Big Deal Book newsletter-Feb. 1, 2012
February 1, 2012 Timely reminders, fabulous freebies, best sites & more “worth the surf” In This Issue Grants, Competitions…
Weingarten Urges Activism and Advocacy in New Jersey
Adrienne Coles, AFT As the New Jersey legislative session was set to begin, AFT president Randi Weingarten took some…
Rutgers University faculty calls for cuts to athletic department subsidies
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau NEW BRUNSWICK — Battered by budget and salary cuts, the faculty at Rutgers University’s school…
ALEC’s Latest Actions
Ben Adler The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative organization that has been leading recent coordinated attempts to move…
Amid ‘Turnaround Agenda, Teachers, Communities Overshadowed by Corporate Reforms
Michelle Chen The conversation about school reform in Washington is replete with big ideas — glossy proposals for “accountability,”…
Résumé Scrutiny
By Kevin Kiley There are probably a few academics who have looked up old journal articles by their universities’…
Diane Ravitch Takes On Obama’s Higher Ed Plan
An education analyst and former assistant Education Secretary who became famous for an about-face on No Child Left Behind…
Rutgers-Camden, Rowan may marry, but they should keep their names
Kevin Riordan, Inquirer Columnist Gov. Christie’s proposal to “merge” Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University under the Rowan name looks less…
Rutgers-Camden students mobilize to oppose Christie’s merger plan
By James Osborne, Inquirer Staff Writer Amid the throngs of students filling the campus center at Rutgers-Camden on Monday,…
Lawsuits threatened over planned merger between Rowan and Rutgers-Camden
EILEEN STILWELL, Courier-Post Staff A plan to roll Rutgers-Camden and Rowan into a single university under the Rowan banner…
Christie plan for university reshuffling means another chapter for Rowan
GLASSBORO — Twenty years ago, Rowan University’s reputation was synonymous with its teachers college, which prepared hundreds of elementary…
Obama to colleges: Stop increasing tuition prices
By The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation’s colleges and…
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