Boston University: BOSTON UNIVERSITY ENDORSES INSTITUTION-WIDE, OPEN-ACCESS RESEARCH ARCHIVE
Trend-setting policy allows voluntary online dissemination of scholarly work
(Boston) – Research by Boston University faculty and staff will soon be freely available in an online archive, bypassing the conventional and restrictive route of publishing papers in academic journals, announced BU President Robert A. Brown.
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The New York Times: Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes
A recent study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that a third of students surveyed said that they expected B’s just for attending lectures, and 40 percent said they deserved a B for completing the required reading.
howtheuniversityworks.com: Churchill to Appear in Pennsylvania Before Court Date
Academic freedom is the subject of three major conferences and at least two substantial journal issues this season, and they’ll all get a fair amount of ink and electrons when Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against the University of Colorado commences next month in Denver. Churchill’s campus process was wrongly decided in the fallout of a political witch hunt, featuring a faculty committee that generated spurious charges of “plagiarism” and “research misconduct” that will not bear the scrutiny of history (nor, one hopes, the district court).
You can read Churchill’s essay on the case in a massive, just-released special issue of Works and Days, guest-edited by Edward Carvalho.
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Times-Picayune: National science group boycotting Louisiana in protest of Science Education Act
BATON ROUGE — A national organization of scientists has informed Gov. Bobby Jindal it will not hold its annual convention in Louisiana as long as the recently adopted Science Education Act remains on the books.
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Inside Higher Ed: When Are Cancer Cases More Than Coincidence?
Since 2000, eight professors and staff members have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the literature building at the University of California at San Diego, and two of the women have died. About 130 women worked in the building during the time period when the diagnoses started. A UCSD medical report last year found odds of 1 in 333 that chance alone could explain the incidence of breast cancer in the building.
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WPTZ-TV: UVM Faculty: Staff Cuts, More Students Net Bad Formula
University Of Vermont Faces $28M Budget Gap
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Staff cuts and adding more students to close a budget gap are concerning faculty at the University of Vermont.
University trustees searching for options to close a $28 million budget gap heard an outpouring of concerns about whether the cuts could hurt the school’s reputation, NewsChannel 5’s Mia Moran reported.
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Burnaby Now: SFU rally protests lack of university funding
More than 1,000 people converged at a rally at SFU this week to protest underfunding of universities in B.C.
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eadershipnigeria.com: Salary Arrears: Teachers Threaten To Go On Strike
Teachers in Bayelsa State have threatened to embark on industrial action over the continued silence of the government on the non-implementation of the 2008 resolution adopted by the Governors’ Forum on the approved 27.5 per cent Teachers Salary Structure and the non-payment of six months 15 per cent salary arrears for primary and secondary teachers.
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The Times: Zim threatens to fire teachers
Striking teachers are set to defy a Zimbabwe government ultimatum to return to work tomorrow in spite of threats of instant dismissal.
In an apparent about turn education authorities moved from pleading with striking teachers to attend classes to threatening them with dismissal.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Cops Kill Students Amidst Protesting Colleagues
For over four months, six tertiary institutions, owned by the Borno state government have remained closed.
The closure was due to demands by both the academic and non-academic staff of the schools that government enhance their benefits by implementing the Consolidated Salary Structure of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions (CONTIS) approved by the federal government.
WLKY.com: Judge To Hear Arguments In Former Dean’s Fraud Case
Felner Wants Evidence Suppressed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A federal judge will hear arguments next month about whether to suppress evidence in the case against a former University of Louisville dean accused of fraud.
Robert Felner and colleague Thomas Schroeder are accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $2 million in grant and contract money from U of L and the University of Rhode Island.
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The Buffalo News: College administrators’ pay scrutinized
Issue arises as tuition jumps, givebacks eyed
The state may be looking to save money with employee givebacks, but it’s not coming from top college administrators — or former administrators.
Five presidents in the State University of New York system — including Fredonia State College President Dennis Hefner — have received pay raises of $8,600 or more after their recent annual reviews.
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SCTimes.com: 2-year salary freeze endorsed by union
The board of directors for the union representing more than 3,000 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system faculty members voted Friday to recommend approval of a two-year contract with MnSCU.
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Bozeman Daily Chronicle: MSU profs will vote on union this spring
Professors and adjunct instructors at Montana State University appear to be headed for a vote this spring on the controversial question of whether to form a faculty union.
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Inside Higher Ed: EEOC Can Sue Public University, Court Rules
The Eleventh Amendment protects public universities from lawsuits by former employees under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act — but it does not prevent the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from suing the colleges on the aggrieved employees’ behalf, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Inside Higher Ed: Crucifixes in the Classroom
At Boston College, the placement of Christian art, including crucifixes, in classrooms over winter break has stirred some intense discussions over that particular expression of the Roman Catholic (and catholic) university’s identity. And over whether it’s undergoing an identity crisis.
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The Chronicle: Nancy Zimpher Tackles a Big Challenge as SUNY’s New Chancellor
The State University of New York finally has a leader, with the hiring on Tuesday of Nancy L. Zimpher as the system’s chancellor. While no stranger to challenges, Ms. Zimpher, president of the University of Cincinnati, is taking on one of the most difficult and important jobs in higher education.
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Arizona Republic: ASU will close dozens of programs, cap enrollment
Arizona State University President Michael Crow today said the school will cap enrollment and close applications to next year’s freshman class March 1, possibly ask for more tuition from next fall’s students, close about four dozen academic programs and significantly scale back operations at its Polytechnic and West campuses, all in response to state budget reductions.
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The Chronicle News Blog: New School Faculty Members Renew Standoff With President Bob Kerrey
New York — If Bob Kerrey’s recent comments on his blog are any indication, the New School’s president evidently feels that, with the new year, a new era of improved “communication and shared governance” has begun at the university.
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San Antonio Express-News: Ex-UTSA prof wins suit over trashed notes
Don’t touch those files.
This week, a federal court jury awarded $175,000 in damages to Philip Stotter, a former chemistry professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, for the loss of research materials tossed out by school officials during a forced cleaning of Stotter’s laboratory.
The jury held former UTSA provost Guy Bailey personally responsible for failing to give Stotter adequate notice before throwing out his personal property, sending the message that government administrators are not always protected by the state’s immunity from being sued, said Regina Criswell, Stotter’s lawyer.
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