Sara Kilpatrick, Executive Director for the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors, said the bill would not only prevent some unionized faculty and staff from striking, but would also remove collective bargaining rights in some key areas. Kilpatrick said Ohioans spoke loud and clear when they repealed Senate Bill 5, a measure […]
The West Virginia United Students’ Union organized separate rallies on campus. Organizers said they want to halt the university’s planned reductions, seek an independent audit of its finances and reduce WVU’s administrative spending. They also called for increased spending by the state in higher education, among other things. Students were encouraged to wear red in […]
Money Magazine revamped its ranking due to the changing needs of average Americans looking for the best investment based on what they personally value amid higher education's inflated price tag.
Boston University students exercised their right to free speech to shout "obscenities" at a commencement event that would have been "the precursor to a fistfight" back in President Robert A. Brown's youth, according to a statement.
After more than a year of organizing, Miami University faculty have officially unionized. Despite how individuals may have voted, now all faculty are represented in the union. That’s more than 800 members, including tenured and tenure-track faculty and teaching professors, clinical faculty and lecturers with longer-term contracts. Miami is the largest employer in Butler County, with […]
Yakima Valley College’s faculty union said it has “no confidence” in YVC President Linda Kaminski because of transparency issues. AFT-Yakima Local 1485 represents about 300 faculty members at the college. The union has been vocal in recent months about grievances between its membership and the college, holding an on-campus protest in March. In a vote at the […]
The contracts mark a big win for key union demands and set the stage for other higher education institutions across the country to make similar asks for better wages and job protections as union actions rise across campuses, labor leaders say. About 9,000 professors, adjuncts, librarians, clinicians, graduate workers and postdoc associates are covered by five separate […]
The Bucks County Community College Federation of Teachers chapter voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prepare a no-confidence vote in the leadership of College President Felicia Ganther. Ganther is completing the second year of a three-year contract and has been at the forefront of changes on campus since arriving at the height of the pandemic in 2021, […]
