Navigating Alternative Facts and Ad Hominem Attacks in the Classroom
by Andrea Rinard
Full disclosure: I’m not a Trump fan. I woke up on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 with a sense of dread and foreboding. I wondered how I was going to get up, go to school, and be a responsible high school English teacher…
Federal Judge Rules Against Faculty Union Over CUNY Layoff of 2,800 Adjuncts
by Kevin Stawicki The City University of New York illegally laid off thousands of adjunct faculty members despite getting over $251 million in federal funds to protect against the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout, according to a July…
AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Slamming McConnell on Failure to Pass Stimulus Bill
The American Federation of Teachers launched a half-million dollar ad buy targeting Mitch McConnell and the Trump administration’s repeated refusal to pass a coronavirus stimulus bill, leaving working families struggling to survive as the…
Faculty Nationwide Push Against Being Asked to Provide Face-to-Face Instruction
The public discussion of whether colleges and universities should offer face-to-face classes was kicked off in April by the president of Brown University with her New York Times essay: “College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How…
Not Going “Quietly in the Night.” Adjunct Wants Boss to Explain Non-Reappointment: An…
by Robin Marie Gary
Editor's Note: For the 2019-20 academic year there were 128 non-tenure track faculty at Elon University in North Carolina, according to the university fact book. The writer, Robin Gary, said not having a reason…
Colleges Layoff Underpaid Adjuncts then Challenge Their Unemployment Claims
by Keith Hoeller “We Now Have the Worst Unemployment Rate Since the Great Depression,” read Slate’s headline. The 20.5 million jobs lost in April and the nearly 15% unemployment rate “may understate the actual extent of joblessness,” writes…
MOOCs see Exponential Growth During COVID-19 Pandemic
by Chris Impey Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March. Enrollment at Coursera – an online platform that offers MOOCs, has skyrocketed and was 640% higher from mid-March to mid-April than during…
Ethical Challenges Loom Over Decisions to Resume In-person College Classes
by Neta C. Crawford By early July, about 80 percent of U.S. campuses were planning to resume at least some in-person instruction, even as a growing numbers of faculty are voicing concerns about safety. As Michael Sorrell, president of Paul…
Study: 90 Percent of Student Sexual Harassment Perpetrated by Men
by Stephen Aguilar In 2017, Karen Kelsky, a consultant for people looking for academic jobs, launched a survey to capture people’s experiences of sexual harassment at colleges and universities. I took interest in this survey because it was …
Ransomware Criminals are Targeting U.S. Universities
by Nir Kshetri As COVID-19 cases in the U.S. continue to climb, government and higher education leaders have been focused on doing what it takes to protect campus communities from the global pandemic. But college and university leaders…