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Unions organizing in states that lack collective bargaining

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” “We become a union by acting like one,” she said. Unions for Private University Grad Students Under federal law, private university employees can unionize—except, generally, tenured and tenure-track faculty, following a 1980 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

Strategic Responses and Adaptations In response to these pressures, colleges and universities have adopted various strategies. Franklin University exemplifies innovation in enrollment strategies, with a systematized process for transferring credits from community colleges. She was in tears about the whole process.