Submitted Concerns

Forum Post I am writing to voice faculty concerns about the stability of graduate education in light of ongoing university budget constraints. As we approach the typical April timeline for […]

Forum Post Within the faculty manual, Section III.D.5. Criteria for Review of Faculty, under the section “Operational Principles,” Subsection “Other”, The following text appears: Other Section I.B.3 defines the career-track […]

Forum Post I am writing to voice concerns and questions related to the cancellation of the Turnitin AI Detection software and the memo circulated on Wednesday. Faculty have shared a […]

Forum Post Our faculty recently reviewed the proposed changes to academic regulation 114 regarding the 90-credit bachelor’s degree, and several concerns were raised. While some of these points were discussed […]

Forum Post Many of us (I think) have just learned of the proposed change in bachelor’s degree credit number at WSU from 120 to 90. This is a shocking development […]

Forum Post I noticed that the most recent Provost’s memo on Annual Reviews (https://provost.wsu.edu/documents/2017/08/instructions-faculty-and-administrative-professional-annual-reviews.pdf/) contained the following language: “If the reviewed faculty member teaches at least one Global Campus course, […]

Forum Post It was recently relayed that WSU will start taxing F&A accounts in 2026. It is our opinion that this policy will have a strong negative impact on the […]

Forum Post I am writing to express concern about the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine’s recent accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses affiliated with the Society for Evidence-Based […]

Forum Post For folks whose contracts end in May 2026, especially those with long-term contracts (more than 1 year) coming to an end, would it be possible to provide them […]

Forum Post As more Universities start to receive the offer to sign the Compact for Higher Education from he current Administration, I wanted to know if it would be possible […]

Forum Post We petition university leadership to find alternatives to the recently imposed restrictions on core funding carry forward. Academic units that depend in whole or in part on extramural […]

Forum Post Career track faculty in my unit recently received fixed-term contract renewals. These appointments are designated as “12 months annual, fixed-term, non-tenure track, Faculty rank” in the appointment letter […]

Forum Post I see room for improvement when it comes to the Global Campus course publishing timeline. Issue: I have been teaching classes on the Global Campus for many semesters. […]

Forum Post It was discussed today at faculty meeting that there are rumors that WSU HR is negotiating unionization of postdoctoral scientists. Unlike TA’s in the grad student union, postdocs […]

Forum Post I’m concerned that the WSU faculty perspective is not represented on the Digital Accessibility Subcommittee (https://crmo.wsu.edu/digital-accessibility-subcommittee/). The compliance framing in all messaging from this committee is counterproductive, and […]

Forum Post This message is to request that the WSU Faculty Senate consider a resolution in support WSU joining a Mutual Defense Compact with other institutions of higher education across […]

Forum Post A group of WSU faculty, staff, and students have created a petition we hope you will sign and distribute. We are not allowed to post a link to […]

Forum Post Today, AACU released a joint statement (from members and non members alike, it appears) regarding “the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education”. (https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement) […]

Forum Post It has come to my attention that departments, colleges, and units are being “recommended” by offices (e.g., Provost’s Office and Office of Compliance and Civil Rights) to change […]

Forum Post Dear WSU Administrators, It has come to the attention of many faculty that details and stated goals of the Workload Task Force (WTF) are largely absent. How these […]

Forum Post A constituent has expressed concern regarding the costs associated with former President Kirk Shultz’s consulting role during his sabbatical, as noted in a recent WSU Insider article and […]

Forum Post Barnes and Noble has proposed to the Student Book Corporation (SBC) that WSU adopt the “First Day 2.0” program for student acquisition of all course materials (print and […]

Forum Post Will the faculty senate put together an open letter to the administration on priorities in response to the looming federal budget cuts? Across the board cuts are not […]

Forum Post I just received the “Digital Accessibility — How can you help?” email. The email informs us that we need to take an annual assessment, and that we will […]

Forum Post Can we please consider changing the times of Tuesday/Thursday classes? 8-9:15 9:30-10:45 11-12:15 All system break 1-2:15 2:30-3:45 4-5:15 The lack of consistency throughtout the day, particularly that […]

Forum Post In faculty contracts, a specific % of service is not required. My understanding is that CT and TT faculty have a 20% service load. However, in absence of […]

Forum Post Faculty Senators, please take note! 247Sportrs.com: Kirk Schulz tackles institutional support for WSU athletics head on I’ve been warning people at WSU (faculty, staff and students) about the […]

Forum Post Many faculty members have significant concerns about UCORE and the UCORE Committee itself. First, in an era of enrollment-based budgeting, why is one course in one department allowed […]

Forum Post We are concerned with the issue of grade inflation at WSU. With help from staff at Institutional Research, we constructed this graph (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/908/2024/10/WSU-grade-inflation.png) to show how average GPA […]

Forum Post At the October 17, 2024 Faculty Senate meeting, a constituent concern was raised regarding midterm grades. A faculty member was suggesting that submission be in the 9th week […]

Forum Post Three of the six or seven stumps remaining where trees existed a week ago on the South side of College Ave. across from ETRL have the following characteristics: […]

Forum Post As members of the WSU Faculty Senate, we wish to raise awareness about the impact of WSU audit enrollment processes on WSU ROAR Scholars. The WSU ROAR Program […]

Forum Post ASE’s increased teaching load and with an average of 20 hours per week, will decrease the pass rate in math lower level courses, resulting in lower retention. If […]

Forum Post In the last 6 years WSU’s USNWR annual rankings have plummeted from 140 to the just released 189. The deleterious consequences of this plunge are many and deep, […]

Forum Post I was wondering if the faculty senate could look into university policies for amplified sound at campus events, especially those that occur during regular daytime work hours and […]

