CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The University of Virginia chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) stands in support of the September 5 no-confidence letter in which 128 School of Medicine faculty ask for the resignation of UVA Health’s CEO and Dean of the School of Medicine.
In a letter submitted by AAUP’s Executive Committee on September 12, the chapter said the letter’s allegations are consistent with the chapter’s own long-standing concerns regarding “the systematic flaunting of disregard for the values of our academic mission under the disguise of mutual trust,” including a “fear and retribution among faculty that affects shared governance and academic freedom.”
Citing “the climate of fear and, or retaliation,” the chapter encourages faculty members in the School of Medicine “who have been denied due process or suffered retaliation for speaking out in relation to shared governance, academic freedom or promotion and tenure to access formal institutional grievance channels.” The chapter goes on to say that it anticipates receiving complaints and that if, and when, it occurs, they intend to investigate the complaints more fully per Committee A-compliant procedures.
The full letter can be read at the link below.
