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Columbia College Eliminates Vacancies After Faculty Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. Adjunct professors at the college went on a weeks long strike in October 2023 with demands for job security and health insurance.

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Columbia College Eliminates Vacancies After Faculty Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. Adjunct professors at the college went on a weeks long strike in October 2023 with demands for job security and health insurance.

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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. The same report found that Black/African American administrators in higher education were just 8% of all senior leaders.

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Strategies for Speaking Out

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I suspect they apply whether you are faculty, staff, or student, and perhaps well beyond the academy as well. 4) Put all conversations you have with anyone in administration - about anything related to your public voice- in writing. This will help you obtain important supports, such as disability insurance, down the road.

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Questions over campus security, repairs linger in wake of UNLV shooting - Jacob Solis, the Nevada Independent

Ray Schroeder

That includes not only the cleanup of Frank and Estella Beam Hall — the site of the shooting — but also what multiple faculty and administrative sources described as at least “hundreds” of broken doors in every building on campus.

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VTSU to Eliminate 33 Positions at Four Campuses - ANNE WALLACE ALLEN, Seven Days

Ray Schroeder

The financially troubled Vermont State University announced on Friday it will eliminate 33 faculty, administrative and staff positions and reduce benefits for the remaining workers for an annual savings of $12 million.

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Benefits rate increases vary by plan

CU Work-Life Balance

Kaiser enrollee demographics paired with migration away from the plan and greater administrative fees affected the monthly premiums. Life insurance and disability Life insurance and disability insurance monthly rates remain unchanged. CU Health Plan – Kaiser monthly premium increases will range from $83.50