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Kentucky Lawmakers Want to Make It Easier to Lay Off Faculty
The legislation would explicitly permit terminations for low enrollment or “misalignment of revenue and costs.” The GOP supermajority can override any veto from the Democratic governor.
No, Higher Ed Mergers Have Never Been Strategic
The history of two universities that (e)merged in the 1960s shows that parochialism and acquisitiveness have always driven institutional marriages more than logic.
Striking Portland Staff Reach Agreement; Faculty Remain on Strike
Area Studies, Once Vital, Wither Without Funding
Area studies centers were born out of World War II and supported by the U.S. government as an essential part of national security strategy. Now, they are disappearing as the Trump administration sees them as an enemy.
Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable
Presidents and chancellors have real power to rein in spending and create a fairer, more accountable college athletics landscape.
Halfway Through the Fiscal Year, NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of Research Funding
The science community fears the funding agency’s slow contract and grant making could result in another rush of multiyear obligations at the end of the fiscal year. The NIH director has said, “Don’t pay attention to the hype.”
Faculty, Grad Workers Left Out of Virginia’s Collective Bargaining Expansion
Lawmakers sent the new Democratic governor a bill to end the state’s longtime ban on public workers unionizing. But faculty and grad students are excluded.
