HIGHER ED FACULTY
Adjuncts Vote to Unionize at College of Saint Rose
September 22, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Adjunct faculty members at the College of Saint Rose, in New York, have voted to unionize read more >
September 22, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Adjunct faculty members at the College of Saint Rose, in New York, have voted to unionize read more >
September 19, 2014 / Phil Lesch
If Oregon enacts a program to give free community college to some or many young adults who want it, it wouldn't actually be free for students. read more >
September 19, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Faculty members on the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus voted on Wednesday to censure the system president read more >
September 17, 2014 / Phil Lesch
When our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was ratified in spring term of 2014, it contained two Letters of Agreement (LOA), one for a Task Force on Family Friendly Policies and one on Academic Quality. We need support on both Task Forces! read more >
September 17, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Part-time lecturers at Eastern Michigan University are protesting a decision by its administration to delay their first paycheck. read more >
September 16, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The finalized and revised Collective Bargaining Agreement for 2013-2015 has been released read more >
September 16, 2014 / Phil Lesch
PSU-AAUP summer update and caucus dates read more >
September 16, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The search for a new president of the University of Oregon will be a marked departure for the school, conducted largely in private and run largely by the chairman of the new board of trustees. read more >
September 16, 2014 / Phil Lesch
A doctoral program proposed at Georgetown University includes preparation for nonacademic careers. But critics say it would cheapen the degree. read more >
September 15, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Reporters at The Chronicle share the trends they see as the growth of the work force transforms the professoriate. read more >
September 15, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Turf battle breaks out between the Vikings head coach and the athletic department's new marketing chief. Where's the missing $20,000 and what does it mean? read more >
September 15, 2014 / Phil Lesch
As the University of Oregon begins to look for its sixth president in seven years, faculty and staff union leaders say they are being blocked from having much say in the new search. read more >
September 15, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The University of Pittsburgh has backed down from a plan to require faculty members to sign away their intellectual-property rights, indefinitely postponing the deadline it had set for them to do so read more >
September 12, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The UO governing board gives its chairman, and others, broad search roles read more >
September 12, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The Illinois board’s vote to reject the outspoken scholar marks not the end of the story but the beginning of the next chapter. read more >
September 11, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Advocates of academic freedom see college leaders’ calls for lowering the temperature of campus debates as attacks on free speech. read more >
September 11, 2014 / Phil Lesch
In St. Louis and around the country, professors and students grapple with the lessons of Ferguson. read more >
September 11, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Critics say Phyllis M. Wise gives the appearance of being open to other views, then acts independently. read more >
September 10, 2014 / Phil Lesch
It looks like Americans may not be getting as much return on their investment as they could be. read more >
September 10, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The jilted scholar says in an interview he wants the job that was offered him. read more >