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MARCH 20, 2023

The University of Chicago is partnering with U.S. research universities for an initiative to improve diversity and inclusion in higher education. Lee The initiative comes from university consortium Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network (FAN), of which UChicago is the host institution. Dr. Ka Yee C.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. Though MSU's non-tenure track faculty and many of MSU's non-academic staffers are unionized, its research-focused, tenure-track professors are not.

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MAY 2, 2024

College students are turning to faculty for career advice, but not as many of these educators are working with their school’s career centers to better respond, according to a new study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Awareness is important,” NACE President and CEO Shawn VanDerziel said.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Faculty and staff at the University of Colorado Boulder walked out and protested for higher wages and other demands Thursday, CPR reported. Non-tenure track faculty, contracted staff, and student workers demanded raises and better working conditions. In 2021, the majority of CU’s faculty is non-tenure-track (66%).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Officials at several Florida universities are worried about a proposed regulation that would base faculty tenure decisions on Florida’s new “Stop WOKE” law, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Those deemed unsatisfactory could be fired, although the policy states that faculty cannot be fired because of political beliefs or ideology.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Before her latest post, Jones served in various leadership capacities including as an associate provost in the Office of Faculty Affairs at Clark University.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Michigan State University tenure and tenure-track faculty members are on track toward forming a union, according to reporting from the Lansing State Journal. A group of tenure and tenure-track faculty members at Michigan State University are seeking union recognition from the Board of Trustees.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

California State University (CSU) system employees who are members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) will go on strike next week, starting Monday. Dr. Christopher Cox Cal State University The multi-day strike – from Jan. To note, faculty can cancel individual classes to honor the strike.

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JULY 24, 2023

The University of Michigan’s Faculty Senate has been approved to expand by 2,800 members, MLive reported. UMich’s Board of Regents unanimously approved the expansion Jul. 2,800 more voices will be added to the Senate’s current approximate 4,300. Members voted 1,082 for and 567 against. All of these people can vote,” Braun said.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Binghamton University (BU) has received a $6.5 million SUNY grant and is looking to hire 30 replacement faculty and 36 new faculty, Pipe Dream reported. The grant – part of a $53 million SUNY-wide hiring initiative – will go towards creating faculty positions with a heavy focus on research. Over half the money – $3.9

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MAY 16, 2023

The University of Vermont’s (UVM) faculty union filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the Vermont Labor Relations Board May 16, alleging that the school administration is improperly increasing faculty workloads, VT Digger reported. The switch is labor-intensive and should qualify as an added workload, UA argued.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Faculty at Chicago State University walked off the job Apr. The faculty are negotiating and striking for better pay and reduced workloads. They work overtime — I’ve seen it,” said Muriel McClendon, a Chicago State graduate student who protested with faculty. The professors put in the time and work.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The University of Texas System (UT System) has approved the creation of the Regents’ Research Excellence Program across its four Emerging Research Universities, including UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UT El Paso, and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Taylor Eighmy.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Students at Fresno Pacific University students are criticizing and protesting faculty and staff reductions due to university budget cuts, which could put several university programs at risk, KFSN reported. Carson said he is one of six faculty being laid off. A protest of "Tents and Togas" took place Jan.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Rutgers University reached an agreement with its faculty unions Apr. 14 for new contract, after a week of faculty strikes, NBC News reported. over a four-year contract; and enhance wages of teaching and graduate assistants and provide them with multi-year university support.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite pledges from campus leaders to diversify all facets of their institutions, faculty have remained stubbornly white, according to a new report from the Education Trust, a non-profit that works to close opportunity and achievement gaps. “It Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Adler University will offer a tenure program to full-time faculty for the first time beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, university officials announced on Monday. and private universities offer tenure, very few faculty receive the honor and benefit of tenure.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Cabrini University has laid off six full-time faculty – three of them were tenured – this month as part of budget cuts to help remedy its financial deficit, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The six – 8.7% Drinan also said enrollment had declined from 2,360 in 2016 to approximately 1,500 and that Cabrini was exploring a merger. “No

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MARCH 1, 2023

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research. Their work shows that the university, and its home state, take a leadership role in bringing those big ideas to life.”

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The presence and success of faculty of color in higher ed continues to come up short, as these faculty members continue to face countless obstacles as they attempt to progress in their careers, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association. Dr. Michelle Y. The report provides recommendations to address them.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The Jackson State University (JSU) faculty senate voted no confidence in JSU President Thomas Hudson on Jan. I look forward to working with the entire body of the faculty senate to address any concerns,” Hudson said. “To 26, the Clarion Ledger reported. In response, Hudson said Jan.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Yale University faculty and staff will not be mandated to get a second booster shot before returning for spring semester, Yale Daily News reported. Yale also holds agreements with unions, making it more difficult to mandate such changes to university policy. Faculty have voiced mixed reactions to the move.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Hamline University faculty leaders are calling for the resignation of Hamline President Dr. Fayneese Miller after her handling of a case where the school dismissed an art history instructor showing depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a course, the Associated Press reported. Fayneese Miller The majority of members who attended a Jan.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

George Washington University’s (GW) adjunct faculty union voted on a bargaining agreement on Nov. Per that agreement, GW part-time faculty may see their first contractual raise in four years and an increase in base salaries – from $4,467 to $5,000.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. The grant also helps fund the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, which will be faculty-led and help connect Black Studies faculty from Michigan institutions.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Michelle Robinson has become senior vice provost for faculty affairs at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as of Feb. She has a keen ability to understand and resolve faculty and academic issues.”

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MAY 31, 2023

Cloud State University’s financial issues and cuts are getting worse, with its $18 million budget deficit in fall 2023 projected to grow to $24.5 The school is planning to cut approximately 100 more faculty within five years, on top of the previously announced 20-plus faculty positions to be phased out next year.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Illinois State University will be launching an online seminar series to help teach faculty how to create inclusive and equitable classes. People are working to understand what ‘equitable’ means for their courses,” said Dr. Deneca Avant, interim assistant vice president for faculty development, diversity, and learning. .

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Stony Brook University will receive $12 million to increase research faculty to drive innovation and expand student opportunities. The $12 million – announced by State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Dr. John B. King, Jr. – is from the state’s $53 million annual investment.

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MARCH 29, 2023

academic employment has dramatically shifted from mostly full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty to mostly contingent positions. That's according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)which provides data depicting the shift away from tenure to contingent faculty at most U.S.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Part-time faculty at the New School have agreed to end a three-week strike after reaching an agreement with the university late Dec. We have countersigned a tentative agreement and the strike is ending,” the union representing the part-time faculty, the ACT-UAW Local 7902, wrote on Twitter. 10, The New York Times reported. “We

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The Fielding Graduate University community is mourning the death of Dr. Orlando L. The university noted contributions to be made in memory Taylor’s memory may be made to the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Education at Fielding. from the University of Michigan, where he earned its Distinguished Alumni Award.

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APRIL 2, 2023

Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. Community college faculty are usually prepared to respond to these questions, with varying reasons for their career choice.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has reached a tentative agreement with unionized faculty for a new four-year labor contract, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Ratification from the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties itself will take at least a month, said union president Dr. Kenneth M.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Hillary Clinton will become a professor of practice in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), effective Feb. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton – a former senator, First Lady, presidential candidate, and U.S.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Daysha Jackson-Sanchez Through my conversations with other providers, as well as faculty and institutional leadership at colleges and universities across the country, I am increasingly optimistic that we are well-equipped to handle these shifts. Our industry is indeed at an inflection point.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

The turmoil at West Virginia University continues. Faculty members will vote next week on resolutions to express no confidence in embattled president E. Gordon Gee and to oppose his proposed cuts to the university’s academic programs, which will affect roughly 2% of the student body. Gee responded in a news release.

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