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How the Pandemic Shrank the Higher Ed Workforce
Colleges employed 4 percent fewer people in fall 2020 than they did pre-pandemic, U.S. data show. Community colleges, service workers and part-time employees suffered disproportionately.
Columbia ‘Simply Cannot Function’
Student workers halted many campus operations Wednesday as part of a weeks-long strike for a first contract. Professors worry about fallout for undergraduates as the semester nears an end, and many blame the university, not the strikers.
Faculty Clash With Duke on Proposed Writing Program Changes
Unionized faculty members in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University allege that proposed changes are intended to force them out and replace them with nonunionized adjuncts.
SUNY Union Divided Over Chancellor
A faction within the faculty union is calling for Jim Malatras to resign, days after the union president released a strong statement of support for the chancellor.
Online Course Provider Shops More Affordable College Credits
TEL Education partners with institutions to offer high school students a low-cost way to start their college careers. Critics worry about quality and transferability.
Harvard Student Workers Strike -- Again
Graduate assistants and undergraduate tutors stop working for three days to push for a second union contract that offers more protections than their first -- including a union shop.
A Union Victory at Pitt
The University of Pittsburgh’s new union for professors on and off the tenure track is the biggest new faculty union in a decade.
Are Unions Coming to the World of Admissions?
In wake of Hamilton College vote for collective bargaining, will other admissions offices see unions form?