fredeen's October 2nd Email
    • Important Information on Campus Consolidation
    • Chinese Company Out As Buyer Of Westminster Choir College
    • Kaiwen is Gone
    • Kaiwen Education Reply to a June 2019 Inquiry from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
    • Update on Kaiwen Education's Financial Status
    • Arbitration Over Layoffs at WCC
    • Kaiwen Education 2018 Annual Report
    • By Federal Reserve Standards Kaiwen Education is a Highly Leveraged and Risky Business
    • Two Updates on Kaiwen's Finances
    • Due Diligence and Kaiwen Education
    • Chronology of a Crisis
    • WCC Reset
    • New Jersey Attorney General’s Office Delivers Major Setback to Rider University’s Plan to Sell Westminster Choir College
    • Westminster Foundation Press Release on AG Investigation
    • Purchase Agreement
    • Faculty Shocked to Learn Secret Agreement Would Allow Buyer to Close Westminster Choir College
    • Universities as the Guardians of Assets
    • Press Release Kaiwen Finances
    • 2019 Report on Kaiwen
    • DejaVuDellOmo
    • Kaiwen Announcement 1/11/19
    • AAUP Goes to the NJ Assembly
    • Sign the Petition to Save WCC
    • WWCAC Letter November 8 2018
    • Kaiwen Education: Report on Company Performance Through the Third Quarter 2018
    • New Information Reveals Chinese Corporation Plans to Take $20 Million Westminster Choir College Endowment despite Prohibitions Imposed by State/Federal Law
    • More Bad News about Kaiwen
    • Claims v. Reality
    • AAUP Challenges Legitimacy of Newly announced Non-Profit Said To Be Created To Run Westminster Choir College
    • Label Your Stuff!
    • WCC Alumni Council Questions and Answers
    • Statement on Proposed Sale of Westminster Choir College Faculty Union Vows to Continue Oppose ill-conceived Sale of Iconic Music School
    • June 7 Letter to Board
    • A Failure of Due Diligence
    • Bond 2017
    • Chronology of the WCC Crisis
    • Kaiwen Education Technology
    • Pending Legal Actions >
      • Legal Complaints against Rider University over Sale of WCC
    • The Legacy of Westminster Choir College
    • Updates and Information Sent to Faculty from AAUP Leadership >
      • A Letter to WCC Faculty regarding President Dell'Omo's Letter
      • Open Letter to Board of Trustees
      • Letter to Faculty
      • How a For-profit Company Might Ruin Westminster
      • A Message from AAUP regarding the potential layoff of Westminster Faculty
      • ​Update on Westminster
    • Press Releases >
      • Outrage Over Rider University's Plan To Sell Legendary Choir College To Chinese For-Profit Company With No Experience in Higher Education
      • DellOmo Lays Off Entire WCC Faculty
    • WCC Crisis in the News >
      • The Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College Initiates Spin-Off Discussions With Rider University Administration
    • Letters of Support for WCC >
      • Eric Whitacre Praises Westminster
      • Statement of support from NJ Higher Ed Leadership Council.
      • Support for Westminster Choir College
    • Teach In at WCC
    • WCC Teach In Audio >
      • Remarks by Laura Brooks Rice
      • Have American Universities Lost Their Way? by Joel Phillips
    • Governance Standards in Institutional Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 2020 Negotiations
    • Outline of Tentative Agreement
    • AAUP Negotiating Team
    • Negotiation Update 5 25 2020
    • Negotiation Update 5 28 2020
    • The 5-Year Impact of President Dell'Omo's Policies
    • ​What Has Happened to your Compensation?