The Trump administration's budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year would make drastic cuts to education, slashing federal student aid and research funding. read more >

The National Labor Relations Board has cleared the way for the unionization of student employees of the University of Chicago's libraries, marking the second time this spring that it has declared undergraduate students eligible to bargain collectively. read more >

A month long fast by Yale University graduate students advocating for a union ended Monday with mixed success read more >

An investigative report released today by the American Association of University Professors concludes that the administration of Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, summarily dismissed Erlene Grise-Owens read more >

White House plan confirms drastic cuts to many programs while proposing to substantially alter loan programs. read more >

Several state legislatures have recently passed or reintroduced legislation that addresses issues related to campus free speech. read more >

A report of an AAUP investigation released today concludes that the administration of Spalding University in Kentucky summarily dismissed Erlene Grise-Owens, a long-serving professor of social work, in blatant violation of her academic freedom and normative standards of academic governance and due process. read more >

Janus v. AFSCME, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit read more >

Documents examined by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) expose a national effort by the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation to defund and dismantle unions read more >

Founded in 2001 by the legendary African American civil rights attorney Julius Chambers, the UNC Center for Civil Rights brings together students and faculty, as well as policy experts and practicing attorneys, to advocate for the poor and for racial and ethnic minorities. read more >

Today a strong majority of graduate employees at the Unversity of Chicago filed authorization cards with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) read more >

New guidance from the United States Department of Labor heightens the potential for faculty on contingent appointments read more >

Women candidates tend to do better as recruitment processes progress, a study finds. read more >

At an October campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, Donald Trump, then the Republican nominee for president, gave his most substantive speech on higher education policy. read more >

Donald Trump performed far better among union voters than previous Republican candidates, but since taking office has enacted disastrous anti-worker policies. Now, some unions are organizing their members around an explicitly progressive analysis, hoping to unlock the power of workers to help lead the resistance. read more >

Momentum is building for three of these measures, and their impact on institutions of higher education will not be welcome. read more >

National Association of Scholars calls on universities to close their Confucius Institutes. Defenders say there's nothing sinister about the Chinese-backed centers. read more >

Recent moves by the Education Department have raised the alarms of students, advocates, and reformers alike. read more >

The AAUP endorsed the College for All Act, introduced this month by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, which would make four-year public college free for families making less than $125,000 and make community college free for all. read more >

The AAUP released their annual faculty compensation report on Tuesday, April 11. This week, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed have released articles on the report. read more >