The Academic Shuffle: January 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Louisiana Regents Want to Cut 460 Degree Programs

Louisiana Regents Want to Cut 460 Degree Programs: "

The Louisiana Board of Regents said on Wednesday that it wanted to shutter or consolidate some 460 programs that graduate few students, The Advocate reported. Many are graduate programs such as sociology and animal and dairy sciences. Colleges have until the end of February to appeal, and the board is supposed to make final decisions at the end of April.

Survey Finds Frustration Among Faculty Leaders at Master’s-Level Institutions

Survey Finds Frustration Among Faculty Leaders at Master’s-Level Institutions: "

Faculty Senate leaders at master’s-level institutions are more likely than those at doctoral-level universities to report that faculty morale at their institutions is low, according to the newly released results of a survey conducted by Ohio University’s Center for Higher Education, in collaboration with the American Association of University Professors. Compared with Faculty Senate leaders at doctoral institutions, whose responses to the center’s survey were released in November, those at master’s institutions were less likely to report having a good working relationship with their institution’s administration, more likely to report that requirements for tenure and promotion are increasing, and more likely to report that there were not enough tenure-track faculty members to support academic programs at their institutions. As is the case at doctoral institutions, the overwhelming majority of Faculty Senate leaders at master’s institutions are white, the survey found.