by Kat Kiefer-Newman I have another sore throat, and the damp-rainy season here in Southern California has only just started. I’m actually quite healthy, overall, but because…
by Andy Kroll Here’s a shocking new statistic that puts the ongoing regulatory battle between for-profit colleges—the University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, and so on—and the Department…
After two years in collective bargaining negotiations, the University of Rhode Island’s part time faculty staff have unionized and created a tentative contract that is set to…
By K. Morris “I’ve always written to make sense of the world,” said National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grant for Literature recipient Teresa Scollon. But finding…
NYU agreed to extend adjunct professors contracts through January 31, 2011 after months of negotiating with their union through a mediator. The school will continue…
The State Employees’ Association last week petitioned regulators for the right to represent adjunct faculty at New Hampshire’s community colleges. Brad Asbury, director of organizing at the…
By P.D. Lesko My kids wanted a $1,200 LEGO set. They wanted it badly. They waaaaaaanted it now. They tried to justify the cost. It was important.…
[private]By Jenny Ortiz As a Freeway Flyer, I interact with diverse student populations. It's one of the reasons I love to campus hop. Since I started teaching…
By Erik Hanson It's the Monday morning after Finals and all my grades are tallied, waiting to be posted by college officials. I'm caught between rummaging through…
By P.D. Lesko The new E-Zine content went up and there are a couple of pieces that deal directly with the question of whether higher education will…
