Wednesday, July 20, 2011
3:00 – 7:00pm Dorm Check-In
2:00 – 6:00pm Registration
Thursday, July 21, 2011
9:00am – 10:00pm Dorm Check-In
10:00am – 6:00pm Registration
3:00 – 5:00pm Opening Seminars
(A) History of the AAUP
(B) Legal Round-Up: Top Cases Affecting Higher Education Today!
(C) Government Relations Update: From Capitol Hill to Campus
(D) Crash Course in Institutional Financial Analysis – Part 1
Thursday Social Activity – Omni Parker House Hotel
5:30pm – 6:30pm Reception – Press Room
6:30pm – 8:30pm Welcome Dinner – Rooftop Ballroom
Friday, July 22, 2011
8:00am – 4:00pm Registration
Friday 8:30am – 11:30am Session I Workshops
(1A) Negotiations 101–Part 1
(1B) Contract and Grievance Administration–Part 1
(1C) Higher Education Data and Research I: Faculty Trends in Faculty Status
(1D) Crash Course in Institutional Financial Analysis–Part 2
(1E) Faculty Advocacy: Understanding and Strengthening Faculty Handbooks–Part 1
(1F) Strength Training for State Conferences
(1G) Professing Solidarity: Is There a Role for Faculty and the Graduate-Student Labor Movement?
(1H) Invasion of the Union Snatchers: A Toolkit for Defending Public Sector Collective Bargaining from Anti-Union Legislation
10:00am – 10:15am Morning Break
Friday 11:30am – 12:45pm Lunch
Friday 1:00pm – 4:00pm Session II Workshops
(2A) Negotiations 101–Part 2
(2B) Contract and Grievance Administration–Part 2
(2C) Higher Education Data and Research II: Faculty Compensation
(2D) Crash Course in Analyzing Your Institution’s Financial Health–Part 3
(2E) Faculty Advocacy: Understanding and Strengthening Faculty Handbooks–Part 2
(2F) Bridging the Gap between Tenure and Non-Tenure Track Faculty
(2G) Maintaining Compliance – DOL and IRS CB Regulations
(2H) Government Relations: The Nuts and Bolts of Lobbying
(2I) Organizing 101: Building a Strong Chapter
2:45pm – 3:00pm Afternoon Break
Friday Social Activity: the New England Aquarium
Buses will begin loading at 5:45pm and depart the university at 6:00pm. (This is a ticketed excursion.)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
8:00am – 4:00pm Registration
Saturday 8:30am – 11:30am Session III Workshops
(3A) Negotiations 101–Part 3
(3B) Contract and Grievance Administration–Part 3
(3C) Higher Education Data and Research III: Faculty Gender Equity
(3D) Crash Course in Analyzing Your Institution’s Financial Health (Part 2: Repeated)
(3E) Social Media as an Organizing Tool
(3F) Developing Shared Governance: Increasing Faculty Participation in Academic Decision-Making
(3G) African American Faculty, Academic Freedom, and Union Organizing
(3H) Winning By Design—Creating Effective Contract Campaigns
(3I) Effective Faculty Governance: Action-Oriented Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure
10:00am – 10:15am Morning Break
Saturday 11:30am – 12:45pm Lunch
Saturday 1:00pm – 4:00pm Session IV Workshops
(4A) Negotiations 101–Part 4
(4B) Contract and Grievance Administration–Part 4
(4C) Practical Information for Building, Strengthening and Maintaining an Effective Advocacy Chapter
(4D) Crash Course in Analyzing Your Institution’s Financial Health (Part 3: Repeated)
(4E) Can You Hear Us Now?: Earned Media and Other Communications Strategies
(4F) Team Building: From Organizing to Bargaining Teams and Beyond
(4G) Committee A Procedures—A Primer for Chapters and Conferences
(4H) Advanced Topics in Bargaining: Interest-Based Bargaining
(4I) Underrepresented Faculty in Union Work: Combining Social Justice and Advocacy for Underrepresented Students and Faculty Organizing
2:45pm – 3:00pm Afternoon Break
Saturday Social Activity: Free Time to Explore Boston
On Your Own for Saturday Dinner
Sunday, July 24, 2011
8:00am – 10:00am Breakfast and Roundtable Discussion
Omni Parker House Hotel, Press Room
Roundtable Topic: “We Are All Workers: The Attacks on Public Sector Employees and Its Implications for Higher Education.”