College Inc. Archive: Labor
Fixing higher ed: U-Va. and U-Md. weigh in
In an article published last week in The Washington Post Magazine, I offered eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the article, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 27, 2011; 2:46 PM ET |
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Administration, Aid, Athletics, Attainment, Development, Finance, Labor, Research, Technology
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UMD fixing higher ed, UVA fixing higher ed, fixing higher education, higher education reform, washington post fixing higher education
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Towson enacts secret ballot for tenure decisions
The online publication Inside Higher Ed reported Friday that the University Senate at Towson University has voted to institute secret ballots in all tenure decisions, making the votes on all tenure committee members anonymous. Most tenure decisions are made by...
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Daniel de Vise
| February 11, 2011; 4:27 PM ET |
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Administration, Labor, Pedagogy
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Towson tenure, faculty tenure, university tenure
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Higher ed reporters meet to learn, share, gripe
Several dozen higher education reporters from around the nation gathered Friday and Saturday in the serenely quiet coastal city of St. Petersburg (Motto: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.) to discuss academia, the challenges it faces and how to convert those challenges into high-impact journalism....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 5, 2011; 6:31 PM ET |
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Access, Administration, Admissions, Aid, Attainment, Finance, Labor, Pedagogy, Public policy, Research, Students
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EWA conference, college admission, college financial aid, higher education conference, higher education media, student privacy
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Naval Academy professor settles free-speech claim
A U.S. Naval Academy professor has settled a First Amendment claim against the service academy, following allegations he was denied a merit pay increase after he published newspaper articles criticizing school policies.
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Daniel de Vise
| January 26, 2011; 1:34 PM ET |
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Administration, Labor, Litigation
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Bruce Fleming investigation, USNA First Amendment case; Naval Academy AAUP, USNA investigation
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Prince George's faculty unhappy with customer-service badges
Community college professors don't always get the respect afforded to their counterparts at four-year universities. That may explain why faculty at Prince George's Community College have not warmed to a campus-wide initiative that asks them to wear name badges and...
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Daniel de Vise
| January 10, 2011; 9:25 AM ET |
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Administration, Community Colleges, Labor, Marketing
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PGCC faculty reject name badges, community college faculty badges, faculty reject nametags, professors protest wearing nametags
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Bowie State provost has resigned
Updated at 8:20 Thursday: BSU confirms provost's resignation. The Bowie State University provost whose actions prompted a no-confidence vote by faculty will leave her job Friday. University officials released this statement: "Effective Nov. 12, 2010, Provost and Vice President for...
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Daniel de Vise
| November 10, 2010; 6:55 PM ET |
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Administration, Labor
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BSU no confidence vote, Bowie State University, Mickey Burnim, Stacey Franklin Jones
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