A federal judge has allowed his lawsuit against the University of Illinois to proceed, and the chancellor who rescinded his appointment last year has resigned amid an ethics investigation.
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In search of full-time fairness
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Federal judge, in victory for Steven Salaita, refuses to dismiss lawsuit charging U. of Illinois with violating his free speech and contract rights.
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A faculty member wondered why her students were always late. So she asked them.
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Duquesne U. adjuncts are angry over what they see as a thinly-veiled threat not to rehire those colleagues involved in a long-running union drive.
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Forget credit hours—in a quest to cut costs, universities are simply asking students to prove their mastery of a subject.
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July 31, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Twenty-two-hundred University of Connecticut graduate assistants (GAs) won a first contract that features big economic gains as well as social justice provisions affecting international students, transgender workers, and women.
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July 31, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
When news broke that the Supreme Court would hear Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, headlines instantly projected the worst, calling it “The Supreme Court Case That Could Decimate American Public Sector Unionism,” “An Existential Threat,” and even “The End of Public-Employee Unions?”
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July 31, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
What if my classes don’t run and I can’t make rent?
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July 30, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
An Ohio prosecutor calls for U of Cincinnati police force to be disbanded after an officer is indicted for murder. But would the city's police force be able to handle law enforcement on campus?
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July 29, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Layoffs continued at the university for a second day as 161 employees are being let go.
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July 28, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The court would determine whether public sector unions could continue to collect so-called “fair share” or “agency” fees.
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July 27, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Stephen L. Chew writes that current approaches -- for awards or tenure and promotion -- are based too much on passion or student enjoyment and not enough on actual learning.
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July 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Is “freelance academic” the right term?
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July 23, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The first public university system in the country to voluntarily raise the minimum wage as high as $15 an hour
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July 23, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
California court rejects a public university's findings of sexual assault by a male student. Some say case points to tensions over due process at many institutions.
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July 22, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
LSU professor Teresa Buchanan says she was dismissed in a 'witchhunt' over her occasional use of profanity in the classroom.
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July 21, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
With all the pressures facing higher education these days, it’s not getting any easier.
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July 20, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Wisconsin’s decision to eliminate tenure protections is just latest tremor in the collapse of academic ideals
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June 30, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to the way public-sector unions finance their operations. Union officials said a ruling against them would deal a blow to organized labor.
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