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Lane Community College faculty and staff oppose a $3.8 million budget cut proposal that includes layoffs and program reductions. Leaders of the Oregon college say some cuts are inevitable. Administrators at Lane Community College heard significant pushback after recently proposing a $3.8 million budget cut, including faculty and staff reductions, with short notice and no input from those likely to be affected.

College announces tenured faculty layoffs and program suspensions as part of an academic realignment. Professors wonder what will be left after the college is done cutting.

When a college eliminates its only positions for philosophy and American literature, but adds a slot for music therapy, has it changed its mission?

A professor at Claremont McKenna accuses it of violating his academic freedom, but the college pokes holes in his story. Beyond these competing narratives, how should colleges respond to student complaints about professors quoting racial slurs in class?

Last month, the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees shocked faculty across Mississippi when it voted, without discussion, to modify criteria in some of its tenure.