Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One-third of faculty in Florida, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina said they would pursue out-of-state jobs in the coming year, AAUP found.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 7, 2023

The post Embedding employability through cross-faculty learning appeared first on Wonkhe. Matt Jones and Gemma Ahearne explain how an innovative interdisciplinary dissertation module enhanced their students' sense of belonging, learning outcomes, and employability.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The California Faculty Association said it remains far apart from the university system on pay, parental leave and other policies.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey conducted shortly before the election, over 90 percent of faculty strongly or somewhat agreed that academic freedom is under threat.

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2024

One legal expert questioned the institution’s decision to penalize participants despite their study-in appearing to be "totally non-disruptive.”

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Academe Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

BY MATTHEW BOEDY A first-of-its-kind survey of higher education faculty across the South has revealed that an overwhelming majority of respondents in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas are deeply dissatisfied with the current state of higher education. (..)

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The post Building Bridges: The Case for Inter-Faculty Learning appeared first on Wonkhe. Gemma Ahearne and Matt Murphy argue that in order to prepare students for the workplace, they need to be able to communicate across different disciplines.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 10, 2023

The three unions representing over 9,000 faculty members voted to walk out after almost a year of working without a contract.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How Some Faculty Plan to Handle Class on Election Day Johanna Alonso Mon, 11/04/2024 - 03:00 AM Some professors plan to bring the election into the classroom Tuesday to encourage civic engagement, while others will cancel class altogether to facilitate voting. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The four-year system and the California Faculty Association remain at odds on matters like pay and parental leave.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 14, 2024

Exposing the Inequity of Faculty Counteroffers jessica.blake@… Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM A new study shows that women and faculty of color who receive outside job offers are far less likely than their white, male peers to receive a counteroffer to stay at their current institution. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 20, 2024

Library Faculty Eliminated Amid ‘Fiscal Insanity’ at Western Illinois kathryn.palmer… Tue, 08/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The university laid off all its library faculty as part of massive cuts, leaving employees and supporters to wonder how the library will serve campus constituents. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 5, 2024

Faculty Power on the Line in Kentucky Ryan Quinn Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM University of Kentucky leaders are on the verge of replacing a strong University Senate with a purely advisory body. Faculty members are asking a simple question: Why? Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 15, 2024

Faculty Panel Recommends Firing Joe Gow Josh Moody Mon, 07/15/2024 - 03:00 AM The former University of Wisconsin at La Crosse chancellor was fired last year for making pornography with his wife. Now a panel has recommended he lose his faculty job and tenure. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Last month, 95% of the California Faculty Association union authorized a strike as contract negotiations stalled.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2024

What does mentoring other faculty mean? When our department was challenged with establishing a requested program for all faculty, three P’s were apparent: People, Place, and Purpose. Networking with each other establishes collegiality and camaraderie that strengthens reciprocal relationships among faculty.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 16, 2024

Belmont University Permits Hiring Interfaith Faculty Sara Weissman Thu, 05/16/2024 - 03:00 AM The faith-based university in Tennessee has taken another step away from its longstanding tradition of hiring only Christian professors. Existing faculty are expected to have mixed reactions. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Black, Hispanic Faculty Far Less Likely to Get ‘Gold Standard’ Tenure Recommendations Ryan Quinn Tue, 10/15/2024 - 03:00 AM A study published this month focusing on five unnamed universities adds to research on racial disparities in the professoriate. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

One Year After Massive Cuts, West Virginia Is Still Bleeding Faculty, Administrators Ryan Quinn Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The university courted controversy by slashing programs and laying off both tenured and nontenured faculty members. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 6, 2024

A new report on faculty representation sheds light on the wide-ranging effects of pervasive inequities.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Faculty learning communities (FLC) as an approach to improving pedagogy have their roots in 1979 when the first FLC was launched at Miami University by Dr. Milton D. FLCs provide faculty with the chance to work in a trans-disciplinary fashion on matters of importance to a cohort or a particular topic for the cohort to work on.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 1, 2024

In higher education, forgetting the pandemic means we are more likely to fail to address its ongoing detrimental effects on faculty, staff and student well-being.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

More than 300 women faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder will receive back pay and a salary equity analyses every three years, following a $4.5 million settlement that the university reached following a class action lawsuit that was filed alleging widespread gender pay discrimination.

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Academe Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

BY HANK REICHMAN Today, as the UC Regents were completing their meeting at the UCLA campus, the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA), a partner of the AAUP, and the faculty associations at UC Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Cruz filed an amended unfair labor practice (ULP) complaint against… (..)

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Facing Budget Cuts and Faculty Pushback, Brandeis President Resigns Katherine Knott Thu, 09/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Faculty members accused Liebowitz of “damaging errors of judgment and poor leadership,” citing his handling of pro-Palestinian protests and recent layoffs. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSIs) has released a new report that highlights the unique challenges and needs of early-career faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). That’s why professional development and mentorship play a critical role in fostering a diverse and dynamic faculty at MSIs.”

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Gray Associates

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Discover how thoughtful faculty allocation can unlock greater efficiency and elevate student success. By comparing Contemporary University’s current faculty distribution with industry benchmarks, we uncover ways to redeploy full-time faculty across course levels, optimizing cost-per-student-credit-hour and boosting outcomes.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 12, 2024

All seven full-time nursing faculty members at Dickinson State University in North Dakota resigned Wednesday in response to high workloads and accreditation concerns, according to KFYR-TV, Bismarck’s NBC affiliate.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents overwhelmingly approved a plan Thursday to lay off numerous tenured faculty members as part of the closure of UW-Milwaukee’s College of General Studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

Faculty representatives at the University of Pittsburgh have ratified the first union contract that sets a salary and wage minimum for workers at the university. The tentative agreement is over two years in the making since the university’s faculty voted to unionize as the USW–Union of Pitt Faculty. all faculty.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

of Florida forced faculty cooperation with a GOP-backed civics center. By Garrett Shanley The inside story of how a president and a dean forced professors to cooperate with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Students Outrunning Faculty in AI Use Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 10/31/2023 - 03:00 AM A new study finds over half of students use generative AI, while more than 75 percent of faculty members do not regularly use the technology. Byline(s) Lauren Coffey

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Female Law Faculty, Students Across the Country Are Getting Unsettling Texts Ryan Quinn Tue, 09/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Since the start of the year, women law professors, deans and students have received messages on their personal cellphones saying things like, “Law school isn’t fair for us men.” The FBI is reportedly investigating.

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Academe Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

BY MATTHEW BOEDY The 2024 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a faculty member of any kind in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas we want to hear from you. Here is the link to the survey.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A union of full-time faculty at a New Jersey community college say they’re striking—against participating in a single grant program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. To be recognized as a collective bargaining group, the Union of Tenure Stream Faculty will need support from a simple majority of MSU’s tenure-track faculty.

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