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Nevada Chancellor Urges Board to Fire UNLV Chief

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Inside Higher Ed: Nevada Chancellor Urges Board to Fire UNLV Chief

The chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, whose own term is due to end this month, recommended to the system’s regents Tuesday that they fire David Ashley, president of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. The letter from Chancellor James E. Rogers to the members of the Board of Regents, recommended that “Dr. Ashley’s contract not be renewed and that you consider immediate termination of the contract as president…. [T]he problems that have become the subject of much media attention recently are the problems that I long ago asked him and expected him to correct.” Ashley’s performance has been the subject of significant news coverage and he returned from a trip to Singapore last week amid rumors that he would resign.

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South Africa: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

Posted on June 15, 2009 by | Comments Off on South Africa: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

Business Day: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

CAPPING the pay of top managers at public higher education institutions was a step in the right direction, but all salaries at these institutions should be subject to government guidelines, two higher education staff unions said yesterday.

The government has proposed that the total cost of all senior university and university of technology management salaries be capped at 6% of each institution’s total staff cost.

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C-J Still Ignoring UofL Leadership Failures

Posted on June 11, 2009 by | Comments Off on C-J Still Ignoring UofL Leadership Failures

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PageOneKentucky.com: C-J Still Ignoring UofL Leadership Failures

Yesterday we shared three lengthy articles from The Chronicle of Higher Education that essentially served as an indictment of the University of Louisville’s leadership team. The stories detailed the long nightmare of the Robert Felner scandal and the embarrassing lack of action and willful ignorance on the part of UofL’s head honchos.

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Idaho: ‘Inspiration officer’ paid $112,500 over nine months at UI

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The Spokesman-Review: Faculty question expert’s earnings
‘Inspiration officer’ paid $112,500 over nine months at UI

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho is paying a Minnesota consultant who spends less than two weeks a month on the Moscow campus $112,500 to serve as its “chief inspiration officer,” according to public records.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports the university signed a contract with Magaly Rodriguez last year, paying her $12,500 a month as part of a nine-month contract that expires in June.

The workshops conducted by Rodriguez have helped save programs, school administrators said, but some faculty are criticizing the contract signed during the same budget year the school was forced to cut about $3.8 million.

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New home, new outlook, new publishing system for Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor

Posted on June 5, 2009 by | Comments Off on New home, new outlook, new publishing system for Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor

Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor

The Editorial Team of Workplace is proud to announce the journal’s new home, new outlook, and new publishing system!

We encourage you to browse the Workplace open journal system, submit a manuscript, or volunteer to review http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca/journal/index.php/workplace/index. We also welcome proposals for Special Issues; if you have an idea or have assembled a group of scholars writing on higher education workplace activism and issues of academic labor, send us a proposal.

Current preprints include:

John Welsh‘s “Theses on College and University Administration” and “The Status Degradation Ceremony.” As a whole, both feature articles challenge scholars to rethink the administration of higher education and how we frame research into this process http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca/journal/index.php/workplace/issue/current.

“The Education Agenda is a War Agenda: Connecting Reason to Power and Power to Resistance” by Rich Gibson & E. Wayne Ross

Reviews by Richard Brosio and Prentice Chandler

Thank you and please forward this invitation to colleagues and networks.
—
Stephen Petrina & E. Wayne Ross, Co-Editors

Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
University of British Columbia
http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca/journal/index.php/workplace/index

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Another scandal at Alabama community colleges

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Birmingham News: SEC says Alabama two-year college officials used public money for plays, dinners, sporting events on New York trips

Alabama two-year college officials used public money to pay for relatives and friends to attend Broadway shows and sporting events and to dine at upscale restaurants in New York City during bond rating trips from 2003 to 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.

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Houston Chronicle: Chancellor gives A&M president poor score

The last few months have not been easy for Elsa Murano, the first female and first Hispanic president of Texas A&M University.

Last week, the chancellor of the sprawling system, Mike McKinney, floated the idea of eliminating her job and combining it with his.

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CANADA: Academics call for greater transparency

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World University News: CANADA: Academics call for greater transparency

The Canadian Association of University Teachers has called on the country’s universities to open their books so the causes and extent of the financial difficulties facing institutions can be better understood.

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Colorado State U. Board Picks One of Its Own as Sole Finalist for Chancellor’s Post

Posted on May 6, 2009 by | Comments Off on Colorado State U. Board Picks One of Its Own as Sole Finalist for Chancellor’s Post

The Chronicle News Blog: Colorado State U. Board Picks One of Its Own as Sole Finalist for Chancellor’s Post

The Board of Governors of Colorado State University has chosen its own vice chairman, Joe Blake, as the sole finalist for the new position of chancellor of the university system, the board announced today.

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Not So Warm Welcome for New York Private College Chief

Posted on May 6, 2009 by | Comments Off on Not So Warm Welcome for New York Private College Chief

Inside Higher Ed: Not So Warm Welcome for New York Private College Chief

Last month, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York named Laura L. Anglin — New York State’s budget director — as its next president. Anglin takes office in July at CICU, which has historically been an influential player in Albany with work on behalf of the state’s private colleges. On Monday, the Student Assembly of the State University of New York offered a welcome of sorts to Anglin — in the form of an ethics complaint filed with the state public integrity division. The SUNY student group argues that holding the job of budget director while interviewing for the CICU job was a conflict of interest because the state has programs that assist private colleges and their students. Anglin, in a statement, responded: “The complaint filed by the Student Assembly of the State University of New York has no basis in fact. As a public servant for many years, I am clearly aware of my responsibilities under the state ethics laws. Throughout the budget process, I took the utmost precautions to ensure that I had met the requirements of the public officers law, both in spirit and in letter.”

