Republican tax plan would cut off key source of borrowing and impose new taxes on wealthy institutions. Some see historic shift in view of elite universities from a public good worthy of sheltering from taxes to a source of funds for government.
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Neither Penn State nor Johns Hopkins’s Peabody Institute enjoyed particularly strong shared governance within the last decade. Recent reform efforts hold promise.
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Could postdoc unions be the next big thing in collective bargaining among academics? Recent filing at University of Washington could be beginning of a new round of organizing.
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As public colleges become the staging grounds of a national battle over speech and security, campus leaders have searched for ways
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The Board of Directors of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges released a statement reminding trustees of the importance of shared governance.
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A series of recent actions taken by Governor Scott Walker, the Wisconsin state legislature, and the University of Wisconsin
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University of Chicago graduate employees voted decisively and overwhelmingly for union recognition
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WASHINGTON -- The Education Department has rescinded 72 policy documents
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MADISON, WISCONSIN--Last week, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a policy to suspend and expel students who protest
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The Drexel University administration's unilateral suspension of George Ciccariello-Maher
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Get ready for Campus Equity Week!
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When officials at the University of Utah learned in late August that a student group had invited Ben Shapiro, a fiery conservative commentator, to speak on campus
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The Supreme Court justices returned to the bench Monday ready to argue
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(CNN) - President Donald Trump, a loud and persistent critic of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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Bill Would Ban So-Called "Right-to-Work" Laws That Weaken Unions and Cripple Worker Rights
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This is a case similar to Friedrich's case from two years ago which would eliminate Fair Share fees
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Boston College and UC Riverside share how they quickly hired more faculty members from underrepresented minority groups, without relying on hard numerical targets or costly initiatives.
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On September 28, the US Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case, called Janus v. AFSCME Council 31
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By a vote of 35-0, full-time, non-tenure track faculty at Emerson College's Boston campus voted to join the existing collective bargaining chapter at Emerson College, ECCAAUP
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Federal panel blocks suspension of University of Cincinnati graduate student, saying institution did not respect his constitutional rights after he was accused of sexual assault.
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