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Newly Tenured at ... Clarion, Emory, NYU
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Clarion University --Valerie Bennett, biology--Ellen Foster, English--Young-Gyoung...
Shifts in Grad Enrollments
Figures for first-time students who are from the U.S. are up 6 percent; new international numbers are flat, with significant variation by country.
Threat to Faculty Free Speech
3 years after Supreme Court decision about the rights of public employees, AAUP sees peril for professors' freedoms and starts campaign to establish new institutional protections.
Spoonful of Sugar
When pressing students to pay $1,000 surcharge, Wisconsin-Madison promised them a say in how money would be spent. That's made hike easier to swallow.
Teaching for Free
U. of California at Davis asks faculty to forfeit stipends they get for leading freshman seminars, generating some givebacks and some resentment.
University in Brazil Reverses Expulsion Over Skirt
Bandeirante University, in Brazil, on Monday announced that it was reversing the expulsion of a student who was kicked out...
Pittsburgh Mayor Wants to Tax College Tuition
Luke Ravenstahl, mayor of Pittsburgh, is proposing a 1 percent tax on college tuition, hoping to raise millions to help...
Quadriplegic Ordered Out of Dorm
A quadriplegic student at East Central University has been ordered to leave a dormitory unless he hires an assistant to...