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U. of Hawaii Names Sole Finalist for Presidency

The Chronicle News Blog: U. of Hawaii Names Sole Finalist for Presidency

M.R.C. Greenwood, a former provost of the University of California system, is the only finalist in the University of Hawaii’s search for its next president, Hawaii officials said yesterday.

Ohio: Presidential search records destroyed at Hocking College

Columbus Dispatch: Presidential search records destroyed at Hocking College

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — The president of Hocking College’s faculty union was astonished when she received public records she requested from her employer.

It’s what she didn’t receive — faculty and staff evaluations of the finalist who is the union’s apparent choice as the college’s new president — that led her to denounce the selection process as a “fiasco.”

UCSF draws the line at $75 bottles of wine

San Francisco Chronicle: UCSF draws the line at $75 bottles of wine

UC San Francisco has issued new rules on how much money its medical faculty and staff may spend for wine at recruitment dinners and other University of California functions.

The maximum reimbursement: $75 per bottle of wine, or $15 per glass.

Chicago State University: Faculty, students criticize 2 finalists for president as political insiders

Chicago Tribune: Chicago State University: Faculty, students criticize 2 finalists for president as political insiders

Disappointed staff, students call them political insiders

When Chicago State University President Elnora Daniel stepped down last year, faculty and students hoped a new president would bring a fresh start to the troubled university.

Instead many on the South Side campus are criticizing the two finalists as political insiders: Wayne Watson, chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, and Carol Adams, secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services. Some students plan to wear black in protest when the finalists visit the campus for meetings this month.

Graduate students hoping for tenure-track positions face bleak prospects as universities cut budgets and freeze hiring

Globe and Mail: Black days for those dreaming of the ivory tower

Graduate students hoping for tenure-track positions face bleak prospects as universities cut budgets and freeze hiring

McGill graduate student Ashley Burgoyne has one word to sum up the outlook this spring for freshly minted PhDs with dreams of getting on the tenure track. Scary.
McGill graduate student Ashley Burgoyne, an expert in music technology, worries that he won’t find full-time work at a university. (John Morstad for The Globe and Mail)

McGill graduate student Ashley Burgoyne, an expert in music technology, worries that he won’t find full-time work at a university.

The economic crisis that has gripped the globe is hitting campuses across the country. Universities are cutting budgets, and for many schools that means putting hiring plans into deep freeze. Add to that federal cuts to research funding, a new reluctance by senior faculty to retire, and dwindling endowment funds to support scholars, and the picture grows grim.

Newfoundland & Labrador: Memorial University lacks independence, report says

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.

Colorado State U. Skips Search Firm in Hunt for Nontraditional Chancellor

The Chronicle: Colorado State U. Skips Search Firm in Hunt for Nontraditional Chancellor

Officials at the Colorado State University system want a different kind of chancellor, and they think they can find one without the help of a search firm