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Future of College Will Involve Fewer Professors

by Patricia A. Young At a large private university in Northern California, a business professor uses an avatar to lecture on a virtual stage. Meanwhile, at a Southern university, graduate students in an artificial intelligence course discover that one of their nine teaching assistants is a virtual avatar,...

A “Return to Normal” on Campus? Five Things University Students and Faculty Want

by George Veletsianos Recent announcements emphasize that institutions of higher education have planned a familiar return to campuses. Their recommendations called for a return to normal with an eye on backup plans and.

Contingent Faculty for Equity Group Issues “Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021”

by P.D. Lesko A group calling itself Contingent Faculty for Equality has published an “Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021.” It is a “One-Tier Model of.

Colleges Used COVID as an Excuse to Slash Staff and Faculty Jobs–While Sitting on Huge Reserve Funds

by Kerry Cardoza As COVID-19 swept across the U.S. last winter and spring, colleges and universities adapted swiftly to the situation. Though it was swift, it was not without pain: Just as quickly as professors learned to teach through a screen on Zoom, administrations slashed...

Proposed “College for All” Would Be a Disaster For Adjunct Professors

by Jack Longmate Several years ago, when I learned that Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington, was about to develop a strategic plan and vision for its future, I was hopeful.

Washington Part-Time Faculty Association Opposes State Senate Bill Aimed At “Equity” for PTers

Washington Part-Time Faculty Association leader Keith Hoeller testified before the Washington State Legislature: “Though the bill repeatedly uses the words “equity and inclusion,” this bill will increase the inequities and.

Colleges Petition Congress For $120 Billion for Coronavirus Relief Bill

A coalition of U.S. colleges and universities is urging Congress to pass a new coronavirus relief bill with at least $120 billion for higher education, saying the sector faces a crisis of “almost unimaginable” scale. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, its financial impact on American colleges and...

Most Universities Are Going Hybrid—Mixing Online and In-Person Teaching

Most universities in the United States have chosen to offer a mix of in-person and online instruction in the coming academic year as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and.

New Study: One-Third of College Students Face Food Insecurity

by James Burch In another era, student poverty might have meant a brief period of hardship during a life of relative affluence. Plenty of graduates joke about the old days.

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 reporter Jacob Weissman. More than 51 million people have filed initial unemployment...

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