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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
New Mexico University to Lay-off Staff, Freeze Vacant Posts
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State University’s finalized budget will freeze over 90 vacant faculty and staff positions and lay off two personnel. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports university officials said Friday that the moves will close an $8 million gap in the institution’s budget. Administrators say the personnel cuts are much smaller than […]
July 10, 2017
Students
Mills College Faces Layoffs, Restructuring Programs
The venerable Oakland, California-based, all-women’s school is faced with a growing deficit of more than $9 million out of an annual operating budget of $57 million.
July 9, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Protesters: Rehire Adjunct Fired for Fox News Commentary
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Activists are imploring New Jersey lawmakers to demand a college rehire an instructor who was fired last month after officials said she made racially insensitive remarks during a Fox News interview. About a dozen protesters, including members of Black Lives Matter, showed up at a Thursday night meeting of county legislators to […]
July 9, 2017
Students
Judge Tosses Texas Professors’ Lawsuit Over Guns on Campus
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by three University of Texas professors who argued that a new state law allowing concealed handguns on campus could have a “chilling effect” on classroom debate. Sociology professor Jennifer Lynn Glass and English professors Lisa Moore and Mia Carter sued last summer, before the law […]
July 9, 2017
Faculty & Staff
CCNY, UTEP Team Up to Increase Hispanic Faculty in STEM
City College of New York and the University of Texas at El Paso have joined forces in an effort to increase the number of Hispanic faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs at higher education institutions.
July 6, 2017
Students
Ohio Empowers Community Colleges to Address Industry Needs
Ohio has become the 24th state to allow its community colleges to offer four-year degrees.
July 5, 2017
Students
Connections Keep Western Michigan’s Dunn Energized
An open and honest connection with students, faculty, administration and staff marked Dr. John M. Dunn’s tenure as president of Western Michigan University. And although he is retiring, that connection, he says, will not be broken.
July 5, 2017
Faculty & Staff
University of Montana Offering Buyouts
MISSOULA, Mont. — Six University of Montana faculty members have expressed interest in the university’s second round of buyouts. The Missoulian reports the university recently offered early retirement incentives to 100 faculty members to reduce personnel costs due to declining enrollment. Fourteen who were of retirement age expressed interest, along with the six from the […]
July 3, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Professor Durden’s Firing Highlights Adjuncts’ Shaky Footing
Lisa Durden never thought a fiery exchange on a Fox News show would have any impact on her employment as an adjunct professor at Essex County College, an open-access, two-year community college headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
June 26, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Adjunct Who Posted About N. Korea Detainee Won’t Be Rehired
WILMINGTON, Del. — The University of Delaware won’t rehire a professor who said a college student who died after being held by North Korea “got exactly what he deserved.” In a statement Sunday, the university said that the adjunct faculty member, Katherine Dettwyler, will not be rehired. She had last taught a course in the […]
June 26, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Researchers Look to Census Data for Keys to Improving Educational Outcomes
A new report examines racial inequity in education and offers recommendations based off of research which touches on structural barriers that need to be overcome in order to improve educational outcomes for racial groups.
June 25, 2017
Faculty & Staff
N.J. College: Professor Fired for Racially Insensitive Remarks
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey community college has fired an adjunct professor after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News. Essex County College’s president announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Lisa Durden’s appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” College officials said they received complaints about Durden’s interview with Carlson. Durden, who […]
June 25, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Student Evaluations at Center of American University Tenure Fight
Carolyn Brown, an assistant professor at American University, is appealing the provost’s decision to reject her tenure application, saying the rejection is based upon a “flawed and biased” analysis of her teaching efficiency.
June 22, 2017
Students
Want to Increase Graduation Rates? Hire More Underrepresented Faculty
While overall college graduation rates have been increasing, the gap between graduation rates for students from underrepresented groups and white students is actually growing. One way to close that gap: having more faculty who reflect the race and ethnicity of those students.
June 19, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Former University of Montana President to Earn $119K as Chemistry Professor
MISSOULA, Mont. — Former University of Montana President Royce Engstrom will earn $119,000 a year when he returns to teaching as a chemistry professor. The Missoulian reports Engstrom will the third highest-paid professor of the 10 faculty members in the university’s chemistry department. Engrstrom resigned as president in December at the request of Commissioner of […]
June 19, 2017
Students
Delta College Settles in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
BAY CITY, Mich. — Two students who allege they were sexually harassed by a Delta College professor have dropped their lawsuit against the school in exchange for $195,000. A judge signed an order in February to dismiss the suit after an out-of-court settlement was reached, the Bay City Times reported. The newspaper recently obtained the […]
June 18, 2017
Students
Military Hero Bill McRaven Having Trouble as Texas Chancellor
AUSTIN, Texas — Bill McRaven came to Texas an American military hero, charged with leading one of the country’s largest public university systems at a time it needed a steady hand. The retired Navy Admiral and former special operations leader, who planned the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, now faces an uncertain future as […]
June 18, 2017
Students
South Korean Police Arrest Suspect in University Explosion
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police on Tuesday detained a 25-year-old graduate student for allegedly placing a concealed explosive device that injured a professor at a university office in Seoul. An official from Seoul’s Seodaemun district police station said the suspect confessed after being tracked down by police who examined security video and secured […]
June 13, 2017
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