Proposed Realigning of New Jersey Campuses Spurs Protests and Charges of Cronyism
By Eric Kelderman New Jersey is joining the list of states considering merging and consolidating public universities—with a distinctly…
Obama Highlights Education’s Role in Reaching National Policy Goals
By Kelly Field, Washington With the presidential election less than a year away, President Obama focused his third State…
Kean U. Board Investigates President Over Alleged Spurious Credentials
Kean University’s Board of Trustees is looking into assertions by the institution’s faculty union that Kean’s president falsified his…
4 Years After Suspension, Faculty Senate Will Return to Rensselaer Polytechnic
More than four years after Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute suspended its Faculty Senate, faculty members on the New York campus…
Faculty Letter Calls on College Presidents to Protect Nonviolent Public Protest
An open letter assailing the violence against campus protesters this fall has been signed by hundreds of college and…
Deficit Supercommittee’s Failure Triggers Steep Cuts for Education and Research
By Kelly Field Washington The Congressional supercommittee charged with cutting $1.2-trillion from the federal budget conceded defeat Monday, after…
UC-Davis Chancellor Apologizes as Outrage Builds Over Pepper-Spray Use on Peaceful Protesters
Noah Berger for The Chronicle By Goldie Blumenstyk The outrage over a police pepper-spraying of peacefully protesting students at…
Researchers Rate RateMyProfessors, and Find It Useful, if Not Chili-Pepper Hot
By Marc Parry The Web site RateMyProfessors evokes skepticism among faculty members. Some view the anonymous evaluation site as…
Unions Confront the Fault Lines Between Adjuncts and Full-Timers
Some look beyond the big unions for real improvement in working conditions Unions Begin to Confront Fault Lines Between…
Rise in Sticker Price at Public Colleges Outpaces That at Private Colleges for 5th Year in a Row
By Beckie Supiano The State of California enrolls about 10 percent of the country’s full-time students attending public four-year…
Education Dept. to Propose New Accountability Gauge for Teacher-Training Programs
Kelly Field, Washington The Education Department will release a report on Friday calling for new regulations that would tie…
States Would Distribute $5-Billion to Community Colleges Under Obama’s Jobs Plan
By Jennifer Gonzalez A day after President Obama unveiled a $447-billion jobs package, a few details have emerged about…
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