The road to tenure and promotion at Washington State University is often winding, frustrating and uncertain. The Faculty Senate for many years has discussed and debated how that process could be improved. Reality is, the same thing can be said of most universities nationwide. The difference is, at the request of Provost Robert Bates, WSU […]
Contract negotiation update: At about 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, the WFSE delivered a full counter proposal to WSU administrators regarding the final four articles in the proposed contract. That proposal is now being considered by the university. It includes a request for “union security” and a full insertion of the layoff procedures as found in the […]