News CGTN: China’s Xi presses for university improvements 19 Apr 2021 As more and more universities in the U.S. shrink or shutter, China wants its institutions to improve. America's system of higher education cannot remain at the level it is if…
News Not good: Faced with ballooning budget gap, UAlbany looks to downsize 1 Mar 2021 https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Faced-with-ballooning-budget-gap-UAlbany-looks-15983331.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-CP-Spotlight
News AP News: FDU going against the norm by adding sports, not axing them 17 Feb 2021 https://apnews.com/article/new-york-new-york-city-new-jersey-coronavirus-pandemic-volleyball-117f0b725d3b4d02e6ec9063a8b999e7
News Boston Globe: Northeastern U, to its students: Come back to class 10 Feb 2021 The Boston Globe has the story.
News $183 billion in losses for higher ed 9 Feb 2021 Inside Higher Ed reports the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic is expected to top $180 billion. Institutions are working to minimize budget shortfalls through hiring freezes, layoffs, operating budget…
News Brutal news: 650,000 university employees lost their job in 2020 6 Feb 2021 The Chronicle of Higher Education has the details. Colleges and universities closed out 2020 with continued job losses, resulting in a 13-percent drop since last February. It was a dispiriting…
News Duquesne University caves? 6 Feb 20215 Feb 2021 It appears a Duquesne University professor who used a racial slur in class will be allowed to get his job back. Pity. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has the details. Mr. Gormley…
News Republicans becoming a “direct intrusion” in many college classrooms 3 Feb 2021 Photo: Anthony Moretti 6Jan2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education has the details. Blocking professors from teaching social-justice issues. Asking universities how they talk about privilege. Analyzing students’ freedom of expression…
News Kansas’ Board of Regents says any faculty member can be kicked to the curb 22 Jan 2021 Inside Higher Ed has the details. Giving just one day’s notice to the faculty governance chairs at its universities, the Kansas Board of Regents voted this week to allow for…
