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International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

University Business

But there’s more to be worried about than simply social media trends. Alabama’s Auburn University also blocked it for all students and faculty on campus. ” All social media applications do this to some extent, he adds, but not to the degree TikTok does. TikTok can be a massive cybersecurity issue.

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FAQ’s: Spring Semester Questions Regarding Housing Returner Process, Housing Availability, and Off-Campus Housing

The Student Affairs Blog

The Division of Student Affairs received some questions this spring centered around changes to returning student housing application process for 2024-25, general availability of on-campus housing for students, health and safety in the residence halls, and navigating the local off-campus housing market. Below are responses to those questions.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” Within the Cal State system, the share of faculty who are in tenured or tenure track positions fell from 66.6

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Monthlong Temple strike enters possibly pressing week

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Late Friday afternoon, the Temple Association of University Professionals faculty union, separate from TUGSA but likewise affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, announced in a news release that 580 of its members had gathered virtually to discuss a possible no-confidence vote “in Temple University senior leadership.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

When I broke with all expectations and accepted a faculty position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1982, I figured I would likely teach there 2-3 years before returning to more familiar territory in the United States. To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Some members of the Renegade Institute for Liberty, a controversial group of professors at Bakersfield College, are enmeshed in an increasingly vitriolic dispute playing out on the California campus that has pitted students and faculty members against each other and prompted their supporters and critics to take sides.

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EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

EAB

Administration, Finance, and Operations Institutions’ budget models often fail to reinforce campus priorities and commitments, instead locking them into damaging cost structures, underfunding strategic priorities, and creating harmful incentives.