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Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose ‘Overreach’
Faculty members are opposing what they consider encroachments from three sources: the state Legislature, the UNC Board of Governors and the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees itself.
Grading Amid a Grad Workers’ Strike
University of Michigan graduate student instructors and staff assistants have been striking for almost a month. Now, the institution is trying to grade without them.
Leveling the Playing Field in Texas
New legislation addresses long-standing funding disparities among Texas research universities. A record surplus and college football drama helped push it into the end zone.
Rutgers Unions Suspend Strike After Big Gains
The weeklong Rutgers strike is pausing Monday after unions, the university and New Jersey’s governor announced “framework” deals including large raises. Chicago State and Eastern Illinois also suspend strikes.
Syracuse Grad Workers Unionize
Syracuse University graduate student workers have successfully unionized. Syracuse Graduate Employees United, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, said...
Amid Enrollment Drop, Linked Institutions Cut Humanities Offerings
Linked Minnesota Catholic institutions are downsizing languages and other humanities offerings amid declining enrollment.
Opinion
Higher Ed Needs More Grit
With trust in higher ed falling, higher ed needs to reimagine whom it serves and how, Taylor Randall writes.
‘Stronger Together’
Twenty Hispanic-serving research universities are banding together to increase the number of Latino graduate students and professors at their institutions.