On Administrative Overreaching: Threats, Social Media, and Academic Freedom

I have been writing about the increasing tendency of university administrations to become rigid and risk averse on a number of fronts.  (e.g...

Wellness Wars and High Deductible Plans--A University Obsession With Substantial Consequences Including for Shared Governance

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) The Report of the Penn State University Health Care Task Force has been circulated . The HCTF devoted much ...

The State of Diversity at Penn State--An Interview With Leaders of the Joint Diversity Task Force

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Issues of diversity have become an important element of engagement among stakeholders at Penn State--...

The Wellness Wars Heat Up--Of Lawsuits and Corporate Wellness Programs Pitting Moral Rights Against Legal Power

Universities tend to lag behind their corporate "brothers" and "sisters" in the corporate world.  Mostly it is a matter ...

Who is the Real Drag on University Revenues? The AAUP Reports that Rates of Pay Increase Faster for Administrators than Faculty or Staff

There is a specter haunting the opinion-fueled reality that is the "sense" that there is a crisis in higher education. That spectr...