Higher Education News From Around The Web
Dan Mithcell’s UCLA Faculty Association Blog:
- by UnknownFrom Inside Higher Ed:AI tools overhype research findings far more often than humans, with a study suggesting the newest bots are the worst offenders—particularly when they are specifically instructed not to exaggerate. Dutch and British researchers have found that AI summaries of scientific papers are much more likely than the original authors or expert reviewers […]
- by UnknownAs noted in a prior post, yours truly has been collecting litigation related to last spring's events at UCLA and other universities. But he somehow missed this one filed several weeks ago against those who attacked the encampment and against various UC and UCLA officials including the Regents.Undoubtedly, it will be discussed at the upcoming […]
- by UnknownFrom Inside Higher Ed:The Education Department is investigating the University of California, Berkeley, regarding compliance with a federal law that requires colleges to disclose certain foreign gifts and contracts. It’s the first such review launched since President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at increasing transparency over the “foreign influence at American universities.” …“There […]
- by UnknownConstruction Notice Letter Lane Closures on Wilshire Blvd Near Veteran Ave Frontier Kemper Tutor Perini Joint Venture (FKTP) and our subcontractors will be conducting Cone Penetration Tests (CPT) and road restoration on Wilshire Blvd. This work is being conducted at the request of the Metro Transportation Authority for the Purple Line Extension 3 project. The work will […]
- by UnknownAlkin (left); Gekelman (right)From an email by VC Michael Levine:The Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award is funded from a gift endowment established by the late Edward A. Dickson, Regent of the University of California, to honor outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and service performed by an Emeritus or Emerita Professor since retirement.Two UCLA emeriti professors have […]
Chris Newfield & Michael Meranze’s Remaking the University
- by Chris NewfieldMosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbria, Portugal on April 26, 2025by Trevor Griffey, UC Irvine Before 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom developed a reputation for being a modest advocate for public higher education in California compared to his predecessors. This year, he proved that this reputation depended on flush state budgets, not on principle. In 2022, when the state […]
- by Chris NewfieldUniversidade de Coimbra on April 25, 2025 by Charlie Eaton. Crossposted from Progressive Disclosure It was only 2 weeks ago that I called for spending endowments to defend universities from Trump’s attacks. Since then, I’ve been flooded with messages from readers about how to move from my essay's broader points to the harder work of crafting […]
- by Chris NewfieldUC Santa Barbara on April 11, 2014 by Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn, delivered April 17, 2025Introduction Today, I want to offer four propositions about the situation we confront today. Woven together, these propositions hint at a broader argument that I won’t be able to develop now but will be happy to expand on later. My hope is […]
- by Chris NewfieldLondon on April 18, 2015 This is the talk I gave at the National Day of Action for Higher Education on April 17. My co-panelists and I, Tim Kaufman-Osborn and Amy Offner, each had 12 minutes. To keep it short I organized it as a set of propositions. 1. The first necessary step has been taken –university lawfare against […]
- by Chris NewfieldParis on March 22, 2004 The Coalition for Action in Higher Ed has organized a Day of Action on Thursday, April 17th. I’m speaking with Tim Kaufman-Osborn and Amy C. Ofner on a panel called, “Who Rules the Academy (and How To Fight Back)?” at 10 am Pacific. I’m going to argue that this is the best time to make the full ask […]
Here are the latest posts from the Berkeley Faculty Association:
- by Michael BurawoyOn May 14, John A. Pérez, Chair of the Board of Regents, and Michael V. Drake, UC President, made a joint statement, congratulating Governor Newsom for “proposing the largest state investment in UC’s history.” The statement waxed enthusiastic about the transformative impact of the revised budget. Reading between the lines and examining the often–elusive details, […]
- by Michael BurawoyShared governance, the concept of administration and faculty making policy and decisions together, has a long history at Berkeley. Our campus’s Academic Senate has more power than most such bodies across the country: the Budget Committee plays a central role in determining FTE, granting tenure and promotion, and other Senate committees control curriculum and set […]
- by Michael BurawoyJust in time for Mother’s Day, parents with children in campus childcare faced plans for increased tuition, shorter hours, and reduced staff next fall. Meanwhile, UCOP is putting the final touches on an improved paid family leave program that is still worse than that of comparable employers throughout the state. Why is the University of […]
- by Michael BurawoyIn early April, the UC unveiled their “Proposed Revisions for UCPD” plans. One proposal is the creation of “Systemwide Response Teams”—in effect, a UC paramilitary force that can be mobilized in response to protest actions, and to provide crowd management and “riot control.” These teams would be armed with body armor, chemical agents, and explosive […]
- by Michael BurawoyThe lecturers’ union (UC-AFT) and UCOP have been bargaining over a new contract for more than two years, with little to show for it. Despite the legal obligation to bargain in good faith, the UCOP negotiators have refused to bargain on basic issues, while regularly demonstrating their disrespect for their UC-AFT interlocutors. Senate faculty who have […]
National higher education blogs of interest, starting with AAUP’s Academe Blog:
- by John K. WilsonBY JOHN K. WILSON The Northwestern AAUP chapter persuaded the faculty assembly to overwhelmingly vote in favor of its resolution at the April 21 meeting calling upon Northwestern’s leaders to fight for academic freedom, retract the administration’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism that punishes criticism of Israel, defend the…
- by Matthew BoedyBY MATTHEW BOEDY On April 8, our school had a gun incident that involved a student making threats against the campus. But this story isn’t about that scary situation. It’s about my school administration’s epic communications failure about the incident. Incidents like this show why principles of academic freedom and shared governance matter. It took…
- by Guest BloggerBY BROOKE LOBER, ELI MEYERHOFF, AND EMILY SCHNEIDER The climate on American university campuses is dangerous. Administrators ban protests for Palestinian rights. Immigration and Customs Enforcement snatches students off the streets. The Trump administration revokes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for research. And all this is done in the name of protecting Jewish…
- by via a contributing editorBY DAVID PALUMBO-LIU After Columbia University’s craven and apparently futile acceptance of all the conditions Donald Trump set before it to even start a conversation about getting its federal funding back, Harvard’s recent refusal to let the federal government insinuate itself into the core functions of higher education was a welcomed moment we should all…
- by Hank ReichmanPOSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following statement is republished here with permission of its organizers. The statement with a regularly updated list of signatories may also be found here. As Jewish faculty and staff at Northwestern University, we write today to defend the values of academic freedom, pluralism and independence that animate Northwestern and undergird…