By Colleen Flaherty. Right after U of Tennessee faculty members agreed on plan to toughen oversight of tenured professors, system proposed rules many say endanger academic freedom. More...
25 mars 2018
25 mars 2018
More Bad News on History Jobs
By Colleen Flaherty. After publishing an anemic preliminary job ads report in November, the American Historical Association released its final annual job ads report Monday. In all, the association’s Career Center ran ads for 529 positions in 2016-17, the “lowest total number of advertisements since Ronald Reagan was president,” according to AHA. More...
25 mars 2018
Going Over Time at Conferences by Gender
By Colleen Flaherty. Research suggests that women are underrepresented as speakers at conferences, especially in certain fields. But when they are invited to speak, do they take up as much airtime as men? No, suggests a new, preliminary study of speaking times at 11 different scientific conferences from 2016-17. More...
25 mars 2018
Woody Allen and Academic Freedom
By Colleen Flaherty. UC San Diego Academic Senate rejects student-led push to cut a course on the filmmaker from the curriculum over sexual abuse allegations.
Calls to boycott Woody Allen movies over allegations that he sexually abused his daughter Dylan Farrow when she was a child have been renewed amid the growing Me Too movement. Critics also cite other concerns about his treatment of women and girls in art and in life. At the University of California, San Diego, in recent weeks, those calls took the form of a student-led petition to end a theater class on Allen’s work. More...
25 mars 2018
Free Again -- in 10 Years
By Rick Seltzer. Cooper Union unveils plan to cut undergraduate tuition back down to zero in 10 years. Some wonder if it could have done better, despite ambitious cost-cutting and fund-raising goals. More...
25 mars 2018
Time Runs Out on Ball State School Takeover Plan
By Rick Seltzer. Plans to give Ball State University control over the financially troubled school district in its home of Muncie, Ind., collapsed Wednesday night as the state’s Legislature failed to advance a law by a midnight deadline. More...
25 mars 2018
Boston University Reveals Layoffs in Wheelock Merger
By Rick Seltzer. A total of 111 employees will be laid off as a result of Wheelock College’s merger into Boston University -- 72 staff members and 39 faculty members.
The employees will lose their jobs after the merger becomes official June 1, The Boston Globe reported last week. The layoffs represent a majority of Wheelock employees, as Boston University offered positions to 93 of the college’s employees. More...
25 mars 2018
A Search Firm Refund
By Rick Seltzer. Witt/Kieffer refunds $110,000 to North Carolina after hiring of East Carolina chancellor amid reports of inaccurate salary information. Are firms incentivized to boost salaries. More...
25 mars 2018
Jacksonville State Campus Closed After Tornado
By Rick Seltzer. Jacksonville State University’s campus will be closed until April 2 after tornadoes tore through Alabama Monday night, damaging dormitories, classrooms, offices and other student housing. More...
25 mars 2018
Women Will Soon Lead More Than Half of Cal State Campuses
By Rick Seltzer. More than half of the campuses in the California State University System will be led by female presidents when Lynnette Zelezny becomes the next president of Cal State Bakersfield in June. More...
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