By a narrow margin, the faculty at Brandeis University voted in favor of the motion of no confidence against its university president Ronald Liebowitz partly over his “excessive” handling of on-campus protesters. In an email, Chair of the Brandeis Faculty Senate Prof. Jeffrey Lenowitz told faculty members Monday the motion passed with 159 votes in…
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News Harvard’s Largest Faculty Division Will No Longer Require Diversity Statements
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences said on Monday that it would no longer require job applicants to submit “diversity, inclusion and belonging” statements to be hired at the university’s largest faculty division. Instead, the division will require applicants to describe their “efforts to strengthen academic communities” and discuss how they would promote a “learning…
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News Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock Is Censured by Faculty Over Protest Actions
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth College voted on Monday to censure the university’s president, Sian Leah Beilock, over her decision to summon the police to remove a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, calling her action harmful to the community and disruptive to the university’s educational mission. The censure motion was adopted by a…
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News Morehouse defends students, faculty who turned their backs during Biden speech: ‘We are proud’
Morehouse College is praising its students and faculty after at least seven graduates and one faculty member sat with their backs turned to President Biden as he delivered his commencement address at the school earlier Sunday. Morehouse said “peaceful assembly is core” to the school’s “social justice tradition,” and its administration “fully supports and defends…
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News Columbia Faculty Group Passes No-Confidence Resolution Against President
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University passed a resolution of no confidence in the school’s president, Nemat Shafik, on Thursday, saying she had violated the “fundamental requirements of academic freedom and shared governance,” and engaged in an “unprecedented assault on student’s rights.” The move, while largely symbolic, underscores the anger that Dr….
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News New School anti-Israel protesters, faculty occupy campus building in NYC: report
Anti-Israel protesters and faculty at The New School in New York reportedly are occupying one of the institution’s buildings in an attempt to get its board of trustees to vote on divesting from companies supporting the Jewish State. The occupation of the Welcome Center in Manhattan comes as two anti-Israel encampments have been ongoing at The…
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News New Harvard president condemns ‘flagrantly antisemitic cartoon’ shared by pro-Palestinian faculty account
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News Cal State Faculty Begin Largest U.S. Strike of University Professors
Thousands of professors, lecturers and other academic staff members walked off the job in a protest that was expected to cancel most classes early in the academic period. They plan to strike for five days. Related Posts UCLA faculty urge university to condemn pro-Hamas protests ‘crossing the line from speech to incitement’ More than 300…
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News Western New Mexico University students and faculty support president amid spending scrutiny
Regents at Western New Mexico University threw their support behind President Joseph Shepard on Friday as he faces scrutiny over spending on overseas trips and his wife’s use of a university credit card. At a regular meeting of regents held on campus in Silver City, faculty members and foreign students also packed the audience to…
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News Harvard faculty and staff form ‘Justice in Palestine’ group
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