Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 14, 2024
Dear Black women in higher education, 2023 should have been a wake-up call to our community, yet the red flags persist. The untimely deaths of two Black women presidents, JoAnne A. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T. Montague of Volunteer State Community College, was a signal to all other Black women in higher education. Now, the death of Dr.
Ray Schroeder
JANUARY 14, 2024
The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system is offering employee buyouts and raising tuition in response to a $140 million budget deficit, CT Insider reported. About 550 employees who are age 60 or older and have worked for the state for at least 10 years will be eligible for the buyouts, according to a Board of Regents report. If half of those eligible accept and no positions are refilled, the system will save $45.9 million.
Ray Schroeder
JANUARY 14, 2024
Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., could stage a systemwide strike later this month after school officials ended contract negotiations Tuesday with a unilateral offer of a 5% pay raise, far below what the union is demanding. Professors, librarians, coaches and other members of the California Faculty Association staged a series of one-day walkouts across four campuses last month to demand higher pay, more manageable workloads and an increase
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