2018 AAUP of SC Fall Conference Agenda
FALL AAUP STATE CONFERENCE
The Inn at USC
1619 Pendleton Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803-779-7779
October 20, 2018
THEME: Phase III– What Does Shared Governance Mean for My University and My State?
GOAL: Evaluate and Continue: Two-Year Plan of Action Through Topic Working Groups
AGENDA
9:00 – 9:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 9:35 Welcome
9:35 – 10:00 Keynote Address by Brian Turner Professor and Chair Department of Political Science Randolph-Macon College, AAUP Assembly of State Conferences National Chair
10:00 Break
10:05 – 10:55 USCAiken Chapter Chairs Discussion of Proposed Plans for “Campus Equity Week” October 22 – 26, 2018 (Committee Z on Economic Status and Faculty Welfare)
10:55 Break
11:00 – Noon Discussion/Action on State Conference initiative to defray costs of
National dues for contingent faculty.
Discussion/Action on adoption of a unified survey on SC Higher Education Governance to be made available to all SC higher education faculty.
Discussion of AAUP Summer Institute and AAUP Summer Conference
Noon – 1:15 PM Lunch (We’ll walk a few blocks to a nearby eatery)
1:15 – 2:00 State of the State
• update of legislative issues
• 2018 State Funding: SC Higher Education
2:00 Break
2:05 – 3:15 PM Chapter Business Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of minutes from Spring Meeting
3. Budget report
4. Secretary Report
5. President’s Report/Comments
6. Old Business (Dr. Daniel Turner/CCU update; Awards for Chapters
7. New Business (Announcements and scheduling Spring Meeting, etc.)
8. Adjournment