By Scott Jaschik. A ruling Friday by the National Labor Relations Board may make it more difficult for unions seeking to organize teaching assistants at private universities to do so on a department-by-department basis, as recently happened at Yale University. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. The National Labor Relations Board certified the election results for Columbia University’s new graduate assistant union this month, despite the institution’s challenge to the validity of last year's vote. Columbia argued that there were inconsistencies in voter identification procedures during the election, but the board in its two-to-one member decision said any confusion affected four votes at most — far less than the 979 vote margin of approval for the United Autoworkers-affiliated union. More...
The NTEU has recently held a ballot of its National Council, which voted to change the NTEU’s rules about how elected officers resign their position, and related matters. More...
Blog "HEDway" d'Olivier Rollot. Directeur général de Grenoble EM, vice-président de la président Conférence des Grandes écoles (CGE) au sein de laquelle il préside le Chapitre des écoles de management, Loïck Roche reste résolument optimiste dans l’avenir d’écoles de management même s’il regrette le peu de soutien qu’elles reçoivent de la puissance publique. Plus...
According to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) it should come as no surprise that school leavers entering well-resourced universities with good ATARs and family support are most likely to complete their bachelor degrees within six years. More...
In 2017, academic, professional and general staff in Australian universities will have donated more than 38 million free hours of work to their employers. That’s a contribution in the order of $2.5 billion – or 360 hours per staff member. More...
NTEU has reviewed the recently released 2016 full year higher education statistics from the Department of Education and Training, which shows that while domestic student growth has stablised, international student numbers continue to expand. Indeed, TEQSA's Financial Matters Report (see Key Financial Metrics on Australia’s Higher Education Sector 2016) has found that while total revenue to universities and other higher education providers grew last year by 2.8 per cent, government support has fallen (from 45 percent in 2015 to 41 per cent in 2016 - a loss of $1.4 billion, according to TEQSA), and that this loss has been largely replaced through international student income. More...
NTEU National Executive recently carried the following motion:By Colleen Flaherty. Non-tenure-track faculty members — adjuncts, full-timers and postdoctoral fellows — at Fordham University voted 16-to-1 to form a union affiliated with Service Employees International Union, they announced Tuesday. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate assistants at Georgetown University on Wednesday asked the institution to voluntarily recognize them as a labor union affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers. More...
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