Academe Today: Colleges are still failing their employees (opinion)

Pro-Palestinian activists' tactics rile U. of Michigan student government; foreign-language study on the chopping block; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. ADVICE: WORKING BETTER [Colleges Are Still Failing Their Employees]( By Kevin R. McClure [STORY IMAGE]( Our new columnist on reviving a stalled reform movement. ADVERTISEMENT [Colleges Are Still Failing Their Employees]( NEW FROM THE CHRONICLE [Working Better]( [STORY IMAGE]( For a brief moment after Covid struck, campus leaders demonstrated genuine momentum to deal with workplace problems. These days, it feels like we’ve hit the doldrums — still afloat but with no breeze to be found. In this new series, Kevin R. McClure explores higher education as a workplace — what it does well, what it does poorly, and what it can do to improve the professional lives of faculty and staff. CAMPUS UNREST [‘Verbally Assaulted’ After ‘Shut It Down’ Reversal, U. of Michigan Student-Government Reps Demand Leaders Resign]( By Katherine Mangan [STORY IMAGE]( A vote to restore funding to student groups, which had been denied under a campaign promise from the student government’s president and vice president in a bid to force the university to divest from Israel, has been at the center of simmering tensions on campus. SPONSOR CONTENT| University of Birmingham [Climate Change Forces Forests to Migrate Toward Cooler Regions]( THE REVIEW | OPINION [Another Harvard Crackdown on Free Speech]( By Andrew Manuel Crespo and Reshmaan Hussam [STORY IMAGE]( The university suspended students from the library. Will it suspend faculty members? LATITUDES [Is Foreign-Language Study Facing an Enrollment Cliff?]( By Karin Fischer [STORY IMAGE]( Another flagship considers cutting language majors, plus a new ranking of international-student career outcomes. 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