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Professors' Fund for Educational Issues
What is PFEI & What does PFEI stand for:
The Professors' Fund For Educational Issues, Inc. (PFEI) is a Sec. 501 (c) (3) corporation established by faculty members for faculty members. It was created in 1990 to provide an opportunity to raise tax-deductible contributions for grants for worthwhile projects developed by members of the professiorate.
You do not have to be an AAUP member to contribute to PFEI; nor do you need to be a member to apply for a grant from PFEI. PFEI has already distributed over $12,000 in grants to support a variety of meetings, workshops, symposia, research projects, tenure and academic freedom issues. Some of the most recent grants are listed below.
| ~EMU: | Women's Studies Program |
| ~UDM: | "Mission, Image, and Academic Freedom"-guest panelist: Joseph Columbo (University of San Diego) |
| ~MSU: | "Faculty and Salaries in the 90's"-Speaker: Daniel Hameresch (MSU) |
| ~UM-AA: | Women's Research Club (Publications) |
| ~UM-FLINT: | Sexual Harrassment Forum |
| ~MICH-AAUP: | The Fiscal Crisis in Higher Education-Speaker, U.S. Representative Howard Wolpe |
| ~MSU: | "Too important to leave to Administrators by Faculty-Budget analysis"-Speaker Marc Cogan (WSU) |
| ~MICH-AAUP: | "Evaluation of Administrators by Faculty"-Speaker-Donald Gray, Indiana University |
| ~MSU: | Faculty Position Replacement Survey |
| ~UM-AA: | Academic and Intellectual Freedom Lecture |
| ~UM-AA | Delegates for the Governance Conference |
| ~EMU: | Foundation Study on Administrators |
| ~UM-AA: | Annual Newsletter |
| ~Various | Colleges & Universities: Academic Freedom at Religiously Affiliated Institutions |
| ~Various | Colleges & Universities: Leadership Conference |
| ~Various | Colleges & Universities: Committtee T Conference-Washington, D.C. |
| ~Various | Colleges & Universities: Michigan Conference - AAUP 2000 Annual Meeting |
| Delta College | Delta College Conference |
We would like to invite you to become a member of PFEI by sending a tax-deductible contribution of $25.00 or more to PFEI, 115 West Allegan Street, Suite 320. Lansing, Michigan 48933-1712
You can also request a PFEI Grant Application by e-mail: office@miaaup.org
PFEI Board Members
| Position | Name | Contact | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Joel Russell Professor of Chemistry | Office: 248-370-2086 Fax: 248-370-2321 E-Mail: russell@oakland.edu | Oakland University 201 Pryale Hall Rochester, MI 48309 |
| Vice President | Charles B. Smith Professor, Department of Pharmacology | Office: 734-763-9825 Fax: 734-763-4450 E-Mail: cbsmith@umich.edu | University of Michigan Pharmacology A317 MSRB III Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632 |
| Secretary | Raymond Ventre Professor of English | Office: 906-227-2222 E-Mail: rventre@nmu.edu | Northern Michigan University English Department 234 Gries Hall Marquette, MI 49855 |
| Treasurer | Paul T. Wilson Assoc. Professor of Literary Studies | Office: 269-387-3494 E-Mail: paul.t.wilson@wmich.edu | Western Michigan University Special Education and Literary Studies Department 3416 Sangren Hall Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5258 |
| Director | Charles J. Parrish Department of Political Science | Office: 313-577-6334 Fax: 313-577-1274 E-Mail: c.parrish@wayne.edu | Wayne State University Department of Political Science Detroit, MI 48202 |
| Director | Howard Bunsis Professor, Dept. of Accounting and Finance | Office: 734-487-2519 Fax: E-Mail: howard.bunsis@emich.edu | Eastern Michigan University 406 Owen Ypsilanti, MI 48197 |
| Director | Joel Boyd Career English Language Center for International Students | Office: 269-387-4158 E-Mail: joel.boyd@wmich.edu | Western Michigan University 0441 Ellsworth Hall Kalamazoo, MI 49008 |