By Colleen Flaherty. New study of faculty members with mental health issues finds they disclose conditions selectively to trusted colleagues but are less trusting of and have worse reactions from staff members whose job it is to help them. More...
13 juillet 2017
Portrait of Faculty Mental Health
NLRB Orders USC to Negotiate With Adjunct Union
By Colleen Flaherty. In a unanimous decision, the National Labor Relations Board this week ordered the University of Southern California to recognize and engage in collective bargaining with the non-tenure-track faculty union at its Roski School of Art and Design. More...
An Inconvenient Adjunct
By Colleen Flaherty. Barnard English instructor of 17 years, who helped bring a union to campus, no longer has a job there, and she blames the contract for allowing it. More...
Study on Students and 'Authenticity' in Classroom
By Colleen Flaherty. “Authentic” professors are preferred by students, many of whom learn more from them as a result, according to a new study in Communication Education, the journal of the National Communication Association. The authors questioned some 300 college students on their perceptions of professors’ authentic and inauthentic behavior and communication, and found that authentic instructors were perceived as approachable, passionate, attentive, capable and knowledgeable. More...
Seek and Hide
By Colleen Flaherty. Why did Fresno State cancel a search for a professorship named after Edward Said? University says procedural errors occurred, but scholars say it didn't like the pool of Middle Eastern finalists with Palestinian research portfolios. More...
‘Concession to Violent Intimidation’
By Colleen Flaherty. A Princeton professor who recently criticized Trump in a commencement speech cancels planned public speaking events, saying she's received death threats for her comments. More...
New Guide on Undergraduate STEM Education
By Colleen Flaherty. The Association of American Universities, which works, in part, to improve math, science, engineering and technology education for undergraduates, this week released a report on “Essential Questions and Data Sources for Continuous Improvement of Undergraduate STEM Teaching and Learning.” More...
First-Gen Faculty
By Colleen Flaherty. University of California plan forges connections between students and professors who were the first in their families to attend a four-year institution. Read more...
When a Court Overturns a Tenure Decision
By Colleen Flaherty. Court vacates a tenure denial by Cornell, finding that the university denied basic due process over allegations that were rejected or never proven. Supporters say an important researcher is having his career stymied. Read more...
Assistant Professors Have Rights, Too
By Colleen Flaherty. New York judge says Yeshiva University, based on its own policies, can't terminate tenure-track professors for financial reasons. Read more...