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Professors vs. Chairs

Posted on April 16, 2009 by | Comments Off on Professors vs. Chairs

Inside Higher Ed: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

SAN DIEGO — You know the stereotypes — perhaps even believe them. College administrators these days care only for the bottom line. Professors can’t decide anything or ever endorse change. When professors become department chairs or deans, they cross over to the “dark side,” and forget their old values and friends.

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Florida: Policy change at FAMU brings up faculty’s right to know

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Tallahassee Democrat: Policy change at FAMU brings up faculty’s right to know

What started out as a routine policy change for Florida A&M’s trustees last week turned into a right-to-know issue for faculty.

At a trustee sub-committee meeting, members were asked to approve a policy change that would require annual performance evaluations for six FAMU executives. However, wording of the policy change included faculty.

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Higher Education’s Coming Leadership Crisis

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The Chronicle: Higher Education’s Coming Leadership Crisis

By ARJUN APPADURAI

What the current recession, with its associated fears, frauds, and free falls, will ultimately mean for American higher education is still uncertain. Yet some things are clear: Many colleges and universities are seeing drops in applications, and several are reconsidering tenure and other forms of long-term faculty autonomy and job security. Many are freezing salaries and stopping or slowing new hires. Others are scaling back plans to build new facilities or invest in expensive programs. Still others are taking drastic steps, such as the sale of their art collections, to deal with shortfalls in their operating budgets.

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Following the Money in New Mexico

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Inside Higher Ed: Following the Money in New Mexico

At the University of New Mexico, the salary budget for upper administrators and associated professional positions, including directors, grew by 71 percent – in raw numbers an increase of more than $4 million – from 2002 to 2008. Compensation just for those positions above the level of dean (i.e. associate vice presidents and above) grew 42.1 percent between 2002 and 2007, and another 12.3 percent by 2008.

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Wisconsin: Parkside’s interim chancellor to leave after term ends

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The Journal Times: Parkside’s interim chancellor to leave after term ends

SOMERS — University of Wisconsin-Parkside Interim Chancellor Lane Earns will not become Parkside’s next full-time chancellor.

He announced to students and faculty Friday that he will be returning to UW-Oshkosh after his term is done in June, according to a news release.

In Oshkosh he held the position of provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs.

Earns started as Parkside’s interim chancellor after Parkside’s intended next chancellor, Robert Felner, was indicted on charges of misusing federal grant money.

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California: Even in recession, UC spends big on top brass

Posted on March 26, 2009 by | Comments Off on California: Even in recession, UC spends big on top brass

San Francisco Chronicle: Even in recession, UC spends big on top brass

The University of California’s worst financial crisis in years has not prevented the hiring of high-salaried administrative talent or the awarding of pay raises, promotions and perks to a dozen executives, university records show.

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£300,000 for university chiefs but they want student fees to go up

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Evening Standard: £300,000 for university chiefs but they want student fees to go up

UNIVERSITY vice-chancellors were condemned today for taking home huge pay rises as they demanded the power to charge students higher tuition fees.

In London, three vice-chancellors were paid more than £300,000 during 2007/08 after receiving what critics called “exorbitant” increases.

Five university leaders in the capital made it into the top 10 in the UK vice-chancellors “rich list”, compiled by the Times Higher Education magazine.

Across the country, the average pay rise for vice-chancellors last year was nine per cent taking salaries to an average of £194,000.

The details emerged two days after vice-chancellors called for undergraduate tuition fees to be doubled to £6,500 a year. They claimed that without more funding degree courses would have to be cut and Britain’s status as a world leader for research and education would be put at risk.

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Rhode Island: Ex-RWU dean faces stalking charge for letters sent to faculty members.

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Providence Journal: Ex-RWU dean faces stalking charge for letters sent to faculty members.

After John Dawson was fired from his post as the associate dean of continuing studies at Roger Williams University in 2000, he began a furious postcard and letter writing campaign to faculty members at the university.

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President of Harvey Mudd College Lands High-Profile Microsoft Board Seat

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The Chronicle: President of Harvey Mudd College Lands High-Profile Microsoft Board Seat

Maria M. Klawe, the offbeat president of tiny Harvey Mudd College, has landed a seat on the board of one of the highest-profile corporations in America: the technology giant Microsoft. The appointment could help Ms. Klawe — a computer scientist who juggles and skateboards in her spare time — raise the profile of Mudd, a 730-student college in Claremont, Calif., that emphasizes science, mathematics, and engineering.

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Newfoundland & Labrador: Memorial University lacks independence, report says

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Globe and Mail: Memorial University lacks independence, report says

The tug-of-war between the Newfoundland and Labrador government and Memorial University over the selection of the school’s next president continued yesterday with a new report that calls for an end to provincial involvement in appointing university leaders.

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