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Adjunct faculty face low pay, minimal administrative support, AFT finds

Higher Ed Dive

A new American Federation of Teachers survey documents the struggles contingent faculty face, including a lack of healthcare and job security.

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AAUP Condemns Faculty Arrests Amid Protest Crackdown at NYU

Insight Into Diversity

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has condemned the recent arrests of NYU faculty members and the measures taken against others during peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Declaring faculty members personae non-grata without due process is tantamount to a severe sanction, second only to dismissal in its gravity.

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Inflation-adjusted salaries for full-time faculty fell 7.5% during the pandemic

Higher Ed Dive

The AAUP also documented stark pay differences by gender in its annual compensation report.

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Student evaluations skew against faculty in the gender minority — whether women or men

Higher Ed Dive

New research documents a different kind of gender bias harming men in predominantly female fields and women in largely male fields.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. Benefits of Formative-developmental Observations When approached as a developmental or formative practice, peer observations afford faculty valuable opportunities to improve their practices and grow professionally.

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Firing a Faculty Firebrand

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Hundreds of pages of documents, scores of emails, and hours of audio recordings reveal a strange, complex story. But the tenured crusader isn’t going down without one more fight. By Alex Walters Jeremy Hernandez for The Chronicle Louisiana State University at Shreveport revoked Brian Salvatore's tenure and fired him.

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