December 9, 2020
Another Catholic shoe to drop: As part of a multi-year financial plan for the College’s long-term financial sustainability, the Saint Rose Board of Trustees has approved a plan to reduce academic expenses by $5.97 million, including the closure of 16 unique bachelor’s...
December 4, 2020
University of Vermont Dean of Arts and Sciences, quoted in Inside Higher Ed to justify the elimination of 12 "low-enrollment" majors: “This decision has been extremely difficult [...] It has been informed by data and guided by a strategy to focus on the...
December 1, 2020
Speaking of "program prioritization," this piece on rough college finances in today's Chronicle features University of Scranton president Edward Steinmetz: “If it’s a $12-million hit, that’s huge,” he says. “We’ve had negative variances in the past, but...
December 1, 2020
Elizabeth Redden, writing for Inside Higher Ed: An alliance of faculty, staff and graduate student unions; American Association of University Professor chapters; and student organizations has come together to support a new petition opposing “the rash of...
December 1, 2020
Dummy Verbeke, writing on behalf of the KU Leuven Libraries, on the KU Leuven Fund for Fair OA: The fund is exclusively devoted to the support of non-profit and community-owned initiatives in the field of Open Access and Open Scholarship in general. It is not a...
