About 29,000 students attending six state-owned universities — three in Western Pennsylvania — gained a public assurance that they can earn degrees without leaving their individual campuses, even if the schools are merged in fall 2022.
The protests were organized by the University Survivors Movement, an international coalition of student activists working to address the problem of sexual assault on college campuses.
Many universities instituted new testing protocols, hoping to avoid the problems of the fall. But coronavirus variants and uncooperative students have already driven outbreaks.
The professors were told their positions were eliminated "in order to prevent a financial exigency in the short term and to enable the university to reach its long-term goals," according to the complaint filed in Sussex County.
According to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, total R&D expenditures have risen in both current and constant dollars for four consecutive years.
"Our students are older, and many of them are working. Some of them are essential workers but not yet vaccinated. There's a lot of exposure that happens outside of my classroom."
“Instead of asking the question why we need to divest from programs, we should be asking why we need to continue to invest in those programs if they are not central to our mission?”
In Georgia, a state Republican lawmaker asked the University system of Georgia to catalog which of its professors were teaching courses about white privilege.
This is the latest effort the system has employed to align its workforce with its enrollment that in the fall had declined for the 10th consecutive year to 93,708 students.
“We do not want any of our students to have an experience that leaves them feeling unsupported or fearful. And, to be honest with the committee, we have heard from other students, faculty and staff in our college that we’ve failed them as well."
Michigan Reconnect is a $30 million program that will provide scholarships to millions of eligible Michigan adults without college degrees, enabling them to earn a tuition-free associate degree or skills certificate at their in-district community college.
