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Faculty Senate at U. of Hawaii Votes to Censure System President
September 19, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Faculty members on the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus voted on Wednesday to censure the system president read more >
September 19, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Faculty members on the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus voted on Wednesday to censure the system president read more >
September 17, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Part-time lecturers at Eastern Michigan University are protesting a decision by its administration to delay their first paycheck. read more >
September 16, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A doctoral program proposed at Georgetown University includes preparation for nonacademic careers. But critics say it would cheapen the degree. read more >
September 15, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Reporters at The Chronicle share the trends they see as the growth of the work force transforms the professoriate. read more >
September 15, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The University of Pittsburgh has backed down from a plan to require faculty members to sign away their intellectual-property rights, indefinitely postponing the deadline it had set for them to do so read more >
September 12, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The Illinois board’s vote to reject the outspoken scholar marks not the end of the story but the beginning of the next chapter. read more >
September 11, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Critics say Phyllis M. Wise gives the appearance of being open to other views, then acts independently. read more >
September 10, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The jilted scholar says in an interview he wants the job that was offered him. read more >
September 09, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
More people say they can’t attend gatherings because of cost or scheduling. But they still want a place at the table. read more >
September 08, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A group of faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder has accused the university’s administration of showing a “blatant disregard for the rights, interests, and well-being of its faculty read more >
September 05, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, affiliated with the University of Texas, has escalated its challenge to the American Association of University Professors by rejecting the group’s assurance that any investigation of the center’s tenure practices will be fair. read more >
September 04, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The author of the American Historical Association's report finds the latest figures "especially disconcerting." read more >
September 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
It's hard to offer meaningful advising to new students before they arrive on campus. But Sewanee says it can be done, with professors making key decisions. read more >
September 02, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A flood of recent lawsuits and government enforcement actions accuse employers across the country of violating laws regulating employee pay. read more >
September 02, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Performance and cost efficiency concerns have taken center stage in discussions about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. read more >
August 29, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
If T.S. Eliot had become a tenured professor, he would never have insisted April was the cruelest month. As those of us in the liberal arts know, it is August. read more >
August 28, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
According to an April report by the American Association of University Professors, women who are full professors at the UI make 85.3 percent of what men do in the same position. read more >
August 27, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
It's been over a decade since anyone made much of an effort to come up with an answer. With Vitae's new project, Academic JobTracker, we'll take a stab at doing that. read more >
August 26, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Four faculty members see much more than a teachable moment in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man and the violence that followed. read more >
August 25, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
To protest the withdrawal of a job offer to the controversial professor, at least two speakers have canceled engagements. read more >