The Honolulu Advertiser: Report says UH-Manoa in ‘disrepair,’ neglected
A scathing independent review of University of Hawai’i-Manoa facilities found that campus buildings and infrastructure are “suffering from countless deficiencies,” a situation exacerbated by inadequate and inconsistent management.
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Posted in Working conditions
The Columbus Dispatch: Rewrite theses, OU tells 2 students
One Ohio University doctoral student is off the hook, but two others accused of plagiarizing their master’s theses face university suspension if they don’t rewrite their papers by Dec. 31.
The Chronicle: U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Shuts Down Student Government in Audit Dispute
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee placed its Student Association on suspension Friday after the student government’s leaders refused to release some of the association’s financial records for review by university auditors.
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Posted in Students
The Chronicle: As Unrest Continues, Hundreds of Gallaudet U. Students and Supporters March to U.S. Capitol
Hundreds of Gallaudet University students and their supporters marched from the university’s campus to the United States Capitol on Saturday to continue their protest against the appointment of Gallaudet’s former provost as its next president.
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Posted in Protests
The Chronicle: Controversial Physicist Will Leave Brigham Young U. to Pursue 9/11 Research
Steven E. Jones, a physicist whose theories on the collapse of the World Trade Center’s twin towers have made him the unlikely darling of 9/11 conspiracy theorists, is retiring from Brigham Young University, the university confirmed on Sunday.
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Posted in Academics
The Peninsula: Qatar to fund Islamic university in Europe
Qatar has pledged that it will take part in financing the first Islamic university to be established in Europe by next month.
The university, named the ‘Ibn Sina Institute for Human Science’, will be opened in the French city of Lilie, located in the northern part of the country.
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Posted in International
Boston Globe: Former Harvard president takes job at hedge fund firm
Former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers will remain on the university’s faculty even though he has joined a $25 billion New York-based hedge fund management firm as a part-time managing director.
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Posted in Administration, Salary/Economic Benefits
Aljazeera.net: Veil controversy rocks Egypt university
Egyptian students who wear the veil could face expulsion from a leading university if they refuse to uncover their faces.
Helwan University has already banished students from residence halls and has threatened to expel from campus those who turn up with their faces covered, university officials said on Friday
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Posted in International
Haaretz: University year to begin as planned after budget cuts rescinded
The academic year for higher education institutions starts Sunday, after the threat of a strike at the country’s universities was allayed by a NIS 140 million infusion by the Finance Ministry.
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Posted in International
Los Angeles Daily News: Missing manners a rude awakening in college classes
They arrive late, talk on cell phones in class, throw temper tantrums, send ill-mannered e-mails and make threats.
Sounds like a job for Super Nanny, right? Yes, if these were children.
But across the nation, professors on university campuses are watching students in their classrooms sink into this abyss of rude behavior, prompting discussions on how to encourage civility without infringing on freedom of expression.
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Posted in Students
The Herald: Hartnell teachers strike
Hartnell College teachers are on strike today after late-night negotiations with the administration broke off without reaching an agreement.
“They asked us to come back and the offer they made yesterday is the same offer they made today,” said Theresa Carbajal, a counselor and psychology teacher. “Nothing changed. They had nothing new to offer.”
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Posted in Strikes & Labor Disputes
Inside Higher Ed: eCollege Seeks to Sell Datamark
Citing slower than projected growth, eCollege, a company that provides online educational learning services, announced a plan to potentially sell its enrollment marketing division, Datamark, Inc. Wednesday – a move, one analyst said, caused by a cool(er) front descending upon the once white-hot for-profit education market.
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Posted in Corporate University
Inside Higher Ed: Beyond Michigan’s Race Referendum
On election night next month, many eyes will be on Michigan, where voters will consider a proposal that would broadly ban race or sex-based affirmative action in all government programs, including college and university admissions. But while that may be the most visible state ballot measure related to higher education this year, dozens of others — on such diverse issues as state tax and spending limits, eminent domain and gay marriage — could significantly affect colleges and universities.
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Posted in Diversity
Washington Post: Fernandes Expresses Resolve to Lead Gallaudet
Jane K. Fernandes said yesterday that she is determined to be the next president of Gallaudet University, even as some board members continued to urge her to resign and more alumni arrived to join protests at the school for the deaf.
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Posted in Administration, Protests
The Chronicle: U. of Phoenix Got Confidential Files in Legal Case Through Education Department’s Error
A high-stakes whistle-blower case accusing the University of Phoenix of misusing billions of dollars in federal money has taken a bizarre twist. The U.S. Department of Education, which is ostensibly opposing Phoenix in the case, gave away the entire legal strategy of the whistle-blowers, including the identities of confidential witnesses.
Lawyers for the University of Phoenix and its parent company, the Apollo Group, obtained the information by filing a Freedom of Information Act request in 2004. The information, in a set of documents called a disclosure statement, outlines legal strategies and includes notes from interviews with witnesses, and department lawyers say they were not supposed to have been given out.
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Posted in Corporate University, Government
Daily Egyptian: Committee completes plagiarism report
The committee formed to review plagiarism accusations against SIUC’s long-range plan Southern at 150 has submitted its report to SIU President Glenn Poshard earlier this week.
The three-member committee assembled by Poshard on Sept. 8 to review the allegations wrapped up its investigation last week and delivered the report to the president’s office Monday, committee spokesman Mike Lawrence said.
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Posted in Administration
Washington Post: Gallaudet Trustees Split on Fernandes
Gallaudet University trustees have split in their support for incoming president Jane K. Fernandes, a shift from their united front endorsing her as the best person to lead the school for the deaf.
Last night, Fernandes said some members of the board of trustees have asked her to resign amid growing pressure from a coalition of students, faculty, alumni and staff who oppose her.
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Posted in Administration, Protests
The Iranian government barred at least 17 students from pursuing graduate studies this year because of their political activism, and required more than 54 students to sign statements that they would observe political and ideological regulations, according to a paper released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch.
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Posted in International, Students
Union-Tribune: CSU trustees cancel SDSU meeting
San Diego State University professors yanked the red carpet out from under their bosses.
The uninvite happened yesterday after some SDSU faculty balked at the estimated $225,000 cost to host the California State University board of trustees’ March meeting.
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Posted in Administration
Inside Higher Ed: Another study based on a survey of college professors has found that they are, on average, much more liberal than Americans on average. The study — by the Institute for Jewish and Community Research — also found that most professors are reluctant to share opinions that they view as contradicting those of the majority of their colleagues.
The Chronicle: Liberal ‘Groupthink’ Puts Professors at Odds With Most Americans, Report Says
A report released on Wednesday on the political views of faculty members accuses professors of liberal “groupthink,” a stance that the report says puts them at odds with the beliefs of most Americans on national and international issues.
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