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NEA Affiliates in Action
The action is another step in the huge pension system's expanding program to push for improvements in the management of companies in which it invests. The agreement calls for Advanced Micro Devices, a semiconductor manufacturer in Sunnyvale, California, to add one independent member to its eight-member board this year, and more such members over time until they constitute a majority of the board. State universities and land-grant colleges need to create new partnerships and weave public service into research and teaching activities, says a new report from the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities. The commission's report calls on the public institutions to be more forward-looking and more responsive to current students' needs, to bring research into the curriculum and offer students practical learning opportunities, and to devote knowledge and expertise to community problems. "Returning to Our Roots: The Engaged Institution," is the commissions third in a planned six-part series to lay out a framework for reforming state and land-grant colleges and universities. The report may be found at: www.nasulgc.org/Kellogg/engage.pdf. More than 20 million students and NEA members --- about twice as many as last year --- devoted March 2 to celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday. From President Clinton to more than half the nation's governors --- including Minnesota's Jesse Ventura --- America's leadership sent a clear message that the most important activity an adult can do is read with a child.
The investigation is based on a complaint from 15 current and former female faculty members who claim they were unfairly denied tenure or promotions or were wrongfully terminated, at least in part because of their gender. Teaching assistants at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus are working under a new three-year agreement, reached in the eleventh hour negotiations last month as the union prepared to strike. Teaching assistants are guaranteed raises of 4.5, 3.5, and 2.5 percent, over three years, with some lower-paid grad students getting more.
"I challenge today's generation of young people to have faith in your own power to make the world a better place," the President said. Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland's newest budget proposal recommends that three-fourths of the faculty members at the University of Connecticut teach an additional course per year. The president of the union representing UConn faculty has criticized the governor for not recognizing the unique character of a research university. Student Aid Doesn't Keep Up with Costs The 15-year trends in tuition, family income, and student aid
(inflation-adjusted) show a significant decline in the value of student aid. SOURCE: The NEA 1999 Almanac of Higher Education, 82; The College Board, 1997b, 5. |
