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•URGENT:
Support Job Security for College
Teachers
LECTURER'S
POLICY REFORM
MINIMUM
DEMANDS
[Addendum:
my minimum demands, based on student
petitions, include health insurance,
implicit in the text below, paid
sabbatical in Autumn 2007 so I can
publish, continuation as Four Year Advisor
and Faculty Associate, and full
reinstatement in Spring 2008, in Religious
Studies or Humanities]
1/7/07
To the Washington University Community,
especially my Student and Alumni
Supporters:
Thank
you for your support, and thank you for
signing one of the petitions on my behalf.
Following the example of Gandhi, I will
insist only on my minimum demands. These
are based on a conservative reading of the
most
widely circulated
petition,
signed by about 500 of you so far, which
asks the University to "safeguard" my
position. I interpret this as a vote for
the status quo, and the five year program
of courses announced on my website (posted
in 2004); http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jhbauer/five_year_plan.htm;
amended in Autumn 2006; http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jhbauer/nextyearplan.htm#courseproposals.
I respectfully ask the University to renew
my Lecturer's contract for 2007-2008, and
to work towards Lecturer's Policy reform,
so we don't have to do this again next
year. I would like to be promoted to
Senior Lecturer, but the petition does not
mention this, nor does it mention a pay
raise or any specific reform. To
"safeguard" my position implies only a
general endorsement of reform.
Here
are my minimum demands, based on the
status quo:
*Renewal
of my position as Lecturer in Religious
Studies for 2007-2008.
*Renewal
of my position as Faculty Associate on the
South 40, and informal recognition of my
work with the WashU
Cooperative.
*Renewal
of my status as teacher of Focus 2310-11,
"Cooperative Living, Community Building,
and Sustainability," still without pay. I
believe I should be paid for this course
but the petition does not mention it, so
it would be unfair to make this a
condition now.
*Renewal
of my $700 budget for presentation of
research at conferences, which I have in
recent years preferred to apply to
educational events for Religious Studies
and the Coop.
*Renewal
of my position as Four Year Advisor to
students and alumni of Focus 2310-11, and
3 credits of academic credit for any three
alumni of the course who wish to assist
with next year's course.
*Recognition
of my intellectual property rights to all
my courses (including titles, course
descriptions, and syllabi) except ReSt
250F and ReSt 260/368. I was asked by the
two Religious Studies Chairs with whom I
have worked to stay here, and take a pay
cut to teach my signature courses in
University College and Summer School, and
at local universities. I was urged to "be
creative" and "cook up something." If
anybody is ever to be asked to do this, a
clear and legally binding distinction
between "service courses" which may be
assigned to another instructor by a
Program Chair, and "signature courses,"
which may not, must be recognized.
This
proposal is a bargain for Washington
University, as my work has always been. I
ask very little in exchange for dedicated
service. Until quite recently, I never
even complained. After eight years of
loyal service, I deserve better than to be
kicked in the teeth and handed my hat. The
University owes me an apology, but since
the student petitions make no mention of
this, I do not require one. I remain a
loyal member of the Washington University
faculty, and ask only that Washington
University, and its Religious Studies and
Focus Programs, show some loyalty to
me.
Signing
a petition on my behalf in no way implies
endorsement of every proposal and
pronouncement I have made, or will make. I
will continue to speak freely, to promote
discussion of education reform, and so
should you.
Please
attend the next open Student Union meeting
to show support for Lecturer's Policy
reform, so nobody ever has to go through
this again. Who determines the needs of
the University and its Programs, the
bureaucrats or you, the consumers of a
very expensive product, a Washington
University education?
Thanking
you,
Jerome
Bauer
www.jeromebauer.com
Letter
Posted in late August 2006
Dear
students and other friends,
Thank
you for all your support. This summer I
have been gratified to learn the extent of
my student support and the depth of my
students' appreciation. When students hear
that I may not be here next year, if
Washington University has its way, they
often ask me if they can take my courses,
if I stay in St Louis and teach at another
school, and transfer the credits to WashU.
The short answer is 'no.�
This will probably not work out. I know
that many of you came here to take my
courses (and not courses by the same name,
taught by someone else).
I
have decided to stay. If you want me to
stay, you must waste no time, and petition
all the Deans and Chancellors and
Department Chairs, all the powers that be,
to keep me here. YOU are the ones paying
the rather high tuition, or your parents
are paying on your behalf. YOU will be
alumni, and potential donors to this
university. As consumers of an expensive
product, you ought to have a
say.
Please,
help us to ⤜skew the
curriculum� towards
cooperative learning, sustainable living,
egalitarian community, and
student-oriented open curriculum, tailored
to the individual student's needs. That is
my specialty, and I thank you for
acknowledging this.
Please
send emails to ALL of the people listed
below, if you wish to support me. Here are
some specifics: you could request that a)
I be promoted to Senior Lecturer in
Religious Studies, Cooperative Learning,
and Environmental Humanities, perhaps
affiliated with the Center for the Study
of Ethics and Human Values, and/or the
Center for the Humanities. If this
University persists in its plan to hire
another scholar of South Asian religion,
let this not be done at my expense, in an
attempt to replace me, as if any person is
replaceable. I would welcome some help,
however. I should not have to do all the
work, teaching all the South Asian
religion classes. More choice would
benefit the students.
Please
support my intellectual property rights to
my courses, course titles and
descriptions, and my extensive and
well-researched syllabi. This is my work,
not to be appropriated by administrative
fiat.
Please
support the same rights for all dedicated
Teaching Faculty, and please support our
right to organize, and to work as hard as
we wish. Please support better pay and job
security for all Teaching Faculty,
everywhere.
If
you get a response, you may be told that I
am a ⤜pre-tenure
track� Lecturer. However, the
Lecturer's Policy does not distinguish
between so-called
⤜pre-tenure
track� and any other kind.
Even if it did, this should make no
difference. I have more than earned my
promotion. This is my opinion, which I am
glad many of you share. I have always been
open about my priorities: teaching above
publication. This is my chosen career
path. I am a proud, loyal faculty member
of Washington University, and I think I,
and all the other workers here, deserve a
living wage, reasonable job security, and
a modicum of respect. I would be proud to
continue as
⤜Lecturer�
or ⤜Senior
Lecturer.� No job title could
be more honorable.
I
made a promise to my Focus 2311 students,
in Spring 2005, in the lounge of the WashU
Coop, that I would stay here, on Pershing
Avenue, my new homestead, to tend our
common garden, and watch our fruit trees
grow. I am particularly grateful for the
support of Coop students and friends, and
I am happy to keep my promise to you all.
I will always be here.
Please
email, and/or write to ALL of the Powers
That Be listed below, as soon as possible.
Time is of the essence. (Please see my
⤜Plan B�
appended below; for
⤜Plan A�
please see my website,
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jhbauer/five_year_plan.htm
All this will soon be posted on my
website(s)).
Sincerely,
Jerome
Bauer
per
veritatem vis
satyam
eva jayate
the
truth is out there
Please
contact:
*Chancellor
Mark Wrighton, wrighton@wustl.edu ,
314-935-5100, Campus Box 1192
*Executive
Vice Chancellor and Dean of Arts and
Sciences Edward S. Macias,
macias@wustl.edu , 314-935-6820, Campus
Box 1094
*Vice
Chancellor for Students and Dean of
College of Arts and Sciences James E.
McLeod, jemcleod@wustl.edu, 314-935-7747,
Campus Box 1117
*Assistant
Vice Chancellor for Students and Dean of
Students Justin Carroll,
carroll@wustl.edu, 314-935-4001, Campus
Box 1250
*Associate
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Delores Kennedy, dkkenned@wustl.edu, 314
935-6800, Campus Box 1117
*Beata
Grant, Chair of the Program in Religious
Studies, bgrant@artsci.wustl.edu,
314-935-8577, Campus Box 1111
*Jill
Stratton, Associate Director of
Residential Life, 314-935-5050, Campus Box
1250
⤜Plan
B�
[Note:
This plan involves me getting paid for the
Coop Multifocus course. Plan A does not; I
am happy to teach pro bono, as long as I
have a ⤜living
wage�]
Jerome
Bauer, Five Year Plan,
2006-2011
2006-2007
AUTUMN
2006
*RS
250F Hinduism: An Introduction / The Hindu
Traditions
*RS
/ IS 339F Yoga Traditions
*FOCUS
2310 / STA 395 Cooperative Living,
Community Building, and
Sustainability
*RS
[UC] 3223 Hindu Medicine and
Indian Food
SPRING
2007
*RS
/ IS 3391 Karma and Rebirth
*RS
3392 Miracles, Marvels, and
Magic
*FOCUS
2311 / STA 395 Cooperative Living,
Community Building, and
Sustainability
*RS
[UC] 470 Topics in Religious
Studies: Middle-Earth and Bharata
Varsha
SUMMER
2007
*RS
/ IA [UC] 470 Topics in Religious
Studies: Theosophical Societies and New
Age Spiritualities
*RS
160 [Summer] Science Fiction and
Religion: May the Force Be With
You
*RS,
EnvSt, STA [Summer] 2xx
Cooperation, Sustainablity, and
Spirituality [based on, and serving as
a companion to, FOCUS 2311]
2007-2008
AUTUMN
2007
*RS
[UC] 3223 Hindu Medicine and
Indian Food
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA [UC] 2xx
Cooperation, Ideology, and Utopia
[based on, and serving as a companion
to, FOCUS 2310]
*FOCUS
2310 [Day School] (2 sections)
Cooperative Living, Community Building,
and Sustainability [team taught with
Coop students, open to the community, with
an emphasis on putting theory into
practice]
SPRING
2008
*RS
3xx [UC] Karma, Rebirth, and Grace
[my signature course,
⤜Karma and
Rebirth,� moved to the
evening school, along with my trademarked
multi-track syllabus]
*RS
3xx [UC] Miracles, Marvels, and
Magic [my unique course of the same
name, moved to the evening school with my
trademarked multi-track
syllabus]
*FOCUS
2311 [Day School] Coperative
Living, Community Building, and
Sustainability [team taught with Coop
students, open to the community, with an
emphasis on putting theory into
practice]
SUMMER
2008
*RS,
EnvSt, STA [Summer] 2xx
Cooperation, Sustainablity, and
Spirituality
*RS,
EnvSt, STA [Summer] 2xx Save the
Planets: Environmental Themes in Science
Fiction and Fantasy
*RS
/ IA 470 [UC] Fundamentalisms East
and West
2008-2009
AUTUMN
2008
*RS
[UC] 3xx Yoga
Traditions
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA [UC] 2xx
Cooperation, Ideology, and
Utopia
*FOCUS
2310 [Day School] (2 sections)
Cooperative Living, Community Building,
and Sustainability
SPRING
2009
*RS
[UC] 3xx Karma, Rebirth, and
Grace
*RS
[UC] 470 Topics in Religious
Studies: Middle-Earth and Bharata
Varsha
*FOCUS
2311 [Day School] Cooperative
Living, Community Building, and
Sustainability
SUMMER
2009
*RS
160 [Summer] Science Fiction and
Religion: May the Force Be With
You
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA 2xx [Summer]
Cooperation, Sustainability, and
Spirituality
*RS
/ IA 470 [UC] Topics in Religious
Studies: Theosophical Societies and New
Age Spiritualities
2009-2010
AUTUMN
2009
*RS
3223 [UC] Hindu Medicine and
Indian Food
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA 2xx [Day School]
Cooperation, Ideology, and
Utopia
*FOCUS
2310 [Day School] (2 sections)
Cooperative Living, Community Building,
and Sustainability
SPRING
2010
*RS
3xx [UC] Karma, Rebirth, and
Grace
*RS
3xx [UC] Miracles, Marvels, and
Magic
*FOCUS
2311 [Day School] Cooperative
Living, Community Building, and
Sustainability
SUMMER
2010
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA 2xx [Summer] Save
the Planets: Environmental Themes in
Science Fiction and Fantasy
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA 2xx [Summer]
Cooperation, Sustainability, and
Spirituality
*RS
470 [UC] Topics in Religious
Studies: Veda and Vedanta
2010-2011
AUTUMN
2010
*RS
3xx [UC] Yoga
Traditions
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA 2xx [UC]
Cooperation, Ideology, and
Utopia
*FOCUS
2310 [Day School] (2 sections)
Cooperative Living, Community Building,
and Sustainability
SPRING
2011
*RS
3xx [UC] Karma, Rebirth, and
Grace
*RS
470 [UC] Topics in Religious
Studies: Middle-Earth and Bharata
Varsha
*FOCUS
2311 [Day School] (2 sections)
Cooperative Living, Community Building,
and Sustainability
SUMMER
2011
*RS
160 [Summer] Science Fiction and
Religion: May the Force Be With
You
*RS
/ EnvSt / STA 2xx [Summer]
Cooperation, Sustainability, and
Spirituality
*RS
/ IA 470 [UC] Topics in Religious
Studies: Fundamentalisms East and
West
[For
my point of view, please see:
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jhbauer/respect.htm
]
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