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According to an article on the Inside Higher Ed site, “Salaries Fell for 32.6% of Faculty.” Here are the opening paragraphs: The median salary change for faculty members in 2009-10 was 0 percent — and for many professors, no change would have been better than the decreases they experienced. The figures on faculty salaries come from the [...] Not that I want to give the Board of Regents any ideas, but remember that whole bit about how tenured faculty can’t get fired unless the institution is about to go broke? Well, Inside Higher Ed’s “Layoffs Without ‘Financial Exigency’” suggests not so much. Here’s a long opening quote from the article: One of the ultimate [...] I’m about to dim the lights around the EMUTalk.org control complex in honor of winter break– not shutting down entirely, since I will not be traveling to an undisclosed location this season but will instead be hunkering down right here, apparently under a never-ending snowfall. If there are any loyal EMUTalk.org readers going to warmer [...] An alert EMUTalk.org reader sent me information about an article in the current Inside HigherEd about a forthcoming movie called Tenure, which will apparently star Luke Wilson. Here’s a quote describing the project: Blowtorch Entertainment will next month begin filming on “Tenure,” which is about a college professor coming up for tenure (Luke Wilson) and facing [...] This notice just sent around from Edward Mullens: From the Physical Plant: Construction on the new science complex during winter break (March 1-5) will impact cooling units in Halle Library. Temperatures inside the library may become warmer than normal, possibly as high as 85 degrees. People using the building may want to dress in layers. Halle Library [...] This comes to me via something called Deadspin: “NYU Business School Professor Has Mastered the Art of Email Flaming.” It’s a little long, but the gist of it is that Scott Galloway, a NYU business professor and entrepreneur-type responded to an email sent to a student who was trying to explain why he showed up [...] … I’m a little surprised. I mean, I tend to think that the schools around here get closed a little too easily– I have accused Southeast Michiganders of being “weather babies” in the past. But EMU was closed on February 10, I believe with less snow on the ground (though that’s just a guess based [...] There’s a pretty good summary article in Inside Higher Ed about the murders committed by Amy Bishop at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, “Another Campus Grieves.” Here’s a quote: The facts in the case are, as is often so in such situations, fluid. Early news reports suggested (incorrectly, it turned out) that Bishop had just learned that [...] Via my EMU news feed, I came across “Report questions university response to budget crisis,” a generic enough headline, but from the Chicago Flame Online, which I believe is the student paper at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Here are the opening paragraphs, which explains why I came across it: An outside report analyzing the [...] Or, perhaps she’ll go for a salad or a veggie wrap; either way, find out on Monday, February 8. I believe this was a public annoucement: Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend Conversations with the President on Monday, Feb. 8, from 1 – 2 p.m., in the Student Center dining area. President Susan Martin [...] |
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