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A Decade After Scott Walker’s Bill, U of Wisconsin May See First Mass Layoff of Tenured Faculty

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s proposal to ax its entire College of General Studies has faculty members wondering: What precedent will be set by the university actually using the power Republicans gave it?

Va. House Speaker Seeks Removal of Project 2025 Co-Author From GMU Board

Concerned about Project 2025, a blueprint for conservative governance crafted by the Heritage Foundation, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, a...
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A Big Chunk of Professors Flunked U of Florida Post-Tenure Review

After the state required post-tenure reviews, roughly one-fifth of the UF professors evaluated in the first round were either found lacking, decided to leave or chose to give up research—and likely their tenure with it. At Florida State, by contrast, all professors passed muster.

LACCD Chancellor Stepping Down This Fall

Los Angeles Community College District chancellor Francisco Rodriguez is stepping down after a decade at the helm of the nation’s...

Felony Charges for Glitter Bombing Harvard President

Animal rights activist Brittany Drake, who dumped glitter on Harvard University president Alan Garber at an alumni day event in...

New Northwestern State President Significantly Outearns Predecessor

The new president of Northwestern State University in Louisiana is going to be making tens of thousands of dollars more...
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Harrisburg University Abruptly Closes International Campuses

The university is closing campuses in Panama and the U.A.E., backtracking on plans for international expansion as other U.S. institutions have done in recent months.

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Opinion

The Politicized Governing Board

The transformation of one public university’s governing board is an alarming instance of increasing political interference in higher ed, Tim Gibson, Bethany Letiecq and James Finkelstein write.