Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Three black students at the State University of New York at Albany who had claimed to be victims of a hate crime are now accused of fabricating the attack after a police investigation. More...
Submitted by Tim Goral. The United Academics AAUP/AFT Local 4996 Representative Assembly is in strong opposition to Senate Bill 174, which would allow the carrying of concealed firearms throughout University of Alaska campuses. United Academics represents 924 faculty members across the University of Alaska. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A snapshot from Chicago: In the past few weeks, as faculty and staff at Chicago State University reviewed their pink slips, and those at Northeastern Illinois University learned about mandatory furloughs amounting to 20 percent pay cuts, University of Chicago announced a $35 million gift from the founder of an investment firm to establish a “new think tank to research urban issues.” More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. There's a tentative contract agreement for about 2,000 faculty and staff at 15 community colleges in Massachusetts. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. iModules Software, the leader in online Constituent Engagement Management for educational institutions, has announced they will award more than $25,000 in scholarships to students for the 2016-2017 school year. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The House Education Committee approved a bill Monday repealing a state mandate that guarantees due process rights for Kansas’ two-year community college and technical school employees targeted by administrators for dismissal. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Last July, the U.S. Education Department (ED) announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot program, which would allow incarcerated Americans to receive Pell grants to pursue a college education. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It’s official: John King Jr. isn’t acting anymore. On Monday, the U.S. Senate voted 49 to 40 to confirm him as President Obama’s second and final secretary of education. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
