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The state Conference has written SACS expressing concerns about the move of UNO to the University of Louisiana system. Read the letter here

In a letter to Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisana system, Jordan Kurland, Associate General secretary of AAUP, announced a formal investigation of the recent terminations of tenured professors in the system.
Read the letter  here.

The SELU Faculty Senate has passed a resolution regarding terminated tenured French professors. Read it here.


SELU President Crain has been informed of an AAUP site visit in connection with the case. Read the letter here. 





For the minutes of the 2011 Annual Meeting Click Here

For the 2011 Financial Report, Click Here 


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Sandra Loucks,  Treasurer
Linda Carroll, Secretary
Harry Bruder, At Large
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FORMER  EC MEMBER PAUL BELL, AN ATTORNEY, RESEARCHED FACULTY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS IN LOUISIANA FOR THE LSU CHAPTER. READ IT HERE
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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    In a pilot, universities pay a little extra so alumni can have access to the scholarly article database after they graduate.

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Faculty Fears in Washington
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    A declaration of financial emergency in Washington State means two-year colleges can more easily lay off full-time professors. Union leaders call policy a power grab.

  • Building Something Different
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    University of North Texas at Dallas has enlisted the help of management consultant Bain & Company to help create a new model of education.

  • JSTOR for Life
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • Cross-State Cooperation
    Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Reciprocity agreements would make the U.S. government's "state authorization" rule less burdensome for institutions and state agencies, but agreeing on standards could be hard.

  • Occupy Texas State
    Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Students at a campus far from the Wall Street crowds discuss the worries about loans, jobs and the future that motivate their protest.

  • U.S., India and Higher Ed
    Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    At summit, leaders seek ways to promote huge expansion of colleges and universities needed to meet demand of Indian students.

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Inside Higher Ed's Top 5 News

  • 'No More Plan B'
    Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Leaders of history association, arguing that academic job market isn't getting better, call for new ideas on career paths, and adjustments in doctoral education.

  • Guns Come to Campuses
    Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    As more states allow concealed carry, colleges reluctantly make changes.

  • New Path for Teacher Ed Reform
    Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Obama administration wants states and colleges to focus on how teachers do once they enter the classroom, not whether they can pass a licensure test.

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  • Republicans Push Pell Changes
    Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    House's proposed budget for 2012 would keep maximum Pell Grant at $5,550, but change rules so fewer students are eligible. Bill would boost funds for NIH.

  • A Tale of Two Colleges
    Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Missouri State U. and Westminster College have taken different routes to increasing their international enrollments.

  • Celebrating Frugality
    Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Several new presidents have decided to forgo traditional, expensive inaugurations in favor of pared-down events more appropriate for lean times.

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  • The (Revised) Case Study
    Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    When Cal State Bakersfield put developmental math online and minimized the role of faculty, the program bombed. Changes have restored performance, but not faculty jobs.

  • Teaching Them How to Think
    Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    Assessment need not be a dirty word, an RPI prof tells faculty colleagues; when embraced, it can drive better teaching.

  • More Scrutiny for Accreditors
    Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

    As the federal committee that oversees accrediting agencies meets, the consensus is that the Education Department is becoming more stringent.

 

The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • National Academies’ Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:45:35 +0000

    The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, announced today at its annual meeting the election of 65 new members and five foreign associates, bringing its total active membership to 1,688 and the number of foreign associates to 102. An additional 80 members have emeritus status. The names of the new members and associates, nearly all of them with ties to academic institutions, are listed in a news release from the National Academies.

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

    Updated, 10/17/2011: Prosecutors agreed on Monday not to press charges against Mr. West or the others arrested at the Supreme Court building on Sunday.

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The Ticker

  • Few Fail Post-Tenure Reviews at U. of Texas System
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:07 +0000

    Only about 2 percent of tenured faculty members across the University of Texas system received “unsatisfactory” grades in post-tenure reviews in recent years, and there are few, if any, firm sanctions for those who fall short in teaching, research, or service, according to an analysis by the Austin American-Statesman.

    The newspaper studied five years’ worth of unsatisfactory post-tenure reviews, as well as the most recent year’s worth of all reviews. Faculty productivity is a hot-button issue in this state, where critics have charged that faculty members spend too much time on esoteric research and not enough time in the classroom; others counter that those charges are simplistic and misleading. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas system, recently unveiled a sweeping plan that includes calls for more openness about productivity and stronger post-tenure reviews.

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

  • Leadership Failures Threaten West Virginia State U.’s Solvency, State Review Finds
    Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:18:34 +0000

    West Virginia State University faces serious financial and leadership problems and will not have sufficient resources to remain solvent if those problems arent dealt with, the head of the states Higher Education Commission says in a letter to the universitys president,  Hazo W. Carter Jr. According to the Charleston Gazette, the commissions report lists a series of problems, including nepotism, a failure to control hiring and expenses, and significant overspending by some university offices, and it warns that immediate action is required to reduce the deficit. Mr. Carter, who requested the financial review, has been in office since 1987. In August, following a faculty no-confidence vote, he announced plans to step down next summer.

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The Ticker

  • Cornel West Is Arrested During Protest at U.S. Supreme Court Building
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:35:59 +0000

    Cornel West, a university professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, was arrested on Sunday while protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, the Associated Press reported. He was among 19 people who were arrested after they refused to leave the court grounds. Mr. West, who has encouraged demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar rallies elsewhere, is one of a number of academics who have influenced the movements intellectual underpinnings and its decentralized, participatory style of decision-making.

  • Leadership Failures Threaten West Virginia State U.’s Solvency, State Review Finds
    Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:18:34 +0000

    West Virginia State University faces serious financial and leadership problems and will not have sufficient resources to remain solvent if those problems arent dealt with, the head of the states Higher Education Commission says in a letter to the universitys president,  Hazo W. Carter Jr. According to the Charleston Gazette, the commissions report lists a series of problems, including nepotism, a failure to control hiring and expenses, and significant overspending by some university offices, and it warns that immediate action is required to reduce the deficit. Mr. Carter, who requested the financial review, has been in office since 1987. In August, following a faculty no-confidence vote, he announced plans to step down next summer.

  • 2 Football Conferences Will Merge, Creating a 5-Time-Zone Behemoth
    Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:30:27 +0000

    College footballs season of realignments continued on Friday as the Mountain West and Conference USA conferences agreed to merge, creating a megaconference that could end up with as many as two dozen members, USA Today suggested. The new conference, which would cover only members football programs, is not yet named. It would include teams in 16 states and five time zones. Some observers say the move is an attempt to gain an automatic entry into the Bowl Championship Series, which neither of the existing conferences now enjoys.

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