Two women at Fordham University who told fellow students that a professor had been the subject of sexual complaints were censured by the school for “dishonesty.”
Instead of offering incentives to employers, towns with unfilled jobs are handing out money, student-debt relief and home-purchase assistance to lure potential employees–one by one. It’s an uphill battle to compete with the opportunity and amenities found in larger U.S. cities.
George Mason says some of its past donor agreements with Charles Koch Foundation have afforded the organization a say in faculty appointments, in violation of the norms of academic freedom.
The University of Rhode Island managed to boost its student completion rates and change its gen-ed curriculum while recovering from the budget slashing of the recession.
It may defy the examples brandished by right-wing pundits, but Jeffrey Adam Sachs says faculty members are dismissed more often for liberal comments than conservative ones.
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