Inside Higher Ed: U. of Evansville President Arrested for Drunk Driving
Stephen G. Jennings, president of the University of Evansville, was arrested and jailed Wednesday night for driving while intoxicated. He has admitted guilt, was released from jail and agreed to participate in a program for first-time offenders.
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Inside Higher Ed: When a University Kills Suicide Research
Ask Russel Ogden why he studies suicide, and the sociologist answers by quoting Shakespeare: “To be or not to be?” The Bard’s question has never been more relevant, Ogden said in an interview about his studies of people with terminal diseases who take their own lives.
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Daily Gleanor: Professors raise red flags about teaching in colleges
University professors are cool to the idea of first- and second-year university courses being taught in New Brunswick’s community colleges.
That was one of the recommendations in the new $90-million post-secondary education plan released by the provincial government Thursday.
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Arizona Republic: Universities cutting back on tenure for teachers
Students at Arizona’s three state universities pay more for tuition but have greater odds of being taught by non-tenured, less experienced faculty than students a decade ago.
The shift has happened over the past decade as universities look for ways to save money, deal with booming enrollment and gain greater flexibility over hiring and firing.
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Daily Gleanor: University faculty unions fear loss of autonomy
The ability of provincial universities to think for themselves is being threatened by the creation of a mysterious Post-Secondary Education Agency, say the presidents of some university faculty unions.
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Better Deal for Teachers
Daily Trust (Abuja)
EDITORIAL
27 June 2008
Abuja
That the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) plans to go on an indefinite strike by July 1st, if the government failed to accede to its demands, should be a source of concern to us all.
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Business Day: NUT orders teachers to strike July 1
National Union of Teachers Tuesday directed all primary and secondary school teachers to commence on an indefinite strike from July 1, if government failed to issue the circular needed for the payment of their harmonised salary across all the states.
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Nigerian Tribune: Teachers strike inevitable – NUT
By Joseph Ajayi – 27.06.2008
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has reiterated that the proposed nationwide strike by teachers due to commence on Tuesday was inevitable.
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The Tide: Teachers strike, never again please
• Sunday, Jun 29, 2008
After several weeks of uncertainty, it is reassuring that the nation’s education sector will not be damaged further, as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), National Executive Committee came up with a resolution that could be described as sheathing the sword.
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Saturday Tribune: Teachers and Politics of NUT Strike
President Umaru Yar’AduaEducation has been described as the best legacy a nation can bestow its younger generations. Lord Brougham, one of the greatest human leaders ever, once said that education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave. This signifies the import of education to national development and underlies why a nation groans whenever academic calendar is affected and a major crisis rears its ugly head to disrupt the education system, most especially at the primary and secondary school levels. In this respect, the effect of the on-going crisis – the planned indefinite nation-wide strike – declared by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), to begin on Tuesday, has been described as unwarranted and preventable.
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Teachers’ Strike – Senate Backs Implementation of TSS
This Day (Lagos)
19 June 2008
Abuja
The Senate Committee on Education has expressed its support for the implementation of the Teachers’ Salaries Scale (TSS) which is the main demand for which the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) is threatening a nationwide strike.
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Why Teachers Should Be Heard!!!
Daily Trust (Abuja)
OPINION
18 June 2008
Saleh Shehu Ashaka
Civil servants in Nigeria today are generally not treated very well, but the case of teachers seems to be on a class of its own.
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Teachers’ Strike – Neco Postpones Exams, FG Stands Firm
Daily Trust (Abuja)
12 June 2008
Minna
The Federal Government “is not perturbed” by the three-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) as from yesterday, Minister of Education Igwe Aja Nwach-ukwu said in Abuja yesterday.
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Teachers’ Strike – We’re Not Perturbed, Says FG
This Day (Lagos)
12 June 2008
Lagos
The Federal Government said yesterday it was not bothered by the three-day warning strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).
The strike action has, however, paralysed academic activities in the states prompting the National Examinations Council (NECO) to suspend its ongoing Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE).
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AFP: Nigerian teachers end pay strike: union
Jun 14, 2008
LAGOS (AFP) — Nigerian teachers have ended their three-day strike after the government agreed to heed their demand for a pay rise, a union leader said Saturday.
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news.com.au: Over 11,000 teachers set to strike
June 15, 2008 02:00pm
Article from: AAP
MORE than 11,000 public school teachers are likely to participate in South Australia’s first 24-hour teachers’ strike in 12 years this Tuesday.
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York Daily Record: Union delays call to oust Cheyney president
Article Last Updated: 06/14/2008 02:31:18 PM EDT
CHEYNEY, Pa.—A union representing support staff at Cheyney University that had planned to call for the school president’s ouster has agreed instead to meet with her to review concerns.
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Columbus Business First: Columbus State, faculty sign 3-year contract
Columbus State Community College and the union representing its 269 full-time faculty have agreed to a three-year contract that includes a 3.75 percent pay raise next year.
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Globe & Mail: Ontario elementary teachers’ union abandons talks
June 7, 2008
Ontario’s elementary teachers’ union announced yesterday that it has walked away from provincial contract discussions, saying it is frustrated the government won’t eliminate the $711 average gap between elementary and secondary per-student funding.
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China View: Nigerian teachers to go on strike for early salary rise
LAGOS, June 6 (Xinhua) — The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to go ahead with its planned three-day warning strike from June 11 to 13, 2008, according to the Oyo State based Tribune newspaper on Friday.
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