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UConn Hoops Coach’s $12-Million Claim Calls for a Lesson in Math

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The Chronicle News Blog: UConn Hoops Coach’s $12-Million Claim Calls for a Lesson in Math

The top-ranked University of Connecticut men’s basketball team beat the University of South Florida by 14 points on Saturday. But Jim Calhoun, the head coach now in his 23rd season with Connecticut, was hardly in a charitable mood at the postgame press conference.

Mr. Calhoun quickly lost his cool when a freelance reporter, political activist, and law student, Ken Krayeske, questioned him about the propriety of his annual salary, given the state’s $2-billion budget deficit, The Hartford Courant reported.

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Iowa: Waldorf College may sell assets to online school

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Des Moines Register: Waldorf College may sell assets to online school

Forest City, Ia. – Waldorf College leaders are pursuing a rare path for a nonprofit, faith-based college – selling its assets to a for-profit, online university.

College President Dick Hanson confirmed Friday that school officials were considering such a move with Columbia Southern University of Alabama. The proposal comes as the 106-year-old Lutheran- affiliated college struggles with its finances. It has seen enrollment and donations shrink.

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India Plans Big Budget Increase to Finance Higher-Education Expansion

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The Telegraph: Funds fillip for varsity dream

New Delhi, Feb. 16: The interim budget has armed the government with a funds booster to fuel the Prime Minister’s vision for an unprecedented expansion in higher education institutions, as it races to meet promises ahead of the general election.

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Ohio: Kent State drops sabbaticals for next year

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Daily Kent Stater: Provost cancels 60 sabbaticals next year
$500K estimated to be saved as a result

Faculty professional improvement leaves, better known as faculty sabbaticals, have been canceled for the 2009-2010 academic year as a cost reduction initiative.

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U. of Tennessee System’s President Resigns Abruptly

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The Chronicle: U. of Tennessee System’s President Resigns Abruptly

The University of Tennessee system will be forced to handle a serious budget crisis without a permanent president and with a new chancellor at its flagship campus, in Knoxville.

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Vermont: UVM Faculty: Staff Cuts, More Students Net Bad Formula

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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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British Columbia: SFU rally protests lack of university funding

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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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Minnesota: 2-year salary freeze endorsed by union

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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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New York: Nancy Zimpher Tackles a Big Challenge as SUNY’s New Chancellor

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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: ASU will close dozens of programs, cap enrollment

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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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Bousquet: full employment for educators and restrictions on student labor

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The Chronicle: Stimulating Higher Ed

By Marc Bousquet

Take students out of the workforce and create real jobs for educators.

This week, lawmakers will meet to forge a compromise between the House and Senate versions of the stimulus bill. The likely consequence will be something similar to the Senate version, which targeted education funds for aggressive reductions — chopping an average almost $1-billion per state in funds that would largely have gone to help meet payroll for teachers.

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Massachusetts: To Save Money, Staff Members and Administrators Will Teach Classes at Nichols College

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The Chronicle: To Save Money, Staff Members and Administrators Will Teach Classes at Nichols College

It’s not uncommon for staff members at Nichols College to teach classes for extra pay. But as the economy continues to worsen, a teaching load will be just part of the job for some of them.

And beginning this fall, staff members at the Massachusetts institution who aren’t yet teaching have been asked to step up to the lectern. Putting professional staff members, deans, and senior administrators in the classroom allows Nichols to shift money it would have spent paying adjunct professors’ salaries into student aid.

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Clark Atlanta cuts 100 staffers

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Clark Atlanta cuts 100 staffers

With university’s enrollment, endowment down, faculty must be let go, president says.

About 70 full-time Clark Atlanta University faculty members and 30 other full-time employees are receiving word today that they have lost their jobs.

To compensate for the cutbacks to the school’s 650-member staff, some classes are being combined, university President Carlton E. Brown said Friday.

Brown emphasized that the university remains fully accredited and financially sound.

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Drew University to lay off 10% of faculty and staff

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Los Angeles Times: Drew University to lay off 10% of faculty and staff

Between 35 and 40 people will be laid off, and contributions to all employees’ retirement funds have been suspended, officials said. Job and salary cuts are expected to take effect in early March.

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science will lay off 10% of its faculty and staff and slash executive salaries in an effort to reduce annual expenses by $10 million, officials said.

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Turmoil Over 70 Faculty Layoffs at Clark Atlanta

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Inside Higher Ed: Turmoil Over 70 Faculty Layoffs at Clark Atlanta

On Wednesday, a delegation of faculty leaders at Clark Atlanta University gave President Carlton E. Brown a list of 46 specific ideas for saving money. One of them was cutting the salaries of all faculty members by up to 10 percent. According to faculty leaders, he didn’t inform them of his plans for the next day.

On Thursday, the university announced the layoffs of 100 employees, including 70 full-time faculty members. (While the university did not indicate the tenure status of those affected, faculty sources and a university spokeswoman both said that some have tenure.) Most of the dismissed professors were told to leave immediately and classes were called off Friday and today to allow for courses to be reassigned to other professors. That may not be easy: Officially Clark Atlanta has 230 faculty members, which would mean that the layoffs constitute about 30 percent of the faculty. Some professors say that 230 is a high figure and that the base is actually lower.

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Arizona: ASU workers on layoff list may get hit by furloughs, too

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Arizona Republic: ASU workers on layoff list may get hit by furloughs, too

Some Arizona State University employees who are being laid off will face a double whammy under the university’s new furlough policy.

In response to the state’s ongoing budget crisis, the university was forced to eliminate up to 550 positions through attrition and layoffs, a number that could grow by an additional 1,000 jobs. The process of issuing 90-day layoff notifications began several months ago.

Last week, ASU President Michael Crow announced plans to require each of the university’s 12,000 employees to take up to 15 unpaid days off by June 30, which would save $24 million.

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