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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 1, 2020 lawsuit filed by a union representing the university’s...

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.

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.

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 would be wise if they were just as...

Presidents’ Panel: How COVID-19 Will Change Higher Education

Here, the presidents of three universities answer six critical questions about the future of higher education as its being reshaped by COVID-19. Beyond just moving online, how is COVID-19 forcing.

At Elon College Faculty Union Pushes to Protect Non-Tenured Faculty

Elon University’s faculty union, Elon Faculty Forward, proposed their “Humane Budget” to the university in early May. The proposal outlines how the union wants the university to protect non-tenured faculty in.

Rutgers PT Faculty Union: College Will Lay Off 15% of Adjuncts

by Bob Markin Amid national health and economic crises and during nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice, Rutgers University is choosing to fire its most vulnerable campus workers, a coalition of 19 campus unions said in a statement. The workers are disproportionately people of color, according to...

College Officials Struggle to Decide Whether to Offer On Campus Classes in Fall

by Ellie Hooper Colleges nationwide have begun talking, if speculatively, about the conditions under which they would reopen campuses for the fall 2020 term.Since Boston University released a plan earlier.

Pandemic Pedagogy: Getting Yourself and Your Classes Ready

by Dan French, Ph.D. Perhaps ironically, as I was grading earlier in the week, the old song “Everybody Loves You Now” by Billy Joel streamed through my computer. It was.

Why Hip-Hop Belongs in Today’s Classrooms

Hip-hop officially became the most popular music genre in 2018 and continued its reign in 2019, according to Nielsen Music. by Nolan Jones When Cassie Crim, a high school math teacher in Joliet, Illinois, introduced herself to her advanced algebra students in 2017, she did...

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