Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Last month, 95% of the California Faculty Association union authorized a strike as contract negotiations stalled.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Students Outrunning Faculty in AI Use Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 10/31/2023 - 03:00 AM A new study finds over half of students use generative AI, while more than 75 percent of faculty members do not regularly use the technology. Byline(s) Lauren Coffey

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Columbia Chicago Faculty Strike Hits One-Month Mark Ryan Quinn Thu, 11/30/2023 - 03:00 AM The uncommonly long walkout by part-time instructors at the arts-focused institution is roiling not just them but students and their full-time peers. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 18, 2023

The organization criticized a lack of faculty input in the university's decision-making and urged leadership to affirm its dedication to shared governance.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Who Is a Faculty Peer? Sarah Bray Wed, 11/22/2023 - 03:00 AM Breda Eubank, Irene Shankar and Mary-Lee Mulholland explore the potential bias in so-called peer evaluations of teaching. Byline(s) Breda Eubank Irene Shankar Mary-Lee Mulholland

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The post Building Bridges: The Case for Inter-Faculty Learning appeared first on Wonkhe. Gemma Ahearne and Matt Murphy argue that in order to prepare students for the workplace, they need to be able to communicate across different disciplines.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Faculty are working through lasting impacts from COVID and the rise of AI. Read the findings of our latest survey of over 1,000 professors.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 10, 2023

The three unions representing over 9,000 faculty members voted to walk out after almost a year of working without a contract.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Part-Time Faculty Members Strike at Columbia College Chicago Ryan Quinn Tue, 10/31/2023 - 03:00 AM The part-time faculty union launched a walkout Monday, sending strong demands to both the institution and its own members. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Darden College of Education and Professional Studies is launching a program to help address disparities in the number of minorritized higher ed faculty. The priority deadline for applications for the two- to three-person initial cohort is Dec.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

U of Washington Faculty Search Weighed Race Inappropriately Ryan Quinn Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM A psychology department hiring committee re-ranked finalists to hire a Black candidate over a white person originally rated No. 1, violating policy, a report concludes. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New faculty unions at Howard Community College and Frederick Community College have been certified and recognized, with full-time faculty recognized as AFT-Maryland members, Maryland Matters reported. More than 80% of Howard’s 170 faculty and 100 Frederick faculty submitted cards Aug.

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Today's Learner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Lori Blubaugh, RHIA, is Interim Director of Health Information Technology at Wallace State Community College What can institutions do to improve faculty retention? Now, I understand that there are times when a faculty member may need extra guidance—a new faculty member, for example.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Arizona Faculty Threatened After Online Commotion Over Gender Teaching Ryan Quinn Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM College of Nursing employees were called "groomers" and received threats in response to Libs of TikTok's posting of two class slides. Faculty members are criticizing the university’s response. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The presence and success of faculty of color in higher ed continues to come up short, as these faculty members continue to face countless obstacles as they attempt to progress in their careers, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association. Dr. Michelle Y. The report provides recommendations to address them.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They participate in department and faculty meetings and go above and beyond staying for office hours. And as they increasingly make up the majority of your institution’s faculty workforce , their pay, benefits and job security continue to sour. Nearly two-thirds of faculty wish they were full-time.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Tenured Faculty Raises Alarm as Gettysburg Eyes Fewer Adjuncts Ryan Quinn Mon, 10/16/2023 - 03:00 AM The Pennsylvania liberal arts college recently made headlines for closing its literary journal. Professors say they now fear more cuts. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Today's Learner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

She loves rock climbing, mountain biking and coffee—not necessarily in that order In 2022, we launched our first “Faces of Faculty” report , bringing to light the needs, concerns and realities of higher education instructors in the wake of the pandemic. Today, we’re back with our second annual “Faces of Faculty.” Big applause.

