Showing posts with label NEIU. Show all posts
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Joe Berry's COCAL Updates, 23Feb12

Email joeberry@igc.org, to subscribe to regular updates in brief and links by email. More about Joe Berry, COCAL, publications, links. 

COCAL Updates in brief and links Capeheart v. NEIU: continuing free-speech/ academic freedom struggle at Northeastern IL U  ~ see below
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  1. Santorum defends for-profits, Inside HigherEd
  2. 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 
  3. Economic numbers to die for [we are far from alone in suffering in this economy]
  4. For-profit higher ed and the Occupy movement and a new crack down on the for-profits  
  5. Pasadena City College students protest class cuts and adjunct layoffs  
  6. 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!]
  7. Learning from Finland by Diane Ravitch  (and I wonder what their higher ed looks like too)
  8. Sue Doe of NFM testifies to Colorado state legislature about us.  
  9. Tenured professor fired at Indiana U, South Bend More on Columbia College union, PFAC, NLRB charges against Columbia Collge administration
Updates in full
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