USA University - On Self-Inflicted Wounds: Precarious Faculty and Academic Freedom

Since the election there has been much discussion of higher education's self-inflicted wounds. Mark Lilla and Nicholas Kristof , have t...

USA University - A University Without Shared Governance is Not a University

By Jennifer Ruth, Portland State University             Tenure is what makes shared governance real and shared governance is one of the prim...

USA University - Remaking the Public U�s Professoriate

by Jennifer Ruth,  Portland State University I�ve written before about my experiences at Portland State for Remaking the University . I�ve ...

USA University - Will the Legislature Continue to Support a Research University?

Understandably, most public attention on California higher ed has been focused on the meetings between President Napolitano and Governor Bro...

USA University - The Governor's Inaugural Address: More Higher Ed Clich�s

Governor Brown gave his 4th and final inaugural address today and said very little about higher education.  Instead, he focused attention o...

USA University - Trends we can work with: Higher Ed in 2015

I'm sure 2014 in higher ed was different from 2013, but right off I can't think of how.  The nation continued its permanent public u...

USA University - The New Normal: What Does it Mean to Work at UC Today?

Chris here. As part of the Free Speech Movement anniversary events at UC Berkeley last month, Michael and I had a two-hour discussion with B...