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They're Talking on Campus.... . . About a new study that finds very few faculty members at Carnegie I research universities believe efforts to promote diversity have harmed their institutions. The study's sponsors, the American Council on Education and the American Association of University Professors, report that nearly 85 percent of professors disagree with the assertion that racial and ethnic diversity has lowered institutional quality. Fewer than 9 percent of faculty say efforts to enhance diversity have left them with lower-quality students, while more than 9 of 10 say diversity seldom impedes the discussion of issues in the classrooms—a finding the report's authors note was a rebuke to the notion that "political correctness" stifles debate. For more, visit www.acenet.edu/. . . . About a tentative agreement on a first-ever collective bargaining agreement between the University of California system and the its graduate teaching assistants. The agreement comes after a year of bargaining and a threatened strike. The contract will include a 1.5 percent salary increase, followed by increases of about 2 percent in each of the subsequent years. In addition, the university has agreed to incrementally increase the proportion of tuition it covers from the current 60 percent to 100 percent by 2002. This tentitive agreement for a contract that runs until 2003 also includes strong remedies for sexual harassment and discrimination, as well as protections for workload and job security. |
