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Faculty, unions and researchers urge statewide safeguards against 'weaponized' student complaints
Summary
Faculty, union leaders and researchers told the Senate Higher Education committee that student complaint systems are increasingly being used in bad faith to target faculty—especially faculty of color and contingent instructors—and urged merit-based screening, routine data collection, and a faculty bill of rights to protect due process and academic freedom.
A panel of faculty, union leaders and researchers told the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee that formal student complaint systems intended to protect students are increasingly being misused to harm faculty, drain institutional resources, and weaken due process.
Davida Sharp, a tenured faculty member, said the presentation was not about limiting student voice but about ‘‘strengthening complaint systems so they function as intended.’’ She and other witnesses described patterns they say indicate systemic misuse: complaints bypassing informal…
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