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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Senate consists of 11 standing committees that cover various issues.

The Daily Explains: The structure and function of the Faculty Senate

November 13, 2024

The Faculty Senate is the elected body of Northwestern faculty, representing members from the Evanston, Chicago and Qatar campuses. The Senate consists of 94 members, including faculty from each department,...

Outgoing Faculty Senate President Baron Reed. Faculty Senate earlier this month approved a resolution requesting the University move toward multi-year contracts for non-tenure eligible faculty.

Faculty Senate asks University to move toward multi-year contracts, provide earlier appointment decisions for NTE faculty

June 25, 2019

Faculty Senate approved a resolution proposed by Non-Tenure Eligible Committee earlier this month requesting the University better support non-tenure eligible faculty in contract renewals. The resolution,...

A doctoral student rallies for NTE faculty unionization in 2017. The bid to form a union eventually failed Tuesday when formerly contested ballots were counted, and only two of the 25 voted in favor.

Looking back at NU faculty efforts to form non-tenure eligible union

October 10, 2018

A two-year long struggle to form a non-tenure eligible faculty union failed Tuesday after a final tally was completed by the National Labor Relations Board. Since NTE faculty first filed for the unionization...

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