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A plan to reduce faculty workloads at Metropolitan State University of Denver, which had been expected to take effect in the fall, has been delayed indefinitely, Colorado Public Radio reported.
The planned reduction would have had most tenure-track faculty members reduced from teaching four to three courses a semester. The university would hire additional faculty members to make up for the lost courses.
But a recent memo from Janine Davidson, the president, to faculty members said the board wanted the policy delayed. Board members fear it is not financially sustainable, she said.
Faculty members are upset.
“It caught, I think, everyone off guard,” said Sheila Rucki, a political science professor at the university. “Everyone was surprised. The deans, everyone who had been sort of planning for the implementation in fall, was just shocked.”
