Policy & Legal: Page 135
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U of Oregon strike ends with deal on new contract
The eight-day strike by a graduate teaching assistants union ended with an agreement on a 10% pay increase over two years and a new $150,000 financial hardship fund.
By Keith Button • Dec. 11, 2014 -
Congress reveals higher ed spending plans
Congress has finally negotiated a spending bill, including its higher education spending plans, to avoid a government shutdown.
By Keith Button • Dec. 10, 2014 -
New Colorado funding formula pinches institutions
A proposed $15 million reserve fund would ease the impact of a new performance-based funding formula for Colorado's state colleges and universities.
By Keith Button • Dec. 10, 2014 -
Profane Facebook posts lead to Florida State lecturer's resignation
A Florida State University senior lecturer said she was encouraged to resign after posting vitriolic, anti-Obama comments to Facebook.
By Keith Button • Dec. 10, 2014 -
Senators testify on campus sex assault bill
U.S. senators mentioned how a disputed Rolling Stone article may affect the discussion about campus sexual assault issues during a hearing Tuesday.
By Keith Button • Dec. 10, 2014 -
Proposal would transfer $303M from Pell budget to loan collectors
Retiring Sen. Tom Harkin's proposal has student advocates outraged.
By Keith Button • Dec. 9, 2014 -
Details of UVA's campus safety action plan revealed
UVA President Teresa Sullivan is continuing full-force with efforts to improve campus safety in the wake of a now-questioned Rolling Stone article detailing an alleged sexual assault at the school.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 9, 2014 -
Deep Dive
10 ways a Republican-led Congress could impact higher ed in 2015
From financial aid to for-profits, the GOP could potentially make significant changes to higher education in the next year and beyond.
By Keith Button • Dec. 9, 2014 -
Pell guidance issued for juvenile prisoners
The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance stating that juvenile, county, and local prisoners are eligible for Pell Grants.
By Keith Button • Dec. 9, 2014 -
Details of Rolling Stone campus rape story called into question
Reporting by the Washington Post shows that several important details in the exposé of an alleged gang rape at UVA seem to be false, and the magazine is backing away from the story.
By Keith Button • Dec. 8, 2014 -
Presidents, ed tech, and MOOCs: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on the new big data MOOCs from BerkeleyX, higher ed presidents to watch in 2015, and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 5, 2014 -
Napolitano: Grad schools need advocates
The University of California System's president told college administrators Thursday that they need to take the case for why graduate schools need more support directly to lawmakers.
By Keith Button • Dec. 5, 2014 -
MOOC student data privacy debatable
Because most people who take massive open online courses are technically not students in the eyes of the U.S. Department of Education, the privacy of their data is not legally protected.
By Keith Button • Dec. 5, 2014 -
Deep Dive
6 higher ed presidents to watch in 2015
Over the next year, these administrators could set new standards for dealing with everything from cheating scandals and campus sex assault to questions about leadership backgrounds.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 4, 2014 -
U of Maine System cuts coal investments
Only $500,000 of the university system’s $9.8 million in fossil fuel investments will be affected by the coal divestment.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
How much did the Salaita controversy damage the U. of Illinois?
Department heads at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have written a letter describing the damage done by the decision to rescind a job offer over controversial tweets against Israel.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
U. of Oregon facing grad teaching assistant strike
The strike is the first at the school since 1995.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
Promises abound from White House higher ed summit
Participants in the Obama administration's second higher education summit have made more than 500 commitments to improve higher ed, mainly for low-income or prospective students.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
Center for American Progress makes case for boosting public college funding
A new report from the organization presents a proposal to make public colleges and universities more accessible to low- and middle-income students.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
SUNY adopts comprehensive sex assault policy
The State University of New York has issued what is described as the nation's most comprehensive higher ed sexual assault policy.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
NYU in hot water again for overseas working conditions
Working conditions for construction laborers on the New York University outpost in Shanghai were not monitored as promised.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
California legislators confront proposed UC tuition hike
Lawmakers are offering proposals of their own to prevent, or at least soften the blow, of University of California President Janet Napolitano's proposed 5% per year tuition hike.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
UVA's Sullivan outlines sex assault plan
The University of Virginia has come under fire in recent weeks for a sexual assault problem publicized in a Rolling Stone article.
By Keith Button • Dec. 2, 2014 -
Swarthmore reverses, admits questionable judicial board conduct
The institution all but admitted wrongdoing for the expulsion of a male student accused of sexual assault.
By Keith Button • Dec. 1, 2014 -
UVA board tries to address sex assault
The university's board passed a zero-tolerance policy on sexual assault, but the details about what that means have yet to be worked out.
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014
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