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Despite the potential budget cuts or freezes, the University will continue to uphold its academic standards, according to Allan M. Brandt, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
America may be in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Depression, but university presidents are better off than ever. According to a Chronicle of Higher Education annual report released yesterday, executive compensation, particularly for public university presidents, is on the rise. But as universities across the country...
It's been called the holy grail of the teaching profession - academic freedom plus job security all rolled nicely into a union contract. But to Michelle Rhee, superintendent of Washington D.C. schools, tenure just means trouble.
New Jersey became the first state to pass tenure legislation when, in 1910, it granted fair-dismissal rights to college professors. During the suffrage movement of the 1920s - when female teachers could be fired for getting married or getting pregnant or (gasp) wearing pants - such rights were extended to elementary...
Whenever these thoughts strike me, which also happens when we are driving around the national parks and snapping pictures of elephants, I find myself thankful that the academic director already had us do a writing assignment on “Why am I here” and I can just...