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Union Employees Arrested for Trespassing on Community College Campus
The arrests at Harrisburg Area Community College’s Lancaster campus prompted accusations and recrimination. The union said the arrests violated labor law; the college called it an orchestrated “publicity stunt.”
Report: Higher Ed Unions and Strikes Surged in 2022, 2023
Student worker unionization greatly accelerated in 2022 and the first half of 2023, with almost 35,700 students gaining union representation...
A Flagship Research University… Without Language Degrees or Math Ph.D.s?
Some of West Virginia University’s proposed program cuts appear unprecedented, or close to it, for an institution of its kind. Department appeals and student protests seem to be having little effect so far.
WVU Proposes No Language Degrees, Just Chinese and Spanish Courses
West Virginia University announced Tuesday, after its Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics appealed its proposed elimination, that administrators...
Jordan Peterson Must Take Course in Professionalism
A College of Psychologists of Ontario panel ordered Jordan Peterson in November to complete an “education or remedial program...
Roosevelt Professor Leaves University Amid Sexual Misconduct Complaint
A former student filed a Title IX complaint against the professor in early August, but the investigation was dropped midmonth after he lost his job.
WVU Faculty to Consider Vote of No Confidence in Gee
West Virginia University faculty members will vote next week on resolutions to express no confidence in President Gordon Gee and...
University Says It Won’t Charge for Textbooks. Professors Ask How.
West Texas A&M's Faculty Senate voted no confidence in its president last spring, partly for his talk of a “textbook-free” campus. Now he's doubling down.