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500 EMU FT Faculty Reach Tentative Contract Deal
by Jon King
A tentative agreement has been reached between Eastern Michigan University (EMU) and striking faculty members.
The EMU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (EMU-AAUP) announced that negotiators had!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
EMU Seeks Injunction to Force 500 Full-Time Profs Back to Work
by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
A union representing Eastern Michigan University faculty announced on Wednesday that it will file a “forceful response” opposing a request by the university administration for an injunction forcing!-->!-->!-->…
Regents Made Unprecedented Change to U-M President Ono’s Contract
by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
Santa Ono, the incoming president of the University of Michigan, would lose his tenured faculty role if the institution fired him for cause, a departure from typical contracts with college chief executives.
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Fired U-M President Mark Schlissel Receives Nearly $1 Million Severance Deal
by Scott McClallan
It started with the University of Michigan firing former president Mark Schlissel for a years-long relationship with a subordinate coworker deemed inappropriate. It ended with Schlissel receiving about $1!-->!-->!-->…
Study From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Reveals U-M Policies Used to Police Student Speech Are Unconstitutional
In a recently released report, the University of Michigan earned a failing grade (a yellow light) for its campus policies that seek to regulate student speech. Officials from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)!-->…
U-M Presidential Search Committee Seeks Community Input
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has appointed a committee of faculty, staff, students and alumni to assist with the search for the University of Michigan's next president and to collect feedback from the university community.!-->…
U-M Reaches $490M Settlement with 1,050 Anderson Plaintiffs
The University of Michigan and attorneys for approximately 1,050 claimants who have alleged abuse by the late Dr. Robert Anderson announced they have reached a settlement agreement that would resolve all of those survivors’ claims against!-->…
Cancel All Student Debt
by Andre Perry
Renowned education reformer Horace Mann said in 1848, “Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men — the balance wheel of the social!-->!-->!-->…
Amid Sex Scandals and Regent Woes, U-M President Announces He’ll Step Down Before His Contract Ends
By Ron French, Bridge Michigan
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel will be leaving his position in 2023, a year before his contract ends, amid a swirling sex scandal involving a long-time doctor in the athletic department!-->!-->!-->…
University of Michigan to Require COVID-19 Vaccination on all Campuses
Campus community must submit vaccine information by Aug. 30
On July 30, 2021, the University of Michigan announced that all students, faculty and staff on all three campuses of the college are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19!-->!-->!-->…