Professors at the financially troubled university say they feel “less and less involved” in decisions — which is why they want bargaining power, and also why they might have a legal leg to stand on.
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Maddy Franklin covers higher education. Email her at madison@publicsource.org
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With the value of a degree in doubt, high schoolers are exploring other routes
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Pitt presses charges against protesters calling for greater LGBTQ support
The University of Pittsburgh pressed charges against at least three non-student protesters and held conduct hearings for eight students after they disrupted a public Board of Trustees meeting.
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The Pittsburgh Promise helped thousands of students pay for college. As costs rise, the funding is going away.
Since its founding in 2008, The Pittsburgh Promise has helped nearly 12,000 students to attend college by funneling $170 million into fees, tuition and living expenses. But in a few years that funding will dry up.
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CMU grad students demand inflation payments as organizing efforts trickle up
More than 550 graduate students signed a petition calling for all campus workers to receive one-time inflation payments extended earlier this year to CMU staff and faculty. Leaders say more demands will follow.
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On Chatham’s anxious campus, faculty recount funding frustrations as deficit reduction takes hold
The university in Squirrel Hill North has said little about its accounting and budgeting systems, but some faculty saw little beyond spreadsheets.
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With ‘affirmative action’ out, Pittsburgh college applicants ask: Does race have a place?
It’s the first college application season since the Supreme Court ruled race out as a consideration. Universities are attempting new ways to recruit diversely while applicants adjust their tactics.
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‘We were all blindsided’: Chatham University faces multimillion-dollar budget hole, lays off staff, cuts benefits
The Pittsburgh university has seen deficits in most recent years, and faces dips in graduate school enrollments amid higher ed headwinds.
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Pittsburgh higher ed steps up sexual assault interventions ahead of annual spike in cases
A recent state law has prompted some trade schools to develop programming and supports to counter sexual violence on campus. Other colleges have codified and amplified existing procedures.
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They’re calling it ‘bio valley,’ but Hazelwood residents want to know what it means for them
As the region’s major universities look to transform an aging mill site into a pioneering biotech and robotics center, local residents want to ensure their voices shape the conversation.