by Paul Trout “‘Why are colleges trying to force this stuff down our throats and trying to make us think when our minds and opinions are already…
Quick Hits for Educating Citizens by James L. Perry and Steven G. Jones, Indiana University Press, 2006. 192 pages. reviewed by Silvia Foti In today’s real-world, real-time…
Interviewed by P.D. Lesko Please tell us a little about yourself professionally. Well, I’m an economist who has had the fortune of working in an interdisciplinary studies…
by Nicholas Stix When people think of criminals, they usually conjure up images of street muggers, carjackers, and stock swindlers. They need to add to that rogues’…
by Steven N. Pyser, J.D. So just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have…
by Lee Warren Sometimes things seem to explode in the classroom, and what do we do then? Knowing strategies for turning difficult encounters into learning opportunities enables…
Following months of negotiations with George Washington University, the adjunct faculty union distributed a contract concerning job security, promotions and salaries in mid-December, a union leader said.…
The University and College Union (UCU) attacked employers recently for “blighting” UK higher education by putting the majority of new staff on temporary contracts, five years after…
St. Thomas University, a liberal arts college in Fredericton, New Brunswick, has locked out its 160 unionized full- and part-time faculty and announced its intention to make…
Several members of the Wayne State University Union of Part-Time Faculty (UPTF) demonstrated in the center of Detroit’s Wayne State University campus to increase awareness about upcoming…