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Labor

News, opinion and advice about labor issues in higher education.
Finance & Operations
By Megan Zahneis November 19, 2024
The university’s decision points to a broader set of tensions surrounding graduate-student unionization and the need for reform in doctoral education.
The Workplace
By Christa Dutton October 28, 2024
The university announced months ago that current lecturers would be cycled out. Among those instructors, anger and distrust linger.
Exodus
By Adrienne Lu September 12, 2024
Faculty and staff members at Pennsylvania State University at New Kensington kicked off the fall semester with a sense of dread.
Data
By Audrey Williams June August 29, 2024
The new report is based on data collected from 902 higher-education collective-bargaining units.
The Work Force
By Taylor Swaak August 26, 2024
Contending for talent is nothing new in higher ed. But with AI raising the stakes, leaders say this time feels different.
The Review | Opinion
By Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva August 26, 2024
The current professionalized student sport regime makes learning impossible.
Faculty Politics
By Adrienne Lu August 16, 2024
Officials of the faculty group say its previous position, crafted 18 years ago, was flawed.
Advice
By Leonard Cassuto July 30, 2024
Predictions and hopes for the future of Ph.D. training.
Intellectual-Property Debate
By Christa Dutton July 29, 2024
The agreements will allow tech giants access to the enormous archives of Wiley and Taylor & Francis.
'It is time for me to leave'
By Megan Zahneis July 15, 2024
Stephen D. Easton abruptly announced his departure as head of Dickinson State University, capping a long history of friction with faculty members.