by Henry Wenslydale and Monty Tufnel Freelance Writers In a shocking announcement this week, the Board of Trustees for Ramses University declared that it would completely eliminate its executive leadership team September 1. “This decision was not made lightly,” stated James Vandershine, chair of the Ramses Board. “Generic Consultants reviewed our current structure and provided [...]

by Lois R. Santtomly Freelance Writer In a post-apocalyptic world where funding for university departments has dwindled to almost nothing, one university took inspiration from popular literature to determine funding for the upcoming school year. Taking a page, literally, from Suzanne Collins’ hit series of young-adult novels and films “The Hunger Games,” Wrigley University in [...]

by Barbara P. Murphy Freelance Writer A recently formed bargaining unit at South Springfield State University known as the Core Residential Administrative Network Coalition, which represents staff members who live full-time in campus-owned apartments, added another inequality to their growing list of complaints: snow days. South Springfield closed last Tuesday as a result of 2.5 [...]

by Monty Tufnel Freelance Writer Faculty at Gwynn Oaks College in Oak Park, IN staged a one-day sit-in to protest the college’s newly designated “Development Day.” The all-day “Faculty In-Service,” as it was called for the last twenty years, was recently renamed at the suggestion of new president, Myron D. Schrenk. Jordan Wilkes Hammer, chair [...]

by Evan Brews Freelance Writer Jack Jackson, assistant director for departmental direction at the College of the West University, was awarded the award for the Best Overall Program Overall at this year’s recently concluded annual convention of the National Program for Recognizing Programs. Jack’s program, titled “All A-Board”, was a series of pre-made bulletin boards [...]

by Erica Price Freelance Writer Administrators at Green Valley College have found the ticket to recruiting top-notch student affairs staff. Announced in yesterday’s Higher Ed Insights newsletter, GVC unveiled a new program that stands to benefit student affairs professionals. Their innovative new “Cash-for-Cards” program has candidates flocking to their vacant positions. Under this new program, [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer In the latest move designed to minimize the potential for confrontation between faculty/administration and the staff that work for them, the University of El Dorado Office of the President announced Tuesday that they will institute a new system-wide personnel policy that borrows liberally from the Indian caste system. Beginning September [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Memo To:       All Staff From:   Shawna Nielson, Director of Human Resources, Giner College Staff appreciation day is scheduled for Friday, July 16, 2010 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Please review the information below before arriving at the planned events. Participation in staff appreciation day is not mandatory; however, it may [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer A twelve-year study conducted by researchers at California’s Pennsylvania University has definitively proven what thousands of university staff members have been saying for years – that the university is simply a nicer place to be when school is out of session and there are no students around. The study will [...]

by Henry Johansen III Freelance Writer Hailed by the executive administration as one of the best examples of cross-departmental staff collaboration, the University of Los Angeles staff association has been given unprecedented power to select the pastries and coffee at its own bi-monthly meetings. “This is a long time coming,” says association president Linda Halter. [...]