Listen to my blog entry here. I spent Sunday morning filing out my tax forms. I actually don't mind doing it. It's just that it takes so…
Part-Time Thoughts
Call me naive, but I just don't understand how university officials can be such, well, jerks. I suppose it's my general faith in the goodness of humans…
I have been writing about the lecturers' strike in Israel over the course of the past few weeks. The strike, now in its 84th day, is approaching…
Call me nosy, but since there has been all this fuss over New York State's Higher Education Commission Preliminary Report, I thought I'd read it. Well, to…
I read today in a piece published in the New York Sun that New York state officials are recommending that, "New York's public universities mine their ranks…
I was reading the other day about the recent Canadian Council on Learning's report on post-secondary education in the Toronto Globe and Mail. It was almost too…
According to an article in The Ticker, Dr. Kathleen Waldron scored a $10,735 raise to bring her annual salary to $249,285. Nice. Of course, compared to University…
by Seth Sandronski The longest walkout in the history of U.S. higher education is over, but a critical question remains: Will the new contracts do enough to…
by Nina Huntemann There is a crisis brewing in higher education in the U.S. I’m not referring to crushing student debt or post-pandemic disengagement — although those are…
The time between semesters, especially the shorter winter break, is a time of anxiety and uncertainty for adjunct faculty, and this year’s holiday break has been especially…
