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Soaring College Administrative Costs Pit Bureaucrats Against Professors

Paul Robinson, chairman of Purdue University's faculty senate, strode through the halls of a 10- story concrete-and-glass administrative tower.

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Utah Valley U Adjuncts Want More Pay, Respect

Underpaid adjuncts have no job security, don’t get benefits and say they’re treated like “wage slaves.”

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U Of South Alabama President Pitching Raises, Bonuses For Academic, But Not Hospital, Employees

University of South Alabama President Gordon Moulton wants to give academic employees a 3 percent bonus in December and a 3 percent raise in October of next year, according to an email he sent out this week.

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U Of Washington Wants State To Lift Freeze On Salaries

The University of Washington wants the state Legislature to lift a pay freeze on university employees, and is asking the state to pick up some of the tab.

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Yale Names Salovey As New President

Peter Salovey, a prominent psychologist, professor and Yale provost, has been named president of Yale University effective at the end of the school year.

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Spanier Arraigned In Sandusky Case

Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier was arraigned this morning in what the Pennsylvania attorney general has called a "conspiracy of silence" among school administrators in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case.

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Employee Accused Of Embezzling $10,000 From Eastern Michigan U, Placed On Leave

A 55-year-old woman is accused of embezzling about $10,000 from Eastern Michigan University over the summer, police said Monday.

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Peers Call Spanier's Indictment A 'Sad Day For American Higher Education'

A longtime university president indicted on criminal charges associated with allegations of covering up child sexual assaults that occurred on campus?

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LSU Officials Mull Over Organizational Changes

The LSU system may consolidate all its control into the main campus in Baton Rouge to promote a "One LSU" model.

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