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Academe Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

BY COLUMBIA FACULTY UNION, COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO This statement was submitted by the Columbia Faculty Union, Local 6602 IFT/AFT, representing part-time faculty at Columbia College Chicago, on Monday, October 30, as they began a strike.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Barriers to Tenure and Promotion Persist for Psychology Faculty of Color kathryn.palmer… Thu, 09/21/2023 - 03:00 AM A report by the American Psychological Association outlines the barriers many faculty members of color face and calls for increased transparency in the tenure and promotion process. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Educause

AUGUST 31, 2023

On this episode, we discuss ways of effectively reaching faculty and how best to facilitate a sharing of ideas about teaching with technology.

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While past studies have also concluded that women faculty experience lower retention rates, this study’s authors believe their evidence paints a more poignant picture that women are more likely to leave due to workplace climate. Other cohorts of women reported a lack of belonging. Other cohorts of women reported a lack of belonging.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Florida had the highest percentage of faculty members looking to leave, with 46 percent indicating that they are considering employment elsewhere. The post Nearly a Third of Faculty Considering Leaving States Over Political Climate appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Academe Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

There’s a model developed by our Faculty Compensation Committee designed to allocate additional funds on the basis of equity, but what is equity, anyway?… Sometimes we get cost-of-living adjustments, but those almost never keep up with inflation (even during years when inflation is low).

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Despite National Pushback, West Virginia Will Cut Faculty, Programs Ryan Quinn Fri, 09/15/2023 - 11:42 AM A month of intense public and on-campus pressure did not dissuade the Board of Governors from siding with the administration to slash programs and positions. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Emilio Flores/Cal State LA California State University faculty have voted to authorize a strike, in pursuit of higher pay, lower class sizes, and more manageable workloads, the Press-Telegram reported. 30 statement. “CFA CFA members are emphatic that low pay, growing workloads and systemic inequities are not sustainable,” the statement said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ebony McGee To explore these questions, we published, Factors Contributing to Black Engineering and Computing Faculty’sPathways Toward University Administration and Leadership , where we interviewed 21 Black engineering and computing faculty members who transitioned into administrative leadership roles in their colleges and universities.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A Tenure Critic May Cut Faculty—by Ending Their Programs Ryan Quinn Fri, 09/22/2023 - 03:00 AM Dickinson State University in North Dakota could lose its undergraduate degree offerings in English, math, music and other areas. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: While this academic year saw the largest one-year increase in full-time faculty members’ average salaries in over three decades, that still wasn’t enough to stop their real wages from falling due to inflation, the American Association of University Professors noted this Thursday alongside its latest salary survey data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite pledges from campus leaders to diversify all facets of their institutions, faculty have remained stubbornly white, according to a new report from the Education Trust, a non-profit that works to close opportunity and achievement gaps. “It That the student body is diversifying much faster than the faculty is. ”

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Eric Kelderman Amid an attempt to restore its finances and bring Black students back to the campus, Robin Capehart publicly berated faculty members at Bluefield State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2023

As provost, I have spent this summer imagining what I will say to welcome our new faculty this fall. Little is more exciting than starting college as a first-year student or beginning a new job as a first-time faculty member. And yet it is a volatile time in our precious sector.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. ” That is, undergraduate programs with fewer than 12 students per full-time faculty member over a period of five years are no longer accepting new students.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

West Virginia faculty members approved two resolutions Wednesday, condemning the university’s president along with the layoffs and cuts to academic programs that he has backed. A rarely convened West Virginia University faculty body voted 797 to 100 Wednesday to pass a no-confidence resolution in President E.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 28, 2023

A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member was shot and killed on campus Monday, according to a statement from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. Students spent three terrifying hours on lockdown while police investigated a fatal shooting at a science building in the center of the Chapel Hill campus.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 19, 2023

A mentoring program being developed at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine (UB SDM) will support the professional development of dental faculty to help curtail turnover and increase faculty diversity. The post Mentoring Program Addresses Dental Faculty Retention appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Faculty and staff at the University of Colorado Boulder walked out and protested for higher wages and other demands Thursday, CPR reported. Non-tenure track faculty, contracted staff, and student workers demanded raises and better working conditions. In 2021, the majority of CU’s faculty is non-tenure-track (66%).

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