A federal appeals court has upheld the entirety of a Wisconsin law curtailing the powers of unions at public colleges and other state agencies. The decision overturns a lower court's invalidation of a provision in the law that requires faculty unions at technical colleges to win re-certification every year. read more >

Today, the largest university system in the world, the California State University system, announced a pilot for $150 lower-division online courses at one of its campuses — a move that spells the end of higher education as we know it. Lower-division courses are the financial backbone of many part-time faculty and departments (especially the humanities). As someone who has taught large courses at a University of California, I can assure readers that my job could have easily been automated. Most of college–the expansive campuses and large lecture halls–will crumble into ghost towns as budget-strapped schools herd students online. read more >

Fast food restaurants aren't the only places cutting employee hours to avoid paying for health care. College adjunct faculty are also seeing their hours reduced. As employers prepare to implement the Affordable Care Act, it’s not just low-wage fast food workers who are feeling the heat. Adjunct faculty from at least four universities will also see their hours cut as colleges try to reduce the number of full-time employees whose health care they need to cover. read more >

If colleges and universities thought they could ride out the current revenue challenges by becoming more like some other institution, Moody's Investors Service has a bit of bad news for them: The grass isn't greener on anybody else's quad. Not even Harvard University's. read more >

Fast food restaurants aren't the only places cutting employee hours to avoid paying for health care. College adjunct faculty are also seeing their hours reduced as reported by MSNBC. read more >

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's plan to create a Department of Post-Secondary Education likely spurred the legislature's new committee. read more >

Faculty-union representatives for Minnesota’s seven state universities have reached a tentative contract agreement with administrators of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. read more >

Udacity, a Silicon Valley start-up that creates online college classes, will announce on Tuesday a deal with San Jose State University for a series of remedial and introductory courses. read more >

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AAUP National releases new policy statement about librarians read more >

It is increasing more important for faculty to watch and engage with the Lumina Foundation. With deep pockets and on the speed dial of most college presidents they are a moving force behind the changes we are seeing in higher ed. read more >

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How is a major provider of free online courses going to tell whether you are who you say you are? By how you type. read more >

MOOCs may have snared most of the headlines, but traditional, credit-based online learning continued to chug along just fine last year, thank you very much. read more >

For years, faculty members have pointed to the sluggish growth in the number of tenured professors and complained that university payrolls are filled with too many administrators. This, they maintain, adds unnecessary costs and takes the focus away from teaching and learning. But whether such "administrative bloat" is really occurring and how much it matters on campuses are complex questions to answer. read more >

Professor Jeremy Adelman has taught a world-history class at Princeton University for several years, but as he led about 60 students through 700 years of history on the ivy-covered campus this past fall, one thing was different: Another 89,000 students tuned into his lectures free of charge via Coursera, an online platform. read more >

As millions flirt with free college-level courses online, educators are still debating their academic merits. read more >

At the University of Minnesota, the number of employees with “human resources” or “personnel” in their job titles has grown from 180 to 272 since the 2004-05 academic year. Since 2006, the university has spent $10 million on consultants for a vast new housing development that is decades from completion. It employs 139 people for marketing, promotions and communications. Some 81 administrators make $200,000 per year or more. read more >

Oregon and Ohio and looking very similar.. read more >

After two years of preparation, 90 percent of teachers—and 98 percent of those voting—voted to authorize a strike. read more >