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Audit of Gallaudet University Shows Significant Administrative Salary Increases Amid Stagnant Academic Spending and Faculty Salaries

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A new audit of Gallaudet University has shown that administrative salary rose by 107% ($11.3 million) while overall spending on academics, including faculty salaries, fell by 6% ($4.8 million) since 2019.

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Academic Freedom Under Strain as One-Third of Faculty Report Growing Restrictions, National Survey Finds

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higher education, with more than one-third of faculty members reporting increased constraints on their ability to teach, conduct research, and speak freely compared to six or seven years ago. of faculty believe their institution's administration is under increased pressure from trustees or regents to avoid negative publicity, while 38.6%

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Spartanburg Community College Faculty Criticize Administration's Governance

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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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Report: Higher Education Administration Pay Soars as Faculty Pay Lags

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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.

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MSU Tenure-Track Faculty Look to Unionize

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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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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

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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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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

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USC declined to make administrators available for interviews with Diverse. The USC Chan Justice Collective is calling for Anvarizadeh’s reinstatement, a public apology, and the resignation of two administrators who they say were involved in her demotion. “I really think that she’s so powerful that they felt threatened,” she said. “Dr.