Tag Archives: Politics

Faculty Unions Mobilize to Regain Lost Ground in Elections

The Chronicle: Faculty Unions Mobilize to Regain Lost Ground in Elections

Labor unions that represent college instructors are gearing up for several major battles at the polls in the coming months, out of a conviction that they must flex more muscle politically if they are to prevent further assaults on their members’ pocketbooks and bargaining power.

Although labor-related issues have long been key points of contention in state and national elections, labor activists in academe are especially geared up for the current election cycle in response to the attacks that fiscally conservative Republican lawmakers mounted against them after the elections of 2010.

Iraq suspends university for politics

AP: Iraq suspends university for politics

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister suspended classes and banned political activities at one of Baghdad’s leading universities following student protests on campus, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

Former Texas Tech regents say gov pushed them out

Austin American-Statesman: Two former regents say Perry allies pressured them to resign
Both cite their support of Perry opponent, Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Two former Texas Tech University System regents said Friday that allies of Gov. Rick Perry’s pressured them to resign after their support for Perry’s political rival — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison — became public.

Purge of Iranian Universities Is Feared

The New York Times: Purge of Iranian Universities Is Feared

CAIRO — As Iran’s universities prepare to start classes this month, there is growing concern within the academic community that the government will purge political and social science departments of professors and curriculums deemed “un-Islamic,” according to academics and political analysts inside and outside Iran.

Obama and Duncan be warned, teachers’ unions can strike against Democrats too

examiner.com: Obama and Duncan be warned, teachers’ unions can strike against Democrats too

President Obama has put non-unionized charter schools that cream some of the best kids from neighborhood schools at the top of his education agenda.

He has celebrated the leadership of D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, who has fired 1000 educators and farmed kids out to charter schools.

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.

Turn Right at Berkeley

The New York Times: New Political Study Center? Turn Right at Berkeley

If you’re interested in studying left-wing social movements like organized labor, civil rights or feminism, there are dozens of universities and colleges that have created special programs and research centers devoted to the subject. But hardly any similar institutions exist in academia for those looking for a place to study the right wing in America and abroad.

Canadian universities blasted for ban on anti-Israel ‘apartheid’ poster


Haaretz: Canada schools blasted for ban on anti-Israel ‘apartheid’ poster

Two Canadian universities came under criticism this week for banning a poster which is seen to be depicting Israelis as child-killers and accusing Israel of apartheid. Brazilian politicians and scholars, meanwhile, lambasted a recent student exchange accord between Tel Aviv University and a Catholic academy from Sao Paulo.