Talk about a tough break. read more >

Forty-one campus leaders at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have signed an open letter calling on the institution to hire Steven G. Salaita, whose appointment to a professorship was nixed last year over the scholar’s anti-Israel tweets. read more >

While classified workers say they’re preparing to strike... read more >

WHO do you think received more cash from Yale’s endowment last year: Yale students, or the private equity fund managers hired to invest the university’s money? read more >

Board says it won't assert jurisdiction over whether Northwestern University athletes are employees, effectively killing their union drive. The vague decision divides experts on the prospects for athlete unions generally. read more >

On August 14th, we continued to process Non-Tenure Track Faculty issues using the Interest-Based Bargaining steps. read more >

Rising cost of pension system will undermine support for state, local government read more >

Ashland University eliminates faculty jobs -- including those of some with tenure -- to free up funds for new programs, deferred maintenance and faculty raises. read more >

Universities are the latest target of conservative politicians with an agenda to push read more >

Lots of departments want to know what they’re doing right for non-tenure-track faculty members, what they can do better and how that climate affects student learning. But how to measure it? read more >

Everyone knows student debt is growing. College costs are growing. Student debt delinquencies are rising. And now Hillary Clinton has her own plan for how to stem that tide of financial problems for college graduates. read more >

A federal judge has allowed his lawsuit against the University of Illinois to proceed, and the chancellor who rescinded his appointment last year has resigned amid an ethics investigation. read more >

What happens when social workers grow tired of poor working conditions and poverty wages? At my workplace, we formed a union. read more >

In search of full-time fairness read more >

Federal judge, in victory for Steven Salaita, refuses to dismiss lawsuit charging U. of Illinois with violating his free speech and contract rights. read more >

An assistant professor who says she was fired after she told supervisors at Northwest Christian University that she was pregnant out of wedlock filed a $650,000 lawsuit Tuesday against her former employer. read more >

A faculty member wondered why her students were always late. So she asked them. read more >

Portland State University is taking the unusual step of reducing a planned tuition increase, saving each full-time in-state undergraduate student $90. read more >

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. read more >

Letter of Agreement to continue the Task Force on Academic Quality, Letter of Agreement to create a Standing Committee on Work/Life Balance, and Creation of a Sick Leave Bank read more >