[ad_1] Stanford University graduate student workers who teach and research have unionized, the new Stanford Graduate Workers Union announced Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that, “Of approximately 3,410 eligible voters, 1,639 voted for the union and 38 voted against. Parties have five business days to file objections to the election. If no …
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[ad_1] Every time I hang out with Melissa Kane, I learn something. Recently, she and I spent time together at an Ivy+ Leaders in Online Learning meeting at Penn. Melissa graciously agreed to answer my questions about her role at Brown and her career path and to share her thoughts about navigating an alternative-academic (alt-ac) …
[ad_1] East Los Angeles College, the most populous campus in the California Community College system, offered 60 percent of its courses in a hybrid or online format this past spring, most of them asynchronous. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer than a quarter of courses were offered online. Miguel Duenas, vice president of student services at …
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[ad_1] Florida Atlantic University thought its presidential search was near the finish line, when three finalists were named. But The Tallahassee Democrat reported that the search was suspended. State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues order the search suspension, citing “concerning information” and “anomalies” in a letter to the FAU trustee board chair. But Democrats charge …
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[ad_1] Northwestern University President Michael Schill suspended the head football coach for two weeks, without pay, but now he says he isn’t sure about the punishment. The punishment of Pat Fitzgerald, the coach, was immediate and is still going on. The suspension followed an investigation of hazing on the football team. “While the investigation did …
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[ad_1] Elizabeth Tsurkov, a graduate student at Princeton University, is being held captive by a Shiite militia after she was abducted in Baghdad, The Washington Post reported. She has been missing since March, but the office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the circumstance of her disappearance Wednesday. Netanyahu said she is still alive. She is …
[ad_1] It’s rare that a day goes by in which burnout among academics doesn’t come up in personal conversations or news reports in some way. Regularly, I recognize feelings of burnout within myself, even as a white cis woman who left a faculty position and can set my own schedule. And I regularly talk with …
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[ad_1] I didn’t get Scott’s permission before writing this. That’s not unusual; I never have. He has been the kind of editor that writers dream of having: supportive, encouraging and willing to point out when I’ve misconstrued something. Once, when I asked what the rules were, he said, “Just don’t libel anybody.” Fair enough. Most …
[ad_1] Jerome (Jay) Langguth, interim vice president for academic affairs at Thomas More University, in Kentucky, has been appointed vice president and chief academic officer there. Ming-Tung (Mike) Lee, interim president of Sonoma State University, in California, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Daniel Norton, director of the Center for International …
New presidents or provosts: Chico Culver Principia Sacramento Sonoma TAMU Thomas More Read More »
[ad_1] Attorneys for Florida A&M University, a historically Black institution, filed a revised lawsuit alleging that state officials racially discriminated against the institution and shortchanged it on funding for more than three decades, according to WJCT News. A federal judge had rejected an earlier version of the lawsuit. The case was originally filed on behalf …
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