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North Carolina's public university system board voted Thursday to repeal a nearly five-year-old diversity, equity and inclusion policy, meaning its 17 schools w

John Warren and Scott White will represent CPS in its first year of representation as nonvoting delegates after the Faculty Senate added the two seats.

University President Michael Schill addressed the University’s response to the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow at a biannual Faculty Assembly Monday afternoon. After five days of demonstration, negotiators for the Northwestern Divestment Coalition came to an agreement with the University to end the encampment. NU agreed to permit protests — only by members of the...

Faculty Assembly President Robin Kear announced an update to the academic calendar for the fall 2024 semester during Wednesday’s meeting.  Final exams begin on Dec. 11, 10 days after students return from Thanksgiving break. The winter recess for faculty and staff will begin on Dec. 23.  “The vice provost explained that there are many pressures...

Amid job cuts and an alleged lack of transparency, faculty have repeatedly registered their discontent with President Janet Steinmayer. But will it change anything? Frustrated by job cuts and an alleged lack of transparency from administrators, faculty at Lesley University cast a vote of no confidence in President Janet Steinmayer last month for the third time in as many years.

Kimberly R. Enard, PhD, MSHA, MBA, FACHE, associate professor in the College for Public Health and Social Justice (CPHSJ) at Saint Louis University, made histor

Kimberly R. Enard, PhD, MSHA, MBA, FACHE, associate professor in the College for Public Health and Social Justice (CPHSJ) at Saint Louis University, made histor

Controversial new UNC System mandate for instruction in history and government advances

In the ongoing debate over the University of North Carolina and its lobbying against the REACH Act, the UNC System put forth a proposal called “Foundations of American Democracy.” While at first this may seem like a step towards correcting UNC’s lack of civics education, a second look suggests it could be a strategic maneuver

"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden."