As Republican Gov. Scott Walker prepares to campaign for president as the man who tamed Wisconsin’s unions, he’s targeting tenure protections for professors at public colleges and universities.
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Seven ways to change how the public sees the humanities
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Non-tenure track professors at Arizona State, after months of protesting a plan they called unfair to them and their students, receive more money and the option to avoid a 5-5 course load.
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Portland State University has been awarded a $1.25 million grant to prepare bilingual teachers to work with students with autism and other profound disabilities
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As fight against college debt has its moment, what do college association leaders think about it?
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Marian Court College's president says after years of declining enrollment and tuition revenue, the institution ran out of options -- sooner than professors expected.
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Session 1 update and other news
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As the activist's racial identity became a national story, her colleagues tried to make sense of their shock.
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Oregon's promise to its students must begin with a frank diagnosis of their needs and a clear path to making college an attainable goal.
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Faculty who use active and participatory learning methods were often frustrated by the inflexible rooms they were assigned to.
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Members of two associations were much more likely to report using them voluntarily than to say others had called for them.
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Portland State University's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to extend President Wim Wiewel's tenure by three years — without a raise.
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The professors’ association also votes to censure Felician College, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Texas’ Cancer Center.
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AAUP BARGAINING on Family-Friendly Policies and SEIU Rally
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Should faculty members be concerned if administrators check references who were not supplied by job candidates?
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Portland State University police officers armed with guns will begin patrolling the campus July 1, as the result of a PSU Board of Trustees vote Thursday.
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Mission creep in public higher education has always worried me, and the worries seem to increase with every passing day.
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From 2000 to 2012, U.S. government spending increased by 32 percent, while state spending fell by 37 percent
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Michael Schill, the University of Oregon's incoming president, will be the highest-paid academic chief executive in the state when he starts work July 1.
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We finally finished ground rules!
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