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This Will Not Be a Normal Summer
Faculty may want a break, but the architects of the assault on higher ed won’t be breaking and neither should we, Jennifer Lundquist and Kathy Roberts Forde write.
After Delays and Public Blowback, Chapel Hill Board Votes Outside Meeting to Award Tenure
After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure.
Details of Trump’s Budget Cuts Alarm Researchers
The billions in proposed funding cuts would involve restructuring and consolidating the National Institutes of Health and slashing the majority of the National Science Foundation’s budget for scholarships and fellowships.
Study: Post-Tenure Review Pushed Researchers to Leave Florida
The number of faculty who left Florida increased by a percentage point in the wake of the new policy, which researchers say also failed to increase productivity.
Indiana U: Most Complaints Under New Law Were ‘Form of Protest’
Medical Researcher Granted Bail in Immigration Case
Utah Lawmakers Flex Their Power Over Public Universities
In the past two years, the Republican-controlled Legislature has weakened tenure, restricted pride flags at universities, overhauled gen ed at one university and pushed institutions to reallocate funding. Some faculty say their roles are being undermined.
5 Charts Depicting How Faculty Have Changed in Last 20 Years
A recent report from CUPA-HR delved into 20 years of data to highlight how colleges’ priorities are affecting faculty. Here’s what stood out to us.