Shared Governance

The university built a $60 million law building on its flagship campus. Now it’ll serve as a branch of a law school 80 miles away.

Peter Eckel breaks down the discrete jobs that make up effective faculty governance.

The flagship is eliminating dozens of programs, including an LGBTQ studies minor that a conservative lawmaker has criticized. He says he’ll soon target other institutions.

The University of Arizona shed hundreds of jobs, replaced leaders and slashed budgets in an effort to shave $100 million off a major shortfall announced one year ago.

Todd Wolfson is pushing the century-old American Association of University Professors to fight higher ed’s detractors and “organize every campus.” But critics say the venerable organization is straying from its roots.