Category: Higher Education

Study Find that Faculty Members Earn Less than Others with Advanced Degrees, Faculty members earn less than others with advanced degrees
May 31, 2018
Study Find that Faculty Members Earn Less than Others with Advanced Degrees

New research finds that faculty members earn less than others with advanced degrees. According to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, professors earn about 15% less than others with advanced degrees, despite working equally long hours.  The study, titled “Why Are Professors Poorly Paid?,” uses information from the Current Population Survey to […]

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How Research Universities are Driving Global Science Production, global increase in education levels correlates with increased scientific output
May 24, 2018
How Research Universities are Driving Global Science Production

Learn how a global increase in education levels correlates with increased scientific output. Throughout the world, the demand for higher education has never been higher.  This global increase in education levels has resulted in many societal benefits, including more informed citizens, advanced economies, and enhanced longevity.  This increase in education levels has also changed the […]

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Survey Shows that Non-Tenure Faculty See Higher Pay Raises than Tenure-Track Faculty, Faculty in Higher Education Survey
May 10, 2018
Survey Shows that Non-Tenure Faculty See Higher Pay Raises than Tenure-Track Faculty

CUPA-HR’s 2017-18 Faculty in Higher Education Survey shows that higher education faculty that are off the tenure track are seeing larger pay increases than tenure-track counterparts. While tenure-track faculty generally receive higher salaries than most non-tenure-track faculty, the results of this year’s Faculty in Higher Education Survey show that off-tenure-track faculty are seeing higher pay […]

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The California Faculty Association (CFA) to Protest the CSU Tuition Increase, the CFA and students are fighting CSU state tuition hikes
Apr 26, 2018
The California Faculty Association (CFA) to Protest the CSU Tuition Increase

Learn how the CFA and students are fighting CSU state tuition hikes. In March of this year, Jennifer Eagan, president of the CFA, encouraged students and CSU members to converge on the state’s capital and protest state tuition increases.  She said that a public protest would increase the likelihood of California Governor Jerry Brown revising […]

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Why Colleges Need to Get Involved and Fight the Wage Gap, colleges and universities should get involved to end the wage gap
Apr 19, 2018
Why Colleges Need to Get Involved and Fight the Wage Gap

How colleges and universities should get involved to end the wage gap. While colleges and universities are supposed to prepare students to enter the work force, the question remains: Why are American universities failing to teach women how to fight for their rights?  Instead of higher-education institutions simply looking to uphold the status quo, they […]

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Learn How the University of Hawai’i is Going Green, University of Hawai’i is going green
Apr 12, 2018
Learn How the University of Hawai’i is Going Green

University of Hawai’i is going green as it looks to be the first campus in the country with 100% renewable energy generated on-site. This March, the University of Hawai’i announced that its Maui College campus will be the first in the nation to generate all of its energy from on-site photovoltaic (PV) systems paired with […]

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STEM Enrollment on the Rise, STEM programs are continuing to see increases
Apr 05, 2018
STEM Enrollment on the Rise

STEM programs are continuing to see increases as overall enrollment declines. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center recently issued its college enrollment data for fall of 2017.  The numbers tell an interesting story; while college enrollment is in decline, STEM programs are continuing to see increases. According to this report, student enrollment went down across […]

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