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Anguish Trumps Activism at the MLA
Occupy the MLA? No. Highlight higher education's policy problems? Yes.
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Long Island U.'s Brooklyn Campus Revokes Health-Care Coverage for Striking Faculty
A campus spokesman said the revocation was permitted under the institution's policies on benefiits, but faculty criticized the move as a form of intimidation.
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At Higher-Education Labor Conference, the Emphasis Is on Unity
Faculty members, union leaders, and administrators need to work together to help shape public policy and improve public perception of their sector, speakers said.
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Fight Over Union Rights in Wisconsin Signals a National Trend
Madison has emerged as a key battleground in a movement to dismantle faculty and other public unions.
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With Unions Under Threat, Academics Join Huge Rally in Wisconsin
Legislation that would end professors' bargaining rights and curtail those of other state employees drew thousands of protesters to the State Capitol on Tuesday.
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32 Colleges Are Named Most Friendly to Junior Faculty
A report from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education suggests best practices for making new tenure-track professors feel welcome.
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As Your New Chairman, I Quit
A newly elected faculty chairman resigns his post, saying he didn't even want to be on the ballot.
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Faculty of Bowling Green State U. Votes to Unionize
The new collective-bargaining unit will cover 800 full-time faculty members, including those outside of the tenure track.
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Here's Your Diploma. Now Here's Your Mop.
Sam Fanning got his degree last December from Eastern Michigan University. Now he scrubs the toilets there.
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AAUP to Universities: Tenure Is Not Just for Researchers
In a new report, the organization calls for bringing contingent faculty members, the backbone of the professoriate, into the tenure stream.