Forum Post I teach EconS 526, a mathematics course for Master’s-level economics students. Recently, two of my students informed me that there is a significant delay in scheduling meetings with […]

Forum Post There is a disturbing and abrupt shift at WSU to remove the word “Diversity” from activities formerly known as DEI activities. For example, instead of DEI statements from […]

Forum Post WSU has enacted a practice of neutrality on controversial political topics (https://news.wsu.edu/news/2024/09/09/wsu-enacting-practice-of-neutrality-on-controversial-political-topics/). There is no definition of controversial political topics in the statement. There are topics that seem […]

Forum Post The Senate office received an anonymous concern related to how this section is being interpreted in action: Rule 38: Academic Probation and Recess for At-risk Students (a) Undergraduate […]

Forum Post University leadership needs to take a more active role in attracting students, faculty and staff to Pullman by engaging Pullman leadership directly to stem the hemorrhaging that is […]

Forum Post I am a 1984 graduate of Washington State University and a Platinum Life Member of the WSU Alumni Association. I just learned of an intention to eliminate one […]

Forum Post The budget committee has mandated closing WSU Press, but it appears that no faculty members were consulted, because I heard only a rumor about it last week, and […]

Forum Post In the wake of Chancellor Elizabeth Chilton’s departure, we should apply the same principle that we do to academic losses – that is, don’t fill her position but […]

Forum Post Why is “Pomp and Circumstance” no longer played at Commencement for our graduating seniors, who are expected to seat themselves in silence, whereas it is played for the […]

Forum Post It seems really tone-deaf to me to have a Provost search on top of the Chancellor of Pullman position. This will grow our already byzantine upper administration while […]

Forum Post In Part II of the ‘misinformation’ series, we specifically address WSU’s research enterprise. President Schulz lauded our recent 3% increase in R&D and movement up one position in […]

Forum Post Dear Colleagues, Recent posts on the Faculty Senate Forum have raised concerns about WSU and its leadership but are themselves flawed. Overall, the concerns are understandable, and more […]

Forum Post Perhaps the most accurate reflection of an institution’s values is how it chooses to allocate resources. The Administration aims for budget transparency and provides individual Senators the opportunity […]

Forum Post As we strive to recruit and retain high-quality faculty and staff at WSU, I urge the consideration of two impactful policies – tuition waivers for dependents of employees […]

Forum Post Dear Colleagues, By now, you no doubt have heard much about a group of senior faculty who are highlighting the pervasive, systemic, and long standing concerns that plague […]

Forum Post Please provide detailed tables (not charts) for the last 5 years, at a minimum, showing the following: The income, expenditures, and outflows of each unit (assuming a unit […]

Forum Post Dear Colleagues, A subgroup of five members from a larger group of senior faculty met with President Schulz, Provost and Executive Vice President Chilton, Executive Vice President and […]

Forum Post The following statement was drafted by a group of senior WSU faculty who are deeply concerned about the future of WSU and the University’s leadership. They wish to […]

Forum Post It seems that Graduate Programs will likely have to accommodate the newly negotiated salary increases for Graduate/Teaching/Research Assistants within the existing resources. In my department, we are currently […]

Forum Post I was a little surprised to read in recent emails from the Provost that “the University has already agreed to create a variety of new programs for ASEs, […]

Forum Post With the increase in cost to subscriber premiums, the combined two years of salary increases for some faculty members has been completely erased and more. This can be […]

Forum Post I am the Faculty Senator for the School of Economic Sciences, but I am writing only as a constituent, on my own behalf. In response to the cash […]

Forum Post This concern has been raised on behalf of the ANR-Extension unit and the Puyallup Research and Extension Center faculty, who helped craft the language below: A recent memo […]

Forum Post I understand the graduate students are voting whether to go on strike. If they strike, does the Faculty Senate plan to issue a statement supporting the graduate students […]

Forum Post A constituent reached out concerned about the virtual silence from the university regarding the attack by Hamas on Israel. The constituent wrote to President Schultz directly about this […]

Forum Post I submitted the question below to the September 22nd WSU Pullman Town Hall webinar but it was unfortunately not selected for a live response. Thus, I am submitting […]

Forum Post I would be interested in hearing an update from the faculty senate representative(s) to the Task Force investigating the 2023 US News and World Report college rankings. I […]

Forum Post The cost of parking on the Pullman Campus remains absurdly high, particularly for faculty and staff located in the central part of campus where parking is most expensive […]

Forum Post I’ve reached out to the HRS about fossil fuels in our retirement options and they only referred me to the Social Choice Equity Account via TIAA. Unfortunately, that […]

Forum Post Dear colleagues, I registered to provide a public comment during the June 8-9 Board meeting; public comment is listed as item XII on the agenda, Board of Regents […]

Forum Post In the last senate meeting of the year, President Schulz did not have time to respond to all the questions that had been submitted. Please see his responses […]

Forum Post I am writing to request evaluations of members of the senior administration on the Vancouver campus. It has been well over three years since faculty have been asked […]

Forum Post Faculty on the Vancouver campus have repeatedly asked for 360 degree evaluations of campus administrators (in particular, the VCAA office) through the Council for Faculty Representation (please see […]

Post RE: Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) is requiring us to pay staff and, more importantly, postdocs overtime if they work more than 40 hrs in a week and earn […]

Post Has faculty senate thoroughly discussed what it means for Global to be a campus, particularly if it begins to hire for instruction? With the new budget model, there may […]

Concern Hi!  My constituents are continually concerned about the differences in inflation vs. WSU cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases.  I know we are subject to what the legislature allocates, […]

Concern Despite the President’s pledge last September, there is still no university plan for the Athletics Department to repay the over 80 million dollars it currently owes WSU for covering […]