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Report: Higher Education Administration Pay Soars as Faculty Pay Lags

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Real average salaries for full-time faculty members remain below pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Its findings come from AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey. Its findings come from AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey.

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Spartanburg Community College Faculty Criticize Administration's Governance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. There have even been calls for outside oversight agencies to investigate SCC.

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Sonoma State President Placed on Administrative Leave

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mike Lee California State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. Our role as educators is to support and uplift all members of the California State University,” said García. “I

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For this piece, we identify the function and effects of neoliberalism on the relationships among graduate students and faculty. In higher education, neoliberalism manifests through the not-new concept of students-as-consumers, who “shop” for the best collegiate experience. Dr. Cathryn B.

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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel.

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MSU Tenure-Track Faculty Look to Unionize

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. Though MSU's non-tenure track faculty and many of MSU's non-academic staffers are unionized, its research-focused, tenure-track professors are not.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ACPS, conducted by the American Council on Education and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute, found that 61% of college presidents surveyed were men, and 46% were white men. Whites make up more than 75% of all professionals in higher education. More than 80% were white.

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