The document offers a faculty perspective on the health and leadership of The University of Akron, as well as a vision for the future. Akron, OHIO – October 20, 2015 – As part of the Akron-AAUP organized event happening Tuesday, in conjunction with the ‘State of the University’ address, the Akron-AAUP has published and will…
Drawing on statistics available through the Departments of Education and Labor, Business Insider has published a state-by-state list of the “most lucrative” college major in each state. The salaries of those who have earned baccalaureate degrees in certain disciplines and who are working in occupations related to those disciplines have been averaged. What follows is…
This article by Logan Lane and Kristina Aiad-Toss was published by The Buchtelite, the “editorially independent student voice at the University of Akron since 1889”: Students Will Not Be Silenced Protesters Interrupt Board of Trustees Meeting “’[We] will not be silenced!’ protesters shouted at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday morning in the…
The AAUP Committee on Graduate and Professional Students today issued a statement in support of a graduate employee solidarity day of action that will take place on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at universities throughout the country. The AAUP stands firmly behind graduate employees as they stand up in defense of their right to form unions…
Thanks to Steve Filling of California State University, Stanislaus, who is Chair of the CSU Academic Senate, for alerting me to to an October 9 article in The Hechinger Report entitled “There’s finally federal data on low-income college graduation rates—but it’s wrong.” Here are some excerpts: The U.S. Department of Education has released college-by-college graduation…
The following came from the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges (FACCC): Dear Colleagues, Please join us this Thursday, October 8, at 11:00 a.m. for a moment of silence in solidarity with Umpqua Community College. The Faculty Association of California Community Colleges stands together with community colleges across the country in this important effort. Encourage your colleagues, students,…
David Brooks wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times the other day called “The Big University.” It’s not a bad piece: It argues that the humanities are a necessary underpinning for professional specialization and points out “four important tasks” for institutions wanting to move back toward a position where “they leave a mark…
That’s the title of a thoughtful essay that appeared last week in the Boston College (BC) student newspaper, The Heights. Student Sean Sudol’s topic is student leadership. He begins with an expression of pride in one of his professor’s comments that to find leadership on a college campus you should look to student organizations, but…
In the late afternoon on Thursday, September 24, between 80 and 100 faculty and students at Miami University attended a presentation by CBC Chair Howard Bunsis on the university’s finances. The event was hosted by the relatively new but quickly growing AAUP advocacy chapter at the university. The presentation received fairly detailed coverage in the…