Panel Looks to Need-Based Aid and Community Colleges to Improve College Access

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The Chronicle: Panel Looks to Need-Based Aid and Community Colleges to Improve College Access
American colleges and universities can improve access for financially needy students by preserving need-based financial-aid programs and increasing understanding of the role of community colleges, a panel of experts said on Friday.

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Posted in Economics

Senate Draft Bill Would Authorize Databases to Track Student Progress

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The Chronicle: Senate Draft Bill Would Authorize Databases to Track Student Progress
Senate leaders proposed draft legislation last week that would help states set up databases to track college students’ educational progress. The controversial provision, which has slim chances of becoming law this year, was tucked into a broader draft bill intended to improve science education and economic competitiveness.

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Posted in Government, Students

Virginia: University paper hit for Jesus cartoons

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The Washington Times: University paper hit for Jesus cartoons

Cartoons featuring Jesus Christ that ran in a student newspaper at the University of Virginia have prompted a barrage of e-mails to the paper and school from people who think the comics are blasphemous.

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Posted in Free speech, Students

Higher ed is next challenge after No Child, secretary says

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Post-Gazette: Higher ed is next challenge after No Child, secretary says

Federal officials are taking the No Child Left Behind Act to the next frontier — higher education.

In Pittsburgh yesterday, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said she will be making a policy speech about higher education at the end of this month.

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Posted in Government

RISKING CUNY’S FUTURE

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New York Post: RISKING CUNY’S FUTURE

Talk about Albany dysfunction. And a lame-duck governor (emphasis on lame): Yesterday, the state Senate failed to OK the reappointment of Jeffrey Wiesenfeld to City University’s board.

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Posted in Administration

NYT editorial: Killing off the American future

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The New York Times: Killing off the American future

America’s domination of the global information economy did not come about by accident. It flowed directly from policies that allowed the largest generation in the nation’s history broad access to a first-rate college education regardless of ability to pay. By subsidizing public universities to keep tuition low, and providing federal tuition aid to poor and working-class students, this country vaulted tens of millions of people into the middle class while building the best-educated work force in the world.

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Posted in Economics

Professor’s Digital Lessons Put On Hold

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NBC17.com: Professor’s Digital Lessons Put On Hold

A North Carolina State University professor’s idea to have students pay for lecture downloads has been put on hold while a new department dean reviews the concept.

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Posted in Academics, Corporate University

Boycotting a Magazine’s Boycott Issue

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Inside Higher Ed: Boycotting a Magazine’s Boycott Issue

In the annals of academic conferences, few may have been more ill-fated than the aborted conclave on academic boycotts planned by the American Association of University Professors.

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Posted in Advocacy

Faculty Strike Ends at Eastern Michigan U. as Both Sides Agree to Hire ‘Fact Finder’

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The Chronicle News Blog: Faculty Strike Ends at Eastern Michigan U. as Both Sides Agree to Hire ‘Fact Finder’

Full-time professors at Eastern Michigan University ended a strike on Wednesday after an overnight bargaining session with university administrators. The session did not resolve the dispute but did result in an agreement to hire an impartial outside “fact finder” to conduct hearings and recommend a compromise, mainly on salary and health-care issues.

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Liberal-Arts Courses Grow at U. of Phoenix as More Younger Students Enroll

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The Chronicle News Blog: Liberal-Arts Courses Grow at U. of Phoenix as More Younger Students Enroll

The University of Phoenix, which has built its growth on serving working-adult students seeking professional degrees in fields related to their jobs, is seeing an evolution in its enrollment as it moves to attract younger students. Today about 40 percent of its nearly 300,000 students take classes in the liberal arts.

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Posted in Corporate University

‘Academe’ Boycott Hits AAUP’s Journal Over Failed Conference

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The Chronicle News Blog: ‘Academe’ Boycott Hits AAUP’s Journal Over Failed Conference

It seems that the American Association of University Professors can’t do anything about academic boycotts without angering one side or the other. The AAUP tried to hold a conference in Italy last spring on the issue, but those plans melted down.

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Posted in Advocacy

Debate Grows as Colleges Slip in Graduations

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The New York Times: Debate Grows as Colleges Slip in Graduations

When a research group started tracking what happens to Chicago’s public school graduates after they enter college, it came upon a startling and dispiriting finding: the graduation rates at two of the city’s four-year public universities were among the worst in the country.

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Posted in Academics

Professor Who Was Stranded in Canada Gets Clearance to Return to U.S.

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The Chronicle: Professor Who Was Stranded in Canada Gets Clearance to Return to U.S.

After being stranded in Canada for nearly three months after U.S. officials canceled his visa, an assistant professor of Arabic at San Francisco State University learned on Wednesday that he will be allowed to return to the United States.

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Posted in Government

Chancellor of U. of Nebraska at Omaha Resigns Following New Allegations in a Spending Investigation

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The Chronicle: Chancellor of U. of Nebraska at Omaha Resigns Following New Allegations in a Spending Investigation

The chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nancy Belck, resigned on Tuesday after a months-long controversy over university officials’ use of funds from athletics boosters escalated with new allegations over the weekend that she had wrongfully altered an expense record for a restaurant dinner that took place two years ago.

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Posted in Administration

The Children Left Behind

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Inside Higher Ed: The Children Left Behind

Up to 4 million low and moderate income students denied college degrees by financial barriers over 20 years, report estimates.

The Chronicle: Financial Barriers Will Keep Millions From College, Eroding Nation’s Competitiveness, Panel Says

Millions of high-school graduates from low- and moderate-income families who planned and prepared for college will continue to lose access to higher education because of financial strains, according to a report released on Wednesday by a committee that advises Congress and the U.S. Education Department.

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Posted in Equity, Students

Detroit: How mayor brokered end of school strike

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The Detroit News: How mayor brokered end of school strike

Detroit Public Schools Superintendent William Coleman III had nothing good to report when he called the mayor about 5 p.m. Monday to update him on the teachers strike.
After two weeks of round-the-clock negotiations — some stretching to 20 hours — no breakthroughs were in sight.

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Posted in Strikes & Labor Disputes

Detroit: Pay freeze troubles teachers

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The Detroit News: Pay freeze troubles teachers

Several Detroit teachers who heard details of the tentative agreement Tuesday said although the terms weren’t everything they hoped, they were enough to get them back into the classroom.
Union officials will recommend to about 9,500 teachers and school staff today at Cobo Center that they approve the tentative deal that provides minimal wage increases and concessions in health care and fringe benefits. Seniority pay increases, which were removed last year, are also to be reinstated.

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More rights for adjuncts

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Inside Higher Ed: More rights for adjuncts

The American Association of University Professors has long had detailed guidelines on how colleges should evaluate tenure-track faculty members. In a move designed to provide more help to those who aren’t on the tenure track, the association on Tuesday announced that it would be asking members to approve a detailed set of guidelines for adjunct instructors.

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Posted in Contingent labor

Michigan: EMU faculty suspend strike, go back to school

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WWMT.com: EMU faculty suspend strike, go back to school

Faculty members at Eastern Michigan University returned to the classroom today while the faculty union and school officials return to the bargaining table.

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Oberlin President Resigns Amid Criticism From Faculty and Students

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The Chronicle News Blog: Oberlin President Resigns Amid Criticism From Faculty and Students

Nancy S. Dye, president of Oberlin College since 1994, has announced that she will step down at the end of the academic year.

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