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Canadian Faculty Union Adopts Egalitarian Bargaining Principles
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia, which represents more than 10,000 faculty members at universities, colleges, institutes and...
N. Carolina Governor Opposes Proposal to Merge Community Colleges
Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina said Monday that a legislative proposal to combine the operations of many of her...
Iran May Separate Men and Women at Universities
Iran's higher education minister is studying plans that would separate men and women at the country's universities, The National reported...
Academic Minute: Storing Digital Data
In today’s Academic Minute, Francine Berman of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discusses our growing need to store massive amounts of digital...
Questions on Legislator on Board of For-Profit University
Connecticut State Representative Selim Noujaim, a Republican, was a key player in amending a bill in June so that some...
Governors' Group Offers Advice on Higher Education Productivity
To strengthen their states' capacity to graduate students and produce workers, governors should develop better measures of their public colleges'...
German Universities Debate Ties to Banks
Many German academics have been angered to learn of a deal between Deutsche Bank, Humboldt University and the Technical University...
College-Issued Credit Cards Declined in 2010
The number of credit cards issued by colleges or alumni associations dropped in 2010, suggesting that a federal law aimed...