HIGHER ED FACULTY
Inertia vs. Freedom in Faculty Life
August 31, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Surviving a clash between the most powerful force in the universe and the most perilous perk in academe read more >
August 31, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Surviving a clash between the most powerful force in the universe and the most perilous perk in academe read more >
August 31, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The president of Portland State University's fundraising arm and the school's chief development officer are resigning after pursuing a $100 million gift from a self-described billionaire who turned out to be a recently bankrupt bitcoin dealer known for peddling grandiose schemes. read more >
August 27, 2015 / Phil Lesch
On August 25th, we continued to discuss the job insecurity faced by hundreds of PSU educators and researchers. read more >
August 27, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The National Labor Relations Board in Washington on Thursday made it substantially easier for unions to bargain for higher wages and benefits, opening the door for organized workers at fast-food chains. read more >
August 27, 2015 / Phil Lesch
An uproar over health-care cuts has turned into a widespread protest against the university’s treatment of graduate students. read more >
August 26, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Alice Dreger, an author and professor of medical humanities, says a dean tried to censor portions of an essay in a journal she guest-edited. read more >
August 25, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Nancy Golden, who for two years has overseen public education in Oregon from preschool to college, will retire in two weeks, Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday. read more >
August 25, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Talk about a tough break. read more >
August 25, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Forty-one campus leaders at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have signed an open letter calling on the institution to hire Steven G. Salaita, whose appointment to a professorship was nixed last year over the scholar’s anti-Israel tweets. read more >
August 20, 2015 / Phil Lesch
While classified workers say they’re preparing to strike... read more >
August 20, 2015 / Phil Lesch
WHO do you think received more cash from Yale’s endowment last year: Yale students, or the private equity fund managers hired to invest the university’s money? read more >
August 18, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Board says it won't assert jurisdiction over whether Northwestern University athletes are employees, effectively killing their union drive. The vague decision divides experts on the prospects for athlete unions generally. read more >
August 17, 2015 / Phil Lesch
On August 14th, we continued to process Non-Tenure Track Faculty issues using the Interest-Based Bargaining steps. read more >
August 17, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Rising cost of pension system will undermine support for state, local government read more >
August 17, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Ashland University eliminates faculty jobs -- including those of some with tenure -- to free up funds for new programs, deferred maintenance and faculty raises. read more >
August 14, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Universities are the latest target of conservative politicians with an agenda to push read more >
August 13, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Lots of departments want to know what they’re doing right for non-tenure-track faculty members, what they can do better and how that climate affects student learning. But how to measure it? read more >
August 12, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Everyone knows student debt is growing. College costs are growing. Student debt delinquencies are rising. And now Hillary Clinton has her own plan for how to stem that tide of financial problems for college graduates. read more >
August 11, 2015 / Phil Lesch
A federal judge has allowed his lawsuit against the University of Illinois to proceed, and the chancellor who rescinded his appointment last year has resigned amid an ethics investigation. read more >
August 10, 2015 / Phil Lesch
What happens when social workers grow tired of poor working conditions and poverty wages? At my workplace, we formed a union. read more >