By Greta Anderson. The University of Maine's College Republicans chapter's "America First" politics and controversial social media posts have alienated some members and prompted its faculty adviser to quit. More...
12 janvier 2020
12 janvier 2020
Wisconsin Shifts Commitment
By Greta Anderson. The state will now consider transfers and Minnesota residents in Madison's annual in-state enrollment commitment. More...
12 janvier 2020
Debate Around UVA ‘Watch List’ Reignites
By Greta Anderson. Members of University of Virginia's student government are questioning the university's second look at legacy and donor-recommended applicants. More...
12 janvier 2020
Professor Arrested in Prostitution Sting
By Colleen Flaherty. Truman State University suspended a professor of communications charged with patronizing prostitutes in a case allegedly involving students, the Kirksville Daily Express reported. More...
12 janvier 2020
Harvard Grad Assistants End Strike With No Contract
By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate student assistants at Harvard University ended a 29-day strike last week, without having reached a first union contract agreement with their administration. The student workers, who are affiliated with the United Auto Workers, went on strike in early December after spending more than a year trying to negotiate their first deal. They were seeking what they described as fair pay, comprehensive health care and protections from harassment and discrimination. More...
12 janvier 2020
Political Science Conference Still Planned for Puerto Rico
By Colleen Flaherty. The Southern Political Science Association confirmed that its annual conference will still take place starting today in San Juan, Puerto Rico. That’s despite a major earthquake that hit the island Tuesday and a string of earlier, smaller earthquakes -- not to mention the ongoing reconstruction from 2017’s devastating Hurricane Maria. More...
12 janvier 2020
Academic Diversity Officers
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...
12 janvier 2020
UC Santa Cruz Grad Assistants Strike for COLA
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...
12 janvier 2020
New Jersey Adjuncts Win Raise
By Colleen Flaherty. Adjunct faculty members at nine New Jersey institutions secured their biggest pay increase ever in a tentative contract agreement late last month, NorthJersey.com reported. The four-year deal -- including a $230 raise per credit, to at least $1,705 -- followed faculty rallies statewide. More...
12 janvier 2020
Florida Lawmakers Probe Foreign Research Funding
By Elizabeth Redden. Florida legislators have launched their own probe into federal funding for research universities, the first such inquiry at the state level, Science reported. More...
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