A strike over conditions during the coronavirus pandemic at the University of Michigan ended this week after two proposals and legal action from the institution. But students and staff are continuing to demand change. GEO, the union representing over 2,000 graduate student instructors and graduate staff assistants at the school’s […]
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Liberty University staff members are being instructed to refrain from interacting with the school’s ousted president Jerry Falwell Jr., according to David Corry, the school’s general counsel. © Getty Liberty University tells staff members to distance themselves from Falwell Corry told staff in an email Thursday that Falwell made “uncomfortable” […]
The University of Sydney has asked staff to “suggest” ways it could cut up to 30% of full-time jobs in some faculties, in a move the union claims could result in Australia’s largest university cuts. On Wednesday, staff in the school of education received an email telling them the dean […]
Los Angeles Unified School District staff member Adrian Pacheco demonstrates the use of sanitizing tools as Supt. Austin Beutner takes a tour of Burbank Middle School. As the academic school year looms, preparations have been underway to make campuses safe. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles Unified […]
Photograph: Nina Westervelt/Rex/Shutterstock Ahead of the coming reopening of further education, universities and colleges around America are beginning to announce massive layoffs and job cuts, citing financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Public and private university systems announcing cuts to staff, pay and benefits include the University of Massachusetts, […]
While the state’s plan to leave some school reopening details in the hands of individual districts allows for greater flexibility, it also could leave school administrators having to make tough decisions about how and when to close school buildings if students or staff contract the coronavirus or an individual community […]
Students, staff and faculty who return to University of Connecticut campuses next month will need to get COVID-19 testing, administrators announced. But there will be no mandatory testing of telecommuting staff, faculty who teach only online or students who take classes online and live off campus. UConn is rolling out […]