Avoiding a Showdown, U. of Illinois Accepts Resignation of Chancellor Phyllis...
[Updated (8/14/2015, 5:13 p.m.) with a response from the University of Illinois.] Two days after rejecting the terms of Phyllis M. Wise’s resignation as chancellor of its Urbana-Champaign campus, the...
View ArticleCharges of Harassment by Famous Astronomer Prompt Soul-Searching About Sexism...
The University of California at Berkeley is facing fierce criticism over its handling of an internal investigation that found that a prominent astronomy professor had repeatedly violated the...
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Here’s the Modern Language Association’s Latest Jobs Report
The Modern Language Association’s annual report on the contents of its job board can’t tell aspiring professors of English literature and foreign languages exactly what kind of a job market they’re...
View ArticleMelissa Click, Professor Who Stoked Free-Speech Furor, Is Charged With Assault
[Updated (1/25/2016, 6:03 p.m.) with response from the Missouri campus's interim chancellor.] Melissa Click, the University of Missouri at Columbia professor who drew condemnation for confronting...
View ArticleBeleaguered Mount St. Mary’s President Still Has the Support of Most Students
Simon P. Newman, the president of Mount St. Mary’s University of Maryland, has few remaining supporters on his faculty, who on Friday demanded his resignation in an overwhelming 87-to-3 vote. But the...
View ArticleAfter 3 Days of Talks, No Agreement on Rules to Protect Student Borrowers
Should students who say they’ve been defrauded by their colleges be guaranteed a chance to take their cases to court? When the U.S. Department of Education said recently that they should, advocates for...
View ArticleU. of Wisconsin at Madison Faculty Votes No Confidence in System’s President...
Professors at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have voted no confidence in the university system’s president, Raymond W. Cross, and its Board of Regents, the Faculty Senate announced on Monday....
View ArticleSeattle U.’s Humanities Dean, the Subject of Student Protests, Retires
The dean of Seattle University’s humanities college, who had been placed on administrative leave this summer in the wake of student protests, has retired, The Seattle Times reports. During a 22-day...
View ArticleBerkeley Settles Suits With Law Dean and Assistant Who Accused Him of Harassment
Updated (4/15/2017, 8:10 p.m.) with further comment from Ms. Sorrell. The University of California at Berkeley has settled lawsuits with Sujit Choudhry, a former law-school dean, and Tyann Sorrell, a...
View ArticleU. of Delaware Condemns Adjunct’s Posts That Said Otto Warmbier ‘Got Exactly...
The University of Delaware has condemned an adjunct faculty member’s messages on Facebook and elsewhere online that strongly criticized Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who died last...
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