Joe Gow was removed as University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor for creating sex videos posted on porn websites. Should he also be fired from his faculty position? That’s the question facing a group of Gow’s colleagues this week. For UW-La Crosse, the hearing is the first step in a two-part process to finally purge Gow […]
In our Reality Check stories, CDT journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? cdtnewstips@centredaily.com. Some Penn State employees still feel left in the dark after numbers for the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program were released. The University Faculty Senate held a special plenary meeting on Wednesday where they heard […]
Students and staff members from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia are scrambling to figure out their next steps after the school’s abrupt closure last week and are calling on the university to answer questions about why it shut down so quickly. The university announced it would be shutting its doors in a statement […]
Wanted: 13th chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. Preferred qualifications: “Strategic leadership and vision,” a willingness to build community among members of campus and the “ability to protect academic freedom and free expression.” Those traits — among several other qualities — are what more than 2,500 members of the UNC community said they want to see in […]
ST. CLOUD — St. Cloud State University announced cuts Tuesday afternoon. The move comes after the university’s long-term financial woes led to a $14.4 million budget deficit in 2024. The university said it’s suspending 42 degree programs and 50 minors, alongside eliminating 54 full-time faculty (13%), 42 staff (8%) and four (13%) administrative positions. The […]
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Wayne State University faculty and staff marched across campus to denounce the aggressive removal of students from a pro-Palestine encampment last week. “Hands off our students!” attendees chanted on Tuesday. “Free, free Palestine!” Faculty and staff were joined by students, alumni, and local officials – all condemning WSU President Kimberly Andrews […]
Jun. 2—BETHEL — Telstar High School senior Makenzie Eliot, 18, is driven to be the best at whatever she takes on — setting goals and reaching them, her father, Principal John Eliot, said. What stands out is her “never say never” work ethic, her Advanced Placement and Honors English teacher, Melissa Poston, said. She takes […]
Two years ago Western Washington University engineering student Allison Mazurek was elected as the first woman to lead the university’s Formula SAE racing team, which builds race cars, as its project manager. Mazurek told The Bellingham Herald she quickly became aware that the culture within the student-run, male-dominated club was unprofessional, unwelcoming and misogynistic. She […]
May 28—The University of Oklahoma chapter of the American Association of University Professors released a statement questioning the university’s dedication to diversity, inclusion and equity efforts and demanding action. OU-AAUP has called for the university to reiterate its commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity. It also called for the university to rescind all DEI course […]
The governing board of Harvard University on Wednesday rejected an effort by faculty to confer degrees on protesters sanctioned because they participated in an anti-Israel encampment on campus. The Harvard Crimson called the move “unprecedented” and reported that tensions between the Harvard Corporation and the university’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are high since […]
Harvard University’s governing board rejected an effort from faculty Wednesday to allow a group of 13 students sanctioned due to their participation in pro-Palestine protests to receive their degrees and graduate. The Harvard Corporation veto of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) decision, which The Harvard Crimson described as “unprecedented,” underlines tensions between the […]
Ahead of testimony on Capitol Hill on Thursday by Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway, hundreds of Jewish Rutgers students, faculty, administrators and staff signed onto a pair of letters condemning the school’s handling of antisemitism on campus. Rutgers’ administration agreed to many of the demands put forward by anti-Israel protesters on campus, but refused to […]