Our Mission
Faculty for Emory is a group drawn from across the university united in its concern for the future of Emory University. We are united by a commitment that Emory must reaffirm its mission “to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.” Faculty for Emory is not affiliated with any national, regional, or local organization, or to any institutional body within the university, and, to the extent possible, will cooperate/coordinate with faculty governance bodies within Emory University. We are non-partisan. Our concerns and goals are straightforward: Emory University has gone off-course in its institutional culture, values, and vision and is thus struggling to meet its responsibilities. Reforms are necessary to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century by reemphasizing our academic mission and the faculty's role in it.
Our Goals
Reaffirm the University’s Mission and Faculty’s Central Role
Recommit to Emory’s mission of teaching, training, research, and learning and recognize the faculty’s central role in these core objectives.
Promote Excellence Beyond Metrics
Foster a renewed commitment to academic and reputational excellence, critical thinking, creative research and scholarship, quality patient care, training, and a tolerant, broad-minded ethos across all areas of academic life instead of a narrow emphasis on short-term financial success.
Champion Transparency and Faculty Governance
Assert faculty leadership in shaping academic policy by advocating for greater administrative transparency and robust shared governance over all academic matters. Create an environment where active faculty governance is cultivated, supported, and rewarded.
Realign Administrative Processes to Academic Priorities
Prioritize academic mission in setting administrative agendas rather than the reverse. Reduce the administrative footprint, streamline bureaucracy, and ensure that faculty time is utilized judiciously for academic responsibilities over non-academic mandates.
Commit to Academic Freedom, Free Expression, and Open Discourse
Strengthen Emory’s dedication to open expression, debate, and dialogue, including efforts to create a safe, intellectually diverse environment for campus and classroom discussions. Prioritize students, mentored by faculty, developing their own informed perspectives over faculty or administrative activism.