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The Mistrustees
Joel Shatzky is Professor Emeritus at SUNY-Cortland, where he taught from 1968-2005. He presently teaches at Kingsborough Community College. The influence of big-time collegiate sports on the culture...
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Pathways at CUNY
Recently, the administration of the City University of New York proposed a series of academic changes to the school, grouping these changes together under the name “Pathways.” The system would make it...
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Usual Suspects Saying the Usual Things: Critiquing the Schmidt Report
This week the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), a right-leaning group founded by Lynne Cheney (aka Darth Vader’s wife) released a report endorsed by a group of twenty-three … Continue...
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2015 Ohio Higher Education Report: Part 5
Prepared by the Leadership of the Ohio Conference of AAUP: _________________________ Previous Posts in This Series: 2015 Ohio Higher Education Report, Part 1:...
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Educating College Trustees
It is almost impossible for those who live outside the academy to understand and appreciate how American colleges and universities govern themselves. Basically, college governance has three partners –...
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Think Colleges are Liberal? The View from Shared Governance
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL Governance is sometimes a messy business. On the national political level, for example, the intersection of ideology, political posturing, and the demands and inflexibility of...
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Higher Education Must Look Inward to Improve Financial Viability
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL American higher education’s operational model is based on outmoded — and some (myself included) would argue, unsustainable — revenue and expense assumptions. The premise is that...
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“Change is Here to Stay” at Union County College
BY MICHAEL DECESARE In June, delegates to the AAUP’s 102nd annual meeting voted to add Union County College (NJ) to the Association’s list of institutions sanctioned for “substantial noncompliance with...
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Suffering Suffolk: 5 Presidents in 5 Years
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL Here we go again. Late last month, the board of trustees fired Suffolk University’s president, Margaret McKenna, for cause. She is the fifth president in five years to depart the...
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Joel Shatzky is Professor Emeritus at SUNY-Cortland, where he taught from 1968-2005. He presently teaches at Kingsborough Community College. The influence of big-time collegiate sports on the culture...
View ArticlePathways at CUNY
Recently, the administration of the City University of New York proposed a series of academic changes to the school, grouping these changes together under the name “Pathways.” The system would make it...
View ArticleEducating College Trustees
It is almost impossible for those who live outside the academy to understand and appreciate how American colleges and universities govern themselves. Basically, college governance has three partners –...
View ArticleUsual Suspects Saying the Usual Things: Critiquing the Schmidt Report
This week the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), a right-leaning group founded by Lynne Cheney (aka Darth Vader’s wife) released a report endorsed by a group of twenty-three trustees,...
View Article2015 Ohio Higher Education Report: Part 5
Prepared by the Leadership of the Ohio Conference of AAUP: _________________________ Previous Posts in This Series: 2015 Ohio Higher Education Report, Part 1:...
View ArticleThink Colleges are Liberal? The View from Shared Governance
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL Governance is sometimes a messy business. On the national political level, for example, the intersection of ideology, political posturing, and the demands and inflexibility of...
View ArticleHigher Education Must Look Inward to Improve Financial Viability
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL American higher education’s operational model is based on outmoded — and some (myself included) would argue, unsustainable — revenue and expense assumptions. The premise is that...
View Article"Change is Here to Stay" at Union County College
BY MICHAEL DECESARE In June, delegates to the AAUP’s 102nd annual meeting voted to add Union County College (NJ) to the Association’s list of institutions sanctioned for “substantial noncompliance with...
View ArticleSuffering Suffolk: 5 Presidents in 5 Years
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL Here we go again. Late last month, the board of trustees fired Suffolk University’s president, Margaret McKenna, for cause. She is the fifth president in five years to depart the...
View ArticleEducation First: Ohio Higher Education Report for 2016-2017, Part 6
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH What follows is the sixth section of the most recent higher education report produced by the Ohio Conference of AAUP. John McNay, the President of the Conference, and Sara...
View ArticleFor Better Governance, Include Faculty on University Boards
BY BEN TRACHTENBERG The Godfather famously advised, “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” Regardless of whether university trustees view faculty as friends, enemies, or something else...
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