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Faculty Issues Shared Governance

UNC ‘Civic Life’ Center Progressing, Over Faculty Objections

Chapel Hill faculty members were caught off guard in January by what sounded like the return of a proposed conservative campus center. They objected, but the university is moving forward.

Quick Takes

$100M Gift for the University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky has received a $100 million gift for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the largest...
People, most wearing purple ponchos, hold purple and white signs on a sidewalk. The signs say "UMich Grad Workers Strike Strike Strike" and the union's name.
Faculty Issues Labor & Unionization

At Michigan, Getting an A Because Your Instructor’s On Strike

The University of Michigan graduate workers’ strike caused grading issues. Some department chairs have said they plan to give out A’s.

People, mostly in red shirts, some with #campusworkers4democracy on the back, listen to a speaker with a megaphone outside a Virginia Commonwealth University building.
Faculty Issues Labor & Unionization

At VCU, Even Less Job Security for Nontenured Faculty

Three out of five faculty members at Virginia Commonwealth are on “term” contracts. The university has stopped offering them three-year contracts.

A student writes on a protest sign. Behind her, a student writes on a sign that says "opportunity for all" in blue letters.
Students Careers

Undocumented and Unemployed

A group of undocumented students and legal scholars are arguing that the University of California system legally can and should employ these students on their campuses.

Three protesters stand outside, two holding up signs saying "VCU Workers United!" and one holding up a sign saying "Solidarity Not Austerity."
Faculty Issues Labor & Unionization

VCU Faculty Protests ‘Devastating’ Potential Layoffs

Virginia Commonwealth University faculty members who teach Focused Inquiry courses for new students say the institution may cut a third of their jobs.

Paula Balafas, the now former chief of the University of Arizona Police Department, stands at a mic with the university logo on a wall behind her. She is a light-skinned middle-aged woman with blond hair.
Faculty Issues

Provost, Police Chief Gone in Wake of Arizona Prof’s Murder

U of Arizona’s police chief will “step down,” and the provost will “step away,” the institution’s president said. The chair of the faculty says many see this as a “first step.”

A man in glasses and a bow tie speaks at a podium in front of a blue curtain with a yellow West Virginia University emblem on the left side of the photo.
Business Cost-Cutting

Slimming Down to Stay Afloat

Projecting an enrollment nosedive, West Virginia University is preparing for a lean future. Some call it an act of surrender, while others say it’s a prudent choice to be replicated elsewhere.