Volume 2006
Issue No. 1
February 2006

Issues:

The NFA Alliance -April / May 2008
The NFA Alliance - February 2008
The NFA Alliance - November 2007
The NFA Alliance - September 2007
The NFA Alliance - April 2007
The NFA Alliance - February 2007
The NFA Alliance - September 2006
The NFA Alliance - November 2006
The NFA Alliance - April 2006
The NFA Alliance - February 2006
The NFA Alliance - November 2005

 

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Contents:

Page 1

  • Senate recommendation on COLA includes catch-up request
  • NFA Political Action Committee kicks into gear for elections
  • President's Corner: Rogers reveals plans for NSHE
  • Both universities seek presidents

Page 2

  • DOJ forces SIU to halt fellowships for minorities
  • Presidents sought at universities (Continued from page 1)
  • Reminder: NFA legal defense team a major asset for faculty

Page 3

  • Rogers challenge grant: TIAA-CREF first to respond to offer
  • Educators from China take ideas from CCSN to rural communities
  • Harvard president resigns position
  • Chapter Report: Great Basin College
  • Delegation of Thai educators to visit CCSN

Page 4

  • President's Corner (Continued from page 1)
  • CCSN to host community college conference in April
  • Senators Ensign and Lieberman propose bill to train more scientists
  • Regents approve board secretary
  • The Pregnancy Discrimination Act

Page 5

  • Financial progress at PEBP keeps rate increases minimal
  • Chancellor tells UNLV faculty reps system needs more assertive faculty
  • PAC readying for political season (Continued from page 1)

Page 6

  • UNR to name new student union for its longest-serving president
  • Chapter Report: Truckee Meadows Community College
  • UNR's Crowley unveils book celebrating NCAA centennial
  • Chapter Report: Western Nevada Community College

Page 7

  • UNR receives record $15 million gift for new math and science building
  • College presidents moving up fast into millionaire class of earners
  • Decline in foreign students tied to onerous rules

Page 8

  • Part-time professors becoming prevalent
  • University of California provides more support for working families

Page 9

  • The scoop on adjunct instruction: The why, what, what not and how much
  • Adjunct Faculty: New School agreement sets "gold standard" for PT contracts
  • UNLV "Senses of the Senate" address president selection

Page 10

  • International erosion: Is our lead in education dwindling?
  • Nicaraguan historian denied visa to teach at Harvard College
  • Yet another scholar denied visa
  • Foreign student numbers drop (Continued from page 7)
  • AAUP joins ACLU, Ramadan challenging use of Patriot Act

Page 11

  • CCSN faculty leaders talk recruitment with Chancellor
  • Chapter Report: Community College of Southern Nevada
  • Patriot Act keeps scholar out of U.S. (Continued from page 11)
  • Chasing White Buffalo into Supreme Court
  • Salary supplement for CCSN prez

Page 12

  • Seekers of truth should not boycott higher ed institutions
  • Federal reconciliation bill has impact on higher ed
  • Storm of layoffs hits Tulane faculty after Katrina visits
  • Florida university stands by firing of tenured prof
  • AAUP speaks up for NYU grads