Purdue University hands out $750 bonus

30 Nov 2020

The following comes from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s live blog: Purdue University will give faculty and staff members and graduate-student employees $750 bonuses each for their “patience, forbearance, extra…

18 majors cut at one university in Ohio

19 Oct 2020

The Columbus Dispatch reports 18 majors -- including journalism -- are being eliminated at Ohio Wesleyan University. Effective Dec. 19, the university will no longer accept new students to these…

Potential for 350 faculty cuts in Pennsylvania

8 Oct 2020

Photo: Anthony Moretti, 27May2017 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports as many as 350 full-time faculty throughout Pennsylvania could be laid off over the next few months. The cuts would bring faculty-student…

Duquesne U fires N-word dropping professor; at least two groups cry foul

7 Oct 20207 Oct 2020

He dropped the n-word multiple times. Nevertheless, at least one group says Duquesne University should not have fired Gary Shank. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Philadelphia-based FIRE disputed the university’s…

What is your college’s plan for spring?

27 Sep 2020

The fall term has launched; it’s been imperfect, as expected, with many college leaders announcing that planned on-ground instruction needed to be either temporarily or permanently aborted. Whatever optimism there…

What we’re not admitting when it comes to ASU journalist Rae’lee Klein

20 Sep 202020 Sep 2020

UPDATED: 1:55 p.m. EDT, 9-20-20; I've edited the First Amendment section of this post and expanded on the tolerance section. In adopting the point in the initial post that the…

Duquesne University professor who uttered n-word multiple times refusing to resign

17 Sep 2020

TribLive.com reports a Duquesne University professor has made clear to the institution that he won't resign amid the controversy of his use of the n-word. On Wednesday morning, the university’s…

Faculty at 8 PA public colleges warned of layoffs

16 Sep 2020

The Observer-Reporter has the details. California University of Pennsylvania is among eight state-owned schools that have been notified of possible layoffs among union faculty members in the spring to balance…

Duquesne University professor encourages use of n-word in his class; he’s no longer teaching that class

11 Sep 2020

And it’s doubtful he’ll ever teach any other class at the university again. TribLive.com reports that Gary Shank committed a spectacularly bad and almost certainly career-ending move in a class…