By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate assistants walk out following prolonged contract negotiations over pay, benefits and Title IX protections. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The University of Oregon confirmed it settled for $170,000 with two former professors of architecture who accused it of age discrimination. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The University of St. Thomas in Texas won’t renew contracts for 30 professors next year, as part of a restructuring plan, according to the Houston Chronicle. Two of the 30 professors are said to be tenured, but that could not immediately be confirmed. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. University of Michigan shares insights from its decentralized diversity accountability structure, in which individual academic and administrative units have their own diversity officers. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Student evaluations of teaching, or SETs, can provide a better understanding of what is working and what isn’t in classrooms. But gaining a “meaningful” understanding necessitates separating the “myths and realities” surrounding these evaluations, says a new report on the topic. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, called a grade strike this week, seeking a $1,412-a-month cost of living increase. The graduate workers say that this adjustment would help them afford housing in one of the most expensive rental markets in the U.S. and bring them to wage parity with their peers at the university system’s Riverside campus. More...