Under cover of the busy end of the semester, American University's leadership announced a decision to hire the Huron Consulting Group, which has brought disastrous 'restructuring' to the New School, Marymount Univ, West Virginia Univ, and elsewhere. AAUP statement to come. Please share widely.
Is American in financial trouble?
They never learn do they?
Was this much of a surprise ? I don’t know the current administration, but when I was at AU in the 90s and part of graduate student governance, we were constantly fighting with them over crap decisions that they paid consultants huge fees to bless. Lower stakes issues I imagine, but a trend
Ugh, so sorry! We are about to be "transformed" and Huron Group is among the five firms our admin solicited proposals from.
Similar to what is happening at my institution—restructuring with the brief comment window over the winter break.
Shit, I’m really sorry…
Oh no! God.
AAUP statement: "The American University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) expresses its grave concern with the decision of the Administration to hire the Huron Consulting Group."
I'm so sorry.