Top-Down Culture of Institutional Oppression

In a Faculty Council meeting, professors present a question for the dean, asking what the dean is doing to address the fact that pressure on profs to produce is ever-increasing, while they are being required to teach bigger classes and with less teaching support.  Profs are experiencing the effects of this pressure on their mental and physical health, and now in addition are facing the threat of salary freezes. The Dean’s response is to completely dismiss the concerns that are being shared. She expresses total disregard for the health and well-being of the faculty, saying that what was described is usual work for tenured profs. and that salary freezes are not confirmed.