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Section: Faculty & Staff
Opinion
What Have You Done For Us Lately? A Case Study in Public Impact.
When an op-ed on reparations reached classrooms and influenced national medical policy, it underscored a growing reality for higher education: the most consequential scholarship may be the work that changes communities, not just academic résumés.
June 15, 2026
Institutions
AAUP Report: Faculty Pay Fell Behind Inflation as Salary Gaps Persist
A new AAUP report says full-time faculty salaries effectively declined despite nominal raises, with women still earning substantially less than men and pay disparities varying widely by rank and institution type.
June 11, 2026
Institutions
North Carolina’s private colleges claim $38B economic role as financial pressures mount
The state’s independent colleges remain major workforce and economic engines, but recent enrollment losses and financial stress show a more complicated outlook.
June 10, 2026
Faculty & Staff
Hundreds of Professors Sign Letter Calling for University of California to Reinstate SAT/ACT Math Requirement
Math and science professors have signed an online letter that calls for the University of California system to reinstate the SAT/ACT math requirement in order to reverse a “widening divergence” in math preparation.
May 29, 2026
Leadership & Policy
The Blueprint for Banning DEI: How Texas Is Using Department Consolidation to Reshape Higher Ed
Some faculty members say it is a politically-motivated, top-down defunding of teaching and research that centers issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and citizenship.
May 27, 2026
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Jennifer Jolley Connects Undergrads to Social Justice Themes Through Opera
Dr. Jennifer Jolley describes herself as a composer, conductor and professor. An associate professor and department chair in the School of the Arts and Humanities in the Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance at Lehman College in New York, she believes that music enhances the higher education experience regardless of a student’s major or field of study.
May 19, 2026
Faculty & Staff
The Rise of 'Shadow Faculty'
A wave of collective bargaining is reshaping American higher education, but are workers winning better pay at the cost of the full-time jobs they're trying to protect?
May 1, 2026
Faculty & Staff
How St. John’s University Became the Front Line for Regional Faculty Power
As the newly formed Metro New York Coalition for Higher Ed prepares for a major May 1 demonstration at Madison Square Garden, the battle at St. John’s University has evolved into a symbol of collective resistance against administrative overreach, spwaning a bigger "hands-off higher ed" movement.
April 30, 2026
Faculty & Staff
CUPA-HR Report: Women Administrators Face Growing Pay Disparities as They Age
A new report from CUPA-HR found women administrators over 48 are paid 82 cents on the dollar compared to white men in the field, whereas women 48 and under are paid 97 cents for every dollar paid to their white male peers.
April 28, 2026
Institutions
UW-Madison to Launch Standalone College of Computing and AI
The move represents the first time in 43 years that the university has established a new academic division.
April 28, 2026
African-American
Why Culturally Sustaining Practices Must Be Part of the Institutional Core
One AABHE presenter said institutional leaders must move beyond access to focus on belonging and equity, even in the current political climate.
April 14, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Faculty Unions Challenge Vermont State University's Spending Priorities
A March 2026 letter from faculty and staff union leaders notes that while their full-time staff positions have decreased by 115 positions and unionized faculty positions have decreased by 70 positions, non-union, full-time upper-level administrative positions have grown by 41 percent, or 38 positions.
April 14, 2026
Faculty & Staff
Faculty Purchasing Power Declines as Inflation Outpaces Salary Growth, AAUP Finds
Preliminary data from the nation's largest faculty compensation survey shows real wages fell for the first time since the pandemic.
April 8, 2026
From the Magazine
Chesney Snow Creating Innovative Princeton University Hip Hop Course
A pioneering figure in American beatbox culture, celebrated performer, Drama Desk winner and respected creative force is now incorporating his passions into teaching.
April 7, 2026
Faculty & Staff
Capacity vs. Innovation: Addressing the Mismatch in Faculty Support and AI Demands
Faculty and staff are being asked to carry more, emotionally, intellectually, and structurally, while they themselves are often stretched thin or burned out, one expert says.
April 6, 2026
From the Magazine
Dr. Arnold Mitchem Reflects on Lifetime of Advocacy for Disadvantaged Students
Mitchem will receive the 2026 Dr. John Hope Franklin Award on April 12 at the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education annual meeting in Baltimore.
April 3, 2026
Faculty & Staff
Survey Finds a 36-point Gap Between Faculty Needs and Institutional Funding
From the politically driven cancellation of 7,800 federal research grants to a 64 percent decline in faculty well-being, the data confirms a sobering reality: institutional commitment is being sustained by sheer professional endurance — and that endurance is not infinite.
March 26, 2026
Leadership & Policy
NYU's Contract Faculty Walk Off the Job as Students Return From Spring Break
University officials contend that the faculty members have not worked in good faith to find a resolution to the dispute.
March 24, 2026
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