1 avril 2016
1 avril 2016
No concealed guns in UA classrooms
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...1 avril 2016
Disagreement over pensions, higher education lead to budget stalemate
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. There was a lot of finger-pointing in Frankfort Tuesday, but still no deal was reached on a new $21 billion budget for Kentucky. More...1 avril 2016
Private universities should share
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...1 avril 2016
Budget problems driving state universities away from flat in-state tuition
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It used to be easy for Pennsylvanians to know what tuition cost them at any of the 14 state-owned universities. After all, those schools charged one base in-state undergraduate rate, set once a year in Harrisburg. More...1 avril 2016
Imagine if conservatives in academia could safely 'come out'
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A few days after the 2004 election, Gabriel Rossman went for a job interview with the UCLA sociology department. Rossman was finishing a doctorate at Princeton, and his research on how ownership affects mass-media content was a good fit for a school in the entertainment capital. More...1 avril 2016
Colleges hoping to launch terrorism studies struggle to find profs
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Security expert Mia Bloom estimates that before the 9/11 attacks, there were about 25 self-identified terrorism experts in academia. But that changed quickly. More...1 avril 2016
Community colleges fight enrollment declines
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Despite a decline in enrollment, West Virginia's community and technical colleges are awarding more degrees than ever, reaching nontraditional students by retraining displaced coal miners. More...
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