On the Horizon 2017 Call for Articles Disrupting the University Due Date: 15 June 2016 Contact: Dr. Tom P Abeles, editor tabeles@gmail.com Whatsapp; Skype Cells: +250 78 731 9322 (Rwanda) +1 612 803 6459 (United States) Background On the Horizon, http://www.emeraldinsight.com/oth.htm is a quarterly foresight journal with a “systems” focus on the…
Here is the opening section of a news report written by Craig Jarvis for the News and Observer in Raleigh: “The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday ruled unconstitutional a state law that phased out job protections for teachers who had already earned them. “The court, in a unanimous decision, said the law, passed by…
A recent article in the Cincinnati Enquirer by Kate Murphy examines the current state of faculty salaries in the region’s universities and beyond. John McNay, the president of the Ohio Conference of AAUP, is quoted at some length—and memorably—in the article: “Full-time professors at Ohio and Kentucky colleges, including three Greater Cincinnati universities, are making…
BY MARTIN KICH Writing for New York magazine, Ann Friedman has provided the following list of “The Queens of Nonfiction: 56 Female Journalists Everyone Should Read.” The list is organized chronologically by the illustrative selections from the authors’ work and includes links to those selections which seem to have been chosen at least partly because…
Students at elite institutions sometimes recognize economic inequality ahead of the universities’ administrations, especially when the universities themselves are exploiting their own workers. Here are the opening paragraphs from a news report from WRAL.com about such a situation at Duke University: “Students who have been occupying a building on the Duke University campus since April…
In the midst of his presidential campaigning, Governor Kasich came back to Ohio to deliver his annual state of the state address. What follows are the parts of the speech related to higher education: For some, it means that professional certification or training in specialized vocational skills that I mentioned, but for others it…
In ruling on a lawsuit brought by three labor unions, Dane County Circuit Judge William Foust has ruled that Wisconsin’s “right to work” statute is unconstitutional because it “amounts to an unconstitutional governmental taking of union funds without compensation since under the law unions must represent people who don’t pay dues” and “that presents an…
The University of Phoenix has announced that it is eliminating the positions of 470 of its 6,000 employees as part of its “five-year transition plan.” What follows is the letter sent by University of Phoenix president Timothy P. Slottow to the “company leaders”: Dear Colleagues, As ever, I want to thank you for your enthusiasm around and belief in…