He believes this will be a problem and that this is one area in which he has no experience. Walker hopes that the President will make recommendations to the Commission and that the Commission will adopt them. Walker hopes that there will be no micro management by the Commission or the Board of Trustees. Howze encouraged faculty to read Flynt s comments made at the Sept. 18 commission meeting, they are available on the web. Flynt discussed what we are doing wrong and how the board is acting incorrectly.
Faculty has yet to be involved with the identification of priorities and elimination of programs.
Howze believes that the faculty owns the academic programs, if changes are going to be made we need to be involved. Howze would like Muse to make a commitment to the Commission that there will be cuts and that money will be redirected but that we at that point do not identify what will and will not be cut. C. Bailey announced that a meeting of the local chapter of AAUP will meet on Monday, November 9 to discuss Auburn s current situation. Further information on time and location will be available.