Faculty is strongly objecting to the Fisher Report’s suggestion that UAF should be the only research institute in the UA system. James L. Fisher was one of five higher education professionals that reviewed the UA system during September of last year. Fisher was the one to write up all of their recommendations on how UA [...]
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Professors and students hold very different views on cheating
August 29th, 2011 by Matt
It may be no surprise that students and professors have different ideas of what counts as cheating. “Overall, students view most academically dishonest behaviors as less severe than do faculty, and believe they occur less frequently,” a report by the Ad-Hoc Committee on Academic Integrity, read. Only 15 percent of students believe that cheating a [...]
36% of college graduates leave learning nothing
June 28th, 2011 by Matt
Beer is fun, but for an increasing number of four-year college graduates, it is one of many things hampering their ability to compete in a knowledge-based economy, one that increasingly places Alaskans in direct competition with Chinese graduates and their thinner beer bellies.
2.5M construction project upgrades Providence Drive
June 14th, 2011 by Matt
The Seawolf Drive and Providence Drive intersection is currently undergoing phase two of a $2.5 million project designed to ease traffic flow for buses and ambulances in the U-Med region, and is scheduled to be blocked until the end of June.
BOR Committee approves 126.8 million construction projects.
June 1st, 2011 by Matt
The Facilities and Land Management Committee met in Anchorage Tuesday to deliberate two motions, both of which were passed. They will be affirmed or denied when all of the Board of Regents meet in Fairbanks this Thursday and Friday.
COE challenges accusation of negligence
May 31st, 2011 by Matt
The UAA College of Education (COE) was recently accused of not responding to an invitation for an anti-bullying forum in a guest editorial published in The Press on May 19. The guest editorial by Dennis Maloney, an Anchorage lawyer and founder of the nonprofit Bye-Bye Bullies, appeared on page seven under the title “It’s time [...]
CAS Dean Liszka leaves frontier for Empire State
March 29th, 2011 by Kate Lindsley
Basking in his last Alaskan spring, Dr. Jim Liszka will join Plattsburgh State University of New York as Provost next fall. Leaving his position as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at UAA after five years, Liszka reflected on his 31 years with the University. Spanning positions from assistant professor of philosