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COCAL Updates in brief and links Capeheart v. NEIU: continuing free-speech/ academic freedom struggle at Northeastern IL U ~ see below
- Santorum defends for-profits, Inside HigherEd
- Victory for union as U of Michigan Trustees oppose bill to forbid grad research assistants from unionizing, over the objections of senior administrators, Inside HigherEd
- Economic numbers to die for [we are far from alone in suffering in this economy]
- For-profit higher ed and the Occupy movement and a new crack down on the for-profits
- Pasadena City College students protest class cuts and adjunct layoffs
- In case you have not heard, Occupy national congress set for July in Philly and more about it in WaPo. [Contingent faculty should be there!]
- Learning from Finland by Diane Ravitch (and I wonder what their higher ed looks like too)
- Sue Doe of NFM testifies to Colorado state legislature about us.
- Tenured professor fired at Indiana U, South Bend More on Columbia College union, PFAC, NLRB charges against Columbia Collge administration
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