USA Africa Dialogue Series - Attack on Tenure by Democratic Administration in Connecticut

Subject: Attack on Tenure by Democratic Administration / College Credit for Boot Camp / Academic Freedom and Compassion -- October 9, 2015 Daily Update


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An Attack on Tenure
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Connecticut State U professors say proposals for their new union contract, including the transfer of tenured faculty members to another university and expanding the grounds for dismissing tenured professors, read like an attack on their rights.
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Lynn University will issue a semester's worth of college credits for Lynn students who complete a 16-week program at General Assembly, a nonaccredited skills boot camp. Will other colleges follow?
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