Policy & Legal: Page 195
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American Federation of Teachers calls for more stringent requirements
Is the teaching profession on its way to becoming much more selective?
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 4, 2012 -
District of Columbia-area adjuncts plan to unionize in competitive market
Could regional adjunct unions form nationwide?
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 3, 2012 -
Michigan affirmative action ban will remain in effect during Supreme Court appeal
The ban was struck down earlier this month.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 2, 2012 -
Board for Alabama's prepaid college tuition plan faces budget woes, irate parents
The board announced Wednesday that it would run out of money in the next three years, angering parents who paid in so their children could affordably attend college.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 30, 2012 -
House expected to pass STEM Jobs Act
The bill likely won't make it past the Senate.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 30, 2012 -
Youngstown State caps adjunct hours to avoid Affordable Care Act costs
The Ohio university is the second to make its plans public in recent weeks.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 30, 2012 -
Florida education official questions Gov. Rick Scott's $10,000 degree plan
The vice chairman of the state's Board of Education says the quality of higher education would decline under that plan unless state funding is increased.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 29, 2012 -
U. of Iowa president would have kept sexual harassment case under wraps
The former Athletics Department adviser involved in the sexual harassment investigation was allowed to resign rather than being fired.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 28, 2012 -
Student group leads U of Washington to sever Adidas contract
Cornell University and Oberlin College have also recently ended contracts with the sports-apparel company.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 28, 2012 -
Industry leaders admit regulations are needed for for-profit colleges
The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities has tried to fight such regulations.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 27, 2012 -
Former Education Management Corp. employee alleges the for-profit inflates job placement statistics
The whistle-blower claims the company counts students in its job statistics who are working jobs they never needed their degree for.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 27, 2012 -
California's Humboldt State launches interdisciplinary marijuana research institute
Co-chair and sociologist Josh Meisel says the institute may be the first to examine marijuana through multiple disciplines.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 26, 2012 -
Florida Gov. Rick Scott proposes $10,000 degree prices for community colleges
Seven schools say they're on board.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 26, 2012 -
Liberty University gets Obama health-care law hearing
An appeals court tossed out the school's challenge last year, but the U.S. Supreme Court asked Monday that the argument be reconsidered.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 26, 2012 -
Looking to improve academic profile, Sage Colleges bring back tenure-track positions
For the past decade, the colleges have hired almost all new faculty members on multiyear contracts.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 26, 2012 -
George Brown grads win suit over spurious course credentials
118 graduates of the International Business Program successfully sued George Brown College over three falsely promised industry qualifications.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 21, 2012 -
U. of Missouri adjuncts get one step closer to faculty governance voting rights
If the proposal passes, non-tenure-track faculty would still be ineligible to vote on tenure process changes.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 21, 2012 -
UC Davis med school dean steps down amid controversy
The last 18 months have seen multiple investigations in the school's neurological surgery department.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 21, 2012 -
Massachusetts to extend tuition breaks to immigrants
Gov. Deval Patrick will send a letter detailing the policy change to Massachusetts' Board of Higher Education Monday.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 21, 2012 -
Virginia's higher ed council seeks $109 million in additional funding
A the funds will help make a 2% salary raise possible for faculty in 2013.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 20, 2012 -
White House loses senior education policy adviser to think tank
Zaklya Smith will begin her new job at the Center for American Progress at the end of the month.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 20, 2012 -
Adjuncts' hours cut by community college seeking to avoid Affordable Care Act costs
Community College of Allegheny County's plan goes into effect Dec. 31.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 20, 2012 -
Degreed drilling into alternative credentials for informal education
Degreed is designing a platform to issue digital diplomas that account for all kinds of learning.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 19, 2012 -
Canadian professor sparks free speech debate with 'civility clause'
The professor instituted the clause hoping to spare her teaching assistants from verbal abuse during her upcoming maternity leave.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 19, 2012 -
Faculty at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities vote to authorize strike
The union says if a strike does happen, it won't be until next semester.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 18, 2012
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