We Need a Union to Preserve the Teacher-Scholar Model

Miami University has enjoyed a long tradition of support for the teacher-scholar model, actively promoting lifelong learning with students while blending teaching and scholarship into a single synergistic endeavor. I support the organization of a faculty union at Miami University because I believe wholeheartedly in this model and because recent policy decisions have placed the model in peril.  It is my duty and my responsibility to preserve it for future Miami students.