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Arizona Governor Vetoes Attempt to Limit Faculty Governing Power
Arizona’s Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a bill that would have diminished faculty members’ role in the shared governance of...
Columbia University Puts 3 Administrators on Leave
Columbia University has placed three administrators on leave after they reportedly exchanged sarcastic and insensitive text messages during a campus...
Dependence on Bottled Water Worsens Social Inequality: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Daniel Jaffee, associate professor of sociology at Portland State University, examines why bottled water can...
Another College Board Official Joins FAFSA Team
College Board chief information officer Jeff Olson is joining the Education Department’s team in charge of implementing next year’s Free...
Trump Wants Green Cards for Some College Grads
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised in a podcast interview that foreign-born college graduates would receive legal permanent residency...
New Presidents or Provosts: Bakersfield, Kansas State, New Mexico Highlands, New Mexico Tech, Northern Michigan, Shenandoah
Karen Abraham, interim provost at Shenandoah University, in Virginia, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Mahyar...
Tulane, U of San Diego Non–Tenure-Track Faculty Members Unionize
Non–tenure-track faculty members at two more private universities have voted to unionize. At Tulane University, full-time teaching faculty members voted...
Former IT Director Defrauded Webster University of $2.1M
A former IT director at Webster University admitted in federal court Tuesday that he had defrauded his ex-employer and an...