UC Workers Strike
Hundreds of electricians, elevator mechanics, plumbers and other skilled-trades workers at UCLA and UC San Diego are planning separate one-day strikes this week to demand higher wages. On KPCC.
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Trump’s Department of Education
The Cato Institute held a panel for higher education experts to discuss their predictions about higher education policy under President Trump. On the College Fix.
Sanctuary Universities
Dozens of UNC-Chapel Hill faculty met to discuss the possibility of the university becoming a "sanctuary" for undocumented students. In the Daily Tar Heel.
UNC Grants
The UNC General Administration has awarded grants totaling $1.7 million to support faculty research in areas of strategic importance to the state. On Northcarolina.edu.
Pomona Funds Anti-Trump Rally
Pomona College in Claremont, California, sponsored up to 70 students to attend an anti-Trump rally, possibly violating its non-profit status by funding it with tuition dollars. On the Independent Journal Review.
NYU Professor Reinstated
New York University Professor Michael Rectenwald, who was suspended two weeks ago for a Twitter account he ran which repudiated political correctness, has been reinstated with a raise in pay. On Legal Insurrection.
By the Numbers
The number of postsecondary institutions in the United States declined by 1.8 percent from 2014-15 to 2015-16, the number of degrees and other credentials conferred grew by 1.2 percent. On Inside Higher Ed.
The Future of the Academy
"Unless we build outward looking, socially attentive, and intellectually open universities, our 'safe' spaces on liberal campuses will become isolated islets," writes Artemis Seaford. On the American Interest.
Trump and Terrorism
A professor of journalism at a North Carolina university recently said that the election of Donald Trump is "just as devastating as 9/11.” On NC Civitas.
Hostile Environment
Conservative students at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor say that administrators have fostered a hostile environment for people with their political view. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.