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Questions About Salary for Texas Commissioner
The former executive director of a foundation that encourages college enrollment says she was fired because she questioned an arrangement...
Gordon Gee Wants to Talk About Tenure Criteria
Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University, is encouraging academics to rethink tenure criteria. While a spokeswoman said that there...
From Fund Raising Bonanza to Litigation Bonanza
Oklahoma State University had high hopes for an unusual fund-raising strategy involving the purchase of insurance policies on major donors...
La. Panel Endorses Single Board for Public Universities
A committee studying the future of higher education in Louisiana voted narrowly Thursday to recommend a restructuring that would create...
China Revokes Recognition of U. of Calgary
The Chinese government has removed the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions, a move that officials there...
Saskatchewan Cuts Funds for First Nations University
The province of Saskatchewan has cut all funding for First Nations University, which is a Native Canadian institution supported jointly...
North Florida Moves to Fire Tenured Professor
The University of North Florida has served notice that it intends to fire Tayeb Giuma, a tenured electrical engineering professor...
Postdocs Unionize at UMass
A majority of the postdoctoral researchers at the the University of Massachusetts campuses at Amherst, Boston and Dartmouth have signed...