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Rutgers Unions Suspend Strike After Big Gains
The weeklong Rutgers strike is pausing Monday after unions, the university and New Jersey’s governor announced “framework” deals including large raises. Chicago State and Eastern Illinois also suspend strikes.
Syracuse Grad Workers Unionize
Syracuse University graduate student workers have successfully unionized. Syracuse Graduate Employees United, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, said...
Amid Enrollment Drop, Linked Institutions Cut Humanities Offerings
Linked Minnesota Catholic institutions are downsizing languages and other humanities offerings amid declining enrollment.
Opinion
Higher Ed Needs More Grit
With trust in higher ed falling, higher ed needs to reimagine whom it serves and how, Taylor Randall writes.
‘Stronger Together’
Twenty Hispanic-serving research universities are banding together to increase the number of Latino graduate students and professors at their institutions.
Opinion
Purdue Must Restore Its English Program
Lucinda Coulter writes that future engineers and scientists need a robust English department, too.
Opinion
The Research University and the Elephant
Jody Greene turns to an ancient parable for insights into the tension over the mission and priorities of these crucial institutions.
Where Do Public Research Universities Recruit?
Some seem to rely on out-of-state high schools -- many of them private -- without many nonwhite students, study finds.