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Follow the Money
A Berkeley analysis of disparities by race and gender in faculty salaries raises key questions: Which gaps matter? Why do gaps vary? What can be done to eliminate them?
Going After the Donors
Steven Salaita's long-anticipated lawsuit against the U. of Illinois includes a twist: in addition to administrators, he's suing the donors he says interfered in his job at the university.
Adjunct Insecurity
How a small group of temporary employees got the U. of Memphis to walk back a plan to kick them off Social Security.
A Mixed Report on Salaita Controversy
Faculty review of the way U. of Illinois blocked a controversial hire sharply criticizes the chancellor and how she and trustees invoked issue of civility, but finds there may have been legitimate reasons to oppose the appointment.
Campus Clearance
College employees in Pennsylvania who work with minors will have to pass regularly scheduled background checks under state's new child protection laws.
Unsustainable Postdocs
National Academies report sees system in disarray and calls for better pay, more mentoring and speedier path to their own labs.
Strike for Better Benefits
U. of Oregon graduate teaching assistants walk out, with end of semester looming, after failed negotiations over paid leave.
The Shrinking Academic Workforce
As enrollments dip, so too do the number of college and university employees -- but disproportionately at for-profit institutions.