FSD 18-06 Resolution to Join AAUP in Opposing Purdue Global Practices

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST FACULTY SENATE

Resolution to Join AAUP in Opposing Purdue Global Practices

Submission Date: 11/05/2018

Action Date: 12/14/18

Approved

Faculty Senate Document 18-06

WHEREAS, both the AAUP and the Indiana Conference of the AAUP have strongly urged faculty to reject any collaboration with Purdue University Global until it fully renounces the predatory practices of the former for-profit Kaplan University and Graham Holdings Company, including unprecedented use of nondisclosure agreements and forced arbitration agreements as conditions of employment and enrollment, respectively;

WHEREAS, Purdue University Global has now rescinded its use of nondisclosure agreements after increased public scrutiny, but still requires forced arbitration agreements as conditions of employment and enrollment;

WHEREAS, new information has emerged showing that Purdue University Global is enforcing a system of prior restraint by requiring faculty to notify administration within sixty minutes of contact with a media outlet;

BE IT RESOLVED that the PNW Senate join AAUP in urging the end of using forced arbitration agreements as a condition of student enrollment; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the PNW Senate join AAUP in urging the end of any form of prior restraint of faculty, including any requirement that infringes upon faculty ability to freely comment on any matter related to the university, including any matters of governance; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the PNW Senate join AAUP in urging all PNW faculty and elsewhere to reject collaboration with Purdue University Global until all forms of prior restraint, forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements are removed from any conditions of either faculty employment or student enrollment.