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Faculty Issues Tenure

Emporia State Cut Tenured Faculty. Enrollment Plunged.

Correlation doesn’t equal causation, but the Kansas university’s head-count troubles have worsened. Might other institutions following its example see a similar fate?

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Faculty Issues Academic Freedom

Arizona Faculty Threatened After Online Commotion Over Gender Teaching

College of Nursing employees were called "groomers" and received threats in response to Libs of TikTok's posting of two class slides. Faculty members are criticizing the university’s response.

White row houses in Germany on the street level. A castle lit up at night is behind and on a hill.
Tech & Innovation Artificial Intelligence

Computing Pioneers Profoundly Disagree on AI Risk

Mingling with young researchers last month in Germany, luminaries in computer science debated AI’s potential impact on the future of humanity.

Quick Takes

UC Davis Hiding Photos of Musk-Owned Neuralink Monkey Tests

The University of California, Davis, is refusing to disclose hundreds of photographs its staff took of Neuralink’s primate test subjects...
A photo illustration with a photo of Canan Bilen-Green on the left and, on the right, a photo of a buffalo statue on campus that stands atop a sign saying "North Dakota State University."
Faculty Issues Diversity & Equity

Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women

North Dakota State’s ouster of a female vice provost is part of a pattern, women at the university say. Lawyers, in unusual release of documents, say her office mishandled discrimination complaints.

Quick Takes

Northeastern U Grad Workers Overwhelmingly Unionize

Graduate student workers at Northeastern University have voted 1,130 to 70 to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board says. There...
Protesters march, holding signs saying, "We R On Strike for a Better Rutgers."
Faculty Issues Shared Governance

Rutgers Senate Says It’s Lost Confidence in President

After a historic, triple-union strike ended in the spring, Jonathan Holloway has continued to alienate many faculty members and other campus constituents.

A photo of West Virginia University students, faculty members and others sitting and standing in a room at West Virginia University, with some holding signs protesting proposed academic program and faculty position cuts.
Faculty Issues Tenure

West Virginia Students, Faculty Cry Out on Final Day Before Vote on Deep Cuts

At a raucous public comment session Thursday, the WVU Board of Governors heard final pleas to reject university administrators’ proposed cuts. But state politicians and university leaders aren’t expected to heed the protests.