The Chronicle News Blog: New Study Takes a Crack at Measuring Higher Education’s Productivity
Measuring value and productivity in higher education can be a complex and controversial topic: Lawmakers, taxpayers, and people paying tuition want to get the most for their money, while college administrators and faculty members argue that the quality of their educational product is directly tied to the amount of public support they receive.
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Los Angeles Times: L.A. Community College District’s sexual harassment policy put on hold
Judge orders a preliminary injunction against enforcement after a student files a suit accusing a professor of censoring a classroom speech that included views opposing gay marriage.
Saying it violates students’ free speech rights, a federal judge has barred the Los Angeles Community College District from enforcing a sexual harassment policy that bans “offensive” remarks in and out of the classroom.
U.S. District Judge George H. King granted a preliminary injunction against pressing the policy at the request of Jonathan Lopez, an L.A. City College student who in February filed a suit accusing a professor of censoring his classroom speech about his religious beliefs, including opposition to gay marriage.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Provincial Ombudsman Wants Ontario to Crack Down on Rogue Career Colleges
Ontario’s ombudsman, investigating the abrupt closure of an unregistered private career college, said in a report released today that the Canadian province is “abjectly inept” in policing such rogue academic institutions, which can leave unwary students “out in the cold.”
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The New York TImes: Medical School Says Former Army Surgeon Hid Ties to Medtronic
A former military doctor and Medtronic consultant at the center of a research scandal did not tell his medical school employer for a year about his Medtronic ties even as he was conducting company-sponsored research, according to that institution, Washington University in St. Louis.
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Mail & Guardian: One step closer to free varsities
Free education for poor university students moved sharply up the government’s priorities last week with the announcement of a ministerial committee to advise Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande on how to provide it.
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Times-Herald: CSU fund management questioned
Concerned that California State University foundations may be mismanaged, a state faculty union has urged Attorney General Jerry Brown to launch an investigation.
“The 23,000 members of the California Faculty Association have serious concerns about whether or not the CSU’s various foundations are conforming to proper fiduciary responsibility under state and federal law,” union president Lillian Taiz wrote in a letter this week to Brown.
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San Francisco Chronicle: UC chief lays out ‘draconian’ budget cut plan
Facing a loss of $813 million from the state, University of California President Mark Yudof is proposing widespread cuts for UC, including imposing unpaid days off on employees, eliminating jobs and killing out courses.
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Mercury News: Unionized workers rally outside UC president’s Oakland home to protest proposed cuts
OAKLAND — Unionized employees of the University of California rallied outside the North Oakland home of UC President Mark Yudof on Sunday morning to deliver what they called a “wake-up call” about his proposed cuts to the university system’s budget.
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Inside Higher Ed: Tarnished Jewel
There’s blood in the water, and Vicki Ruiz knows everyone can smell it.
“The privates have come calling,” says Ruiz, dean of the University of California at Irvine’s School of Humanities. “I’ve lost very valued faculty members to Yale, to Northwestern, to Penn, to Pomona, to Scripps, as well as to even.… ”
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AP: Iranian-American academic detained in Tehran
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested by authorities there for the second time in two years, his family said Friday.
Security forces arrested Kian Tajbakhsh late Thursday, a family member told The Associated Press. The relative was in contact with Tajbakhsh’s wife, who witnessed the arrest in Tehran.
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Las Vegas Sun: For his lobbying, Ashley demoted
Regents: He was out of line to press budget issues
David Ashley knew going into Friday’s face-off with regents that he would have to defend his communication skills, his level of involvement in the community and possibly even how he handled his headstrong wife.
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howtheuniversityworks: Colorado Judge Mugs Churchill
In my last column, I pointed out that the nationalist and “cultural capital” function of literature classes are in decline. With their tenure lines evaporating, many literature faculty are grasping at the claim that they teach “reading” and “thinking.”
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AP: Woman sues, says NY school used her as ‘plaything’
NEW YORK (AP) — A fundraiser at an upstate university has sued two senior athletic department officials, accusing them of using her as a “plaything” and trying to make her ply big donors with her sexuality.
The plaintiff, Elizabeth Williams, is represented by the lawyer who won a highly publicized sexual harassment case against former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas two years ago.
Greensboro News-Record: Williams retires as president of Greensboro College
Craven Williams, who helped revive an ailing Greensboro College when he became president in 1993 but in recent years watched the Methodist-affiliated school sink into mounting debt, abruptly retired Tuesday.
Less than two weeks after Williams, 69, dismissed suggestions that he step down, the college announced his retirement in a campus news release. It is effective immediately, according to a college spokeswoman.
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Inside Higher Ed: Head of Aid Group Charged
Philip Day charged with felonies related to previous job as chancellor of City College of San Francisco, where he is accused of diverting funds to political activities.
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Tagged City College of San Francisco, felonies, indictment, Legal issues, Philip Day, University presidents
Denver Post: CU billing Churchill for out-of-pocket legal expenses
The University of Colorado will bill Ward Churchill for more than $10,000 in out-of-pocket costs the school incurred while defending against his wrongful termination suit, the university’s lawyer said today.
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Honolulu Advertiser: Hawaii court blocks state furlough plan
Judge says governor’s order is subject to collective bargaining
Throwing Gov. Linda Lingle’s plans to close the state’s budget deficit into doubt, a Circuit Court judge ruled yesterday that the governor does not have the authority to unilaterally order furloughs for state workers.
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Nigeria: ASUU Strike: An Unending Drama
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) grew out of the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT), which was formed in 1965, covering academic staff in the University of Ibadan; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Ife, Ile-Ife; and University of Lagos.
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Inforum.com: College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze
Presidents of Minnesota state colleges and universities can earn $3,000 to $15,000 in performance bonuses next school year even though faculty and staff pay is frozen for two years.
Presidents of Minnesota state colleges and universities can earn $3,000 to $15,000 in performance bonuses next school year even though faculty and staff pay is frozen for two years.
Presidents, including those at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Minnesota State Community and Technical College with one of four campuses in Moorhead, had the ability to earn $2,000 in performance pay for the fiscal year that just ended.
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Sacramento Bee: Furloughs expected at California State University system
The furlough has become an unfortunate reality for many Sacramento area residents. More than 200,000 state workers are now facing a third monthly furlough day. About 18,000 UC Davis employees will probably have to take furloughs starting in August.
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