Tag: Non-tenured Faculty: Page 5

Faculty & Staff

Belt-tightening goes on – and on: ACE report offers ten-year retrospective – American Council on Education

Realizing that the budgetary woes colleges and universities have suffered the past decade may be permanent, higher education officials are coming up with more substantive strategies to deal with the long-range crisis, according to an annual report.

June 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Lifestyle-friendly education – non-traditional colleges and off-campus approach

Despite a successful career, Greg Atkins always felt something was holding him back. Two [years ago, at the age of thirty-eight, he climbed to a position of prestige in state government [as assistant commissioner of New Jersey’s department of community affairs.

June 16, 2007

Students

Priming the pump – University of Virginia School of Medicine program has historically Black institutions as recruitment partners – Recruitment & Retention

UVa Program Involves HBCUs in Recruiting Minority Medical Students.

June 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Grants and Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHRIDGE has received a $150,000 gift from philanthropist Robert Barbera to support the university’s Collegiate Forensics Invitational Tournament and other debate programs. The gift will be used largely to help students recognize the value of public debate. HOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Md.) has received a $1.5 MILLION gift from the Rouse Company Foundation to […]

May 2, 2007

Students

Online Degrees Increasingly Gaining Acceptance Among Employers

Skills, experience and reputation of school are more important factors.

April 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

AAUP: Colleges “Outsourcing” By Hiring More Non-Tenure Faculty

Washington D.C. A new report from the American Association of University Professors says the number of higher education faculty without tenure has increased significantly since 1975.

December 10, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Just the Stats: Changing Characteristics of Faculty

Institutions of higher education are relying more on part-time faculty, and the faculty, overall, is becoming more diverse, according to a new U.S. Department of Education study, “Changes in Staff Distribution and Salaries of Full-Time Employees in Postsecondary Institutions: Fall 1993- 2003.”

August 16, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Moving Beyond Divestment

Academia should examine the underlying causes of civil war and find new property rights regimes and economic and livelihood alternatives that resolve disputes like the current crisis in Sudan. Professor Steve Hansch of Georgetown and American Universities talks about divestment and other ways universities can help.

June 4, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Blogging Rights

For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus…

March 8, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Blogging Rights

For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus. A well-liked instructor, her engaging teaching…

March 7, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Pivotal Role of Women

The recent passings of leading ladies of the civil rights movement, Constance Baker Motley…

November 16, 2005

Students

Getting Off The BurnOUT Track?

For those bright, young scholars who seek an idyllic life of secure full-time employment while engaging…

November 16, 2005