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Should Science Majors Pay Less for College Than Art Majors?
November 09, 2012
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Down in Florida, a task force commissioned by Governor Rick Scott is putting the finishing touches on a proposal that would allow the state's public universities to start charging undergraduates diffe ... Continue Reading →
Campus Event: How Can We Rehumanize the University, Here and Now?
November 09, 2012
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Public universities are under increasing financial pressure and political scrutiny. There is a sense that they are disconnected from the needs of the public and from the needs of students. Additional ... Continue Reading →
More STEM Majors Won’t Solve Higher Education’s Problems
November 07, 2012
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[T]here’s no reason to think this would help Florida economically. If the state wants to align higher education with the needs of business, it should take a look at surveys of employers, who indicate, ... Continue Reading →
3 to 1: That’s the Best Ratio of Tenure-Track Faculty to Administrators, a Study Concludes
November 05, 2012
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"The balance between people who are actually in the trenches and those who are overseeing that work has gotten grossly out of line," says Robert E. Martin, Emeritus Boles Professor of Economics at Cen ... Continue Reading →
Do We Really Have a Scientist Shortage?
October 31, 2012
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February 14, 2012 06:15 PM. By Daniel Luzer, Washington Monthly. It’s a fundamental starting point for much of education reform. This country’s schools are bad, and education is in trouble, it part be ... Continue Reading →
Early Voting: Get out the vote
October 30, 2012
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Early voting began on Saturday, October 27 and runs through Saturday, November 3, 2012. If you are registered to vote, the deadline to request an absentee ballot (vote by mail) for the November Genera ... Continue Reading →
Election 2012: The fate of higher education hangs in the balance
September 19, 2012
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When we vote, nothing less than the future of higher education and American democracy are at stake. In terms of policy, we have radically different choices. ... We know that education does not exist i ... Continue Reading →
Update on FEO
September 17, 2012
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On 10 September 2012, Provost Joe Glover announced another round of Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) Award applications. In this call, he states that it is "limited to faculty members who are not ... Continue Reading →
Labor Notes
- Akron Professors Vote No on 'Hit List' Layoffs that Would Tear Up Contract August 11, 2020
- Billionaire Owners Give Ballpark Workers the Boot August 10, 2020
- Viewpoint: Pro-Labor Candidates Are Upending New York Politics—But Where Are the Unions? August 6, 2020
- Viewpoint: Failure to Enforce Mask Mandate Leaves Grocery Workers Vulnerable August 6, 2020
NEA
- NEA Elects Pringle, Moss and Candelaria to Leadership August 6, 2020
- Faculty and Staff Raise the Alarm Over Reopening College Campuses August 6, 2020
- Helping Students and Educators Recover From COVID-19 Trauma August 5, 2020
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