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Students
Professor Looks at What Type of Exercise Benefits Academics
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ― A West Virginia University professor has been researching which types of exercise are effective in improving academic performance. The university said in a news release that Assistant Dean James C. Hannon of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences says resistance exercise such as weight lifting and using resistance bands seems […]
August 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Administrators Get Bulk of Chicago State University Payout for Layoffs
Nearly $1.6M of the $2.2M the financially strapped university has paid out went to severance pay for about 50 administrators in June, according to reports.
August 2, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: Can Income Diversity Replace Affirmative Action?
Harold O. Levy, executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, writes for The Hill that the best way to keep diverse populations on campuses is to put income diversity programs in place.
July 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
The High Price of Pregnancy While on the Academic Job Market
Although a woman who is currently employed and becomes pregnant has (limited) legal protections afforded to her in the form of FMLA, there is little protection for a woman searching for a job while pregnant.
July 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Johns Hopkins to Offer Dozens of Employees $36K to Buy Homes
BALTIMORE ― Johns Hopkins University is offering dozens of its full-time employees $36,000 grants toward buying a house near its east Baltimore medical campus. Andy Frank, special adviser to the university’s president, says the grants, paid for by the school’s “Live Near York Work” program, are part of a larger effort to bring new life […]
July 27, 2016
Students
Bahng’s Tenure Controversy Remains Cloud Over Ivy League for Asian American Studies Advocates
For Sera Kwon, Dr. Aimee Bahng’s situation raises larger questions about the viability of a career in academe, particularly in ethnic studies.
July 17, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Muhlenberg College Takes Strategic Step Toward Inclusiveness
Muhlenberg College hires 10 diverse tenure-track faculty in an effort to become more inclusive.
July 11, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Muhlenberg College Takes Strategic Step Toward Inclusiveness
Muhlenberg College hires five diverse tenure-track faculty in an effort to become more inclusive.
July 11, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Bismarck State College President: Budget Cuts Forcing Retirements
BISMARCK, N.D. ― The president of Bismarck State College says 15 employees are retiring by the end of this year and most of them have been driven out by statewide budget cuts. President Larry Skogen tells the Bismarck Tribune that he expects more retirements from teachers and staff to be announced as the school grapples […]
July 5, 2016
Faculty & Staff
University of Washington Virus Researcher Faces Discipline
SEATTLE ― The University of Washington says a microbiology professor faces possible discipline for violating sexual harassment policies. As detailed in a report on BuzzFeed this week, university investigations found Dr. Michael Katze demanded and received sexual favors from an employee in his lab. Investigators found that the woman, who had little prior job experience […]
June 30, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Illinois Governor, Leaders Negotiating Stopgap Budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ― Illinois lawmakers and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner were trying to craft a short-term budget deal Wednesday to ensure public schools open this fall and other services are funded while a fight over a full spending plan continues. The House and Senate were expected to be in session Thursday with the expectation that […]
June 29, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Bridging the Generational Gap to Understand Shifts in Meaning of Gender
College administrators and faculty need to bridge the generational gap between students in order to fully understand how students today view the meaning of gender.
June 27, 2016
Students
U of Missouri Dismissive of Grad Student Unionization Effort
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri asserts in a court filing that graduate students have no rights to collective bargaining. And if they do have that right, they are doing it wrong, attorney Michael Kaemmerer wrote in a brief filed last week in Boone County Circuit Court, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. The filing […]
June 21, 2016
Students
Chancellor Jimmy Cheek Resigning at University of Tennessee in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― Jimmy Cheek, the chancellor of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, is resigning to rejoin the faculty. In a Tuesday announcement, the university praised Cheek for increased diversity at the school, record fundraising and $1 billion in new construction and renovation. Cheek has also faced numerous challenges during his tenure. They include […]
June 21, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Professors’ Group Votes to Sanction University of Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― A national group of professors has voted unanimously to sanction the University of Iowa for the way the school hired its new president. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the century-old American Association of University Professors voted Saturday to sanction UI for “substantial non-compliance with standards of academic government” during the […]
June 19, 2016
Students
The Realization of What You are Teaching
How many of us actively question this point to ourselves, “What am I teaching students and what are they learning when I may not realize this is occurring?”
June 10, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Doctors Ask for Investigation of University of Arizona’s Phoenix Medical School
PHOENIX ― Arizona doctors are calling for an investigation into the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix following the departure of a long-serving dean and several top officials. After eight years as the college’s dean, Stuart Flynn resigned in April to lead a new Fort Worth, Texas, medical school created by Texas Christian University and […]
June 8, 2016
Students
As a Black Female College Professor in Texas, Should I Get a Gun?
I’m unsettled by the notion of entire university communities being motivated by fear to take up arms. I also wonder how people will react to Black students, staff and faculty who choose to arm themselves.
June 7, 2016
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