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‘Highly Disruptive’: Proposed Overtime Rules Raise Concerns
Salaried employees who make $55,000 or less would be eligible for overtime under the Biden administration’s new proposal. Thousands of jobs at colleges and universities could be affected.
How Community College Alumni View the Value of Higher Ed
Report finds fewer than half of community college alumni believe their degree helped advance their career.
Congressional Republicans Seek to Block Income-Based Repayment Plan
More than four million student loan borrowers have signed up for a new income-driven repayment plan, the Education Department announced...
Grad Worker Unionization Is Booming, Even Down South
Organizing is surging into private universities, and strikes have increased as well.
Fisk Students Protest New Payment Policy
Fisk University students are protesting a policy that will drop students from the rolls after Sept. 8 if they have...
New Presidents or Provosts: Barber-Scotia College, DeVry U, Jacksonville College, Montana Technological U, Robeson CC, Texas A&M U–Texarkana, U of Charleston
Ross C. Alexander, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of North Alabama, has been chosen...
Faculty Members Unionize at 2 Maryland Community Colleges
Full-time faculty members have unionized at two Maryland community colleges. Erica Snipes, the Maryland Public Employee Relations Board’s acting executive...
The Hottest in 100,000 Years? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Darrell Kaufman, Regents’ Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Northern Arizona University, looks to...