Trustees at a California community college vote to expand health coverage to all board members -- but faculty and staff, many without benefits, voice dissent.
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Portraits, special ceremonies, emeritus status and massive payouts are just a few of the perks some ex-presidents receive—no matter what kind of upheaval they leave behind.
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Archive
September 12, 2007
UC Berkeley receives a $113 million gift to help keep some of its top professors from raids by private universities -- and stem a problem facing many of its peers.
August 14, 2007
President of the University of California, Robert C. Dynes, will resign in 10 months, a year after weathering a major compensation scandal.
July 5, 2007
Faculty union and state university system in Pennsylvania reach an agreement that raises salaries -- and insurance premiums.
June 5, 2007
SUNY Albany nanoscience chief and professor sees his salary increase -- by $142,000, to about $667,000.
April 9, 2007
Commercial linking the University of Iowa to state gambling raises concerns for faculty members and the NCAA.
March 19, 2007
Arizona State's Mike Crow has a new contract -- with $60,000 riding on his institution's ranking going up.
March 14, 2007
Classes at the Community College of Philadelphia were suspended indefinitely Tuesday morning as picketers gathered at building entrances for the start of a faculty and staff strike.
March 13, 2007
More colleges offer incentives for tenured professors to end careers -- sometimes through gradual shift away from full-time work, report finds.
February 27, 2007
California State U. administration, professors' union at odds over pay and a range of other issues.