Southern University Considers Merging Colleges
BATON ROUGE, La. — Southern University is proposing merging eight academic colleges and schools into five as the university begins a re-organization process. The proposed plan would consolidate...
View ArticleKansas Board of Regents Considering ‘Post-Tenure’ Reviews
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Kansas Board of Regents will consider requiring the six state universities to put in place procedures for conducting periodic performance reviews for tenured faculty members. Board...
View ArticleEmployee Development and Inclusion Coordinator
Fort Valley State University, a state and land-grant institution of the University System of Georgia, seeks an experienced financial administrator to serve as Vice President for Business and Finance....
View ArticleReview for Colorado University Professor Who Teaches Deviance Course
BOULDER, Colo. ― The University of Colorado’s Boulder Faculty Assembly has formed two committees to review the school’s treatment of tenured sociology professor Patti Adler. Boulder Faculty Assembly...
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Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia – University Professor, Northeastern Illinois University
Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar, author and tenured professor at Northeastern Illinois University. An advocate for Latino educational leaders, she was named as one of the “Top Ten...
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Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers – President, Jackson State University
Meyers is the 10th president of Jackson State University and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. She is the former president of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. Meyers was also...
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Dr. Donna Shalala – President, University of Miami
Shalala became professor of political science and president of the University of Miami in June 2001 after eight years as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala has more than 30 years of...
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Dr. Peniel Joseph
Peniel E. Joseph is a tenured professor of history at Tuft s University and the author of several award-winning books, including Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in...
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Fort Valley State Students Back Ousted Swanier in Bid to Save Job
Dr. Cheryl A. Swanier said that the university is making “a strategic effort to get rid of me because of intimidation and jealousy.” A group of current and former Fort Valley State University (FVSU)...
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Jacobs ‘Four Arrows’ Educates on Plight of Native Americans
Dr. Don Trent Jacobs “Four Arrows” is an author and professor at Fielding Graduate University. When it comes to promoting education, Dr. Don Trent Jacobs — most commonly known as “Four Arrows” — favors...
View ArticleProfessor Says University Violated Tenure Rules in Firing
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ― A former professor of religion at a private university in Mississippi is suing the school for ending his job. Daniel Browning worked at William Carey University 26 years and had...
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Experts Say Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
As more Latinos enroll in college, the number of Latinos going into the professoriate is not keeping pace, according to a recent Excelencia in Education analysis of federal data. In 2013, Latinos made...
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Scholar: Make Tenure Great Again
The world is not flat; dinosaurs didn’t walk with humans; and White supremacy is built on a foundation of lies to preserve power and racial hierarchies. If we are going to find cures for cancer, global...
View ArticleSt. Joseph’s College Faces Lawsuit from Faculty
RENSSELAER, Ind. — Tenured faculty members from a northwest Indiana college that’s closing recently filed a lawsuit claiming the college breached its contract with them. St. Joseph’s College declared a...
View ArticleHarassment Accuser Condemns UC Berkeley Deal
BERKELEY, Calif. — A woman who sued the University of California and the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school for sexual harassment is outraged that the school is allowing him to keep his tenured...
View ArticleProfessors Walk Picket Lines at U of Illinois-Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Dozens of University of Illinois-Springfield protesters walked a picket line a day after their union announced a strike. The University of Illinois Springfield United Faculty union...
View ArticleAAUP May Soon End Censure of U. of Illinois Over Salaita Case
URBANA, Ill. — An academic censure of the University of Illinois over a professor who lost his job offer after a series of anti-Israel tweets could end next month, officials with the American...
View Article11 Professors Accept University of Montana’s Buyout Offers
MISSOULA, Mont. — Eleven University of Montana professors have accepted buyout offers during its first round. The Missoulian reports the university offered a total of 48 buyout offers to faculty...
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Corporate Model ‘Chipping Away’ at Essence of Academy: Five Issues
As universities nationwide are implementing the corporate model, faculty need to deal with issues of how the model is spreading to many aspects of university life and is negatively impacting students,...
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Growing Proportion of Part-Time Faculty Portends Problems
The decline in tenured and tenure-track college and university faculty and the increase in nontenured full-time, part-time and adjunct instructors — a decades-long trend that shows no sign of slowing —...
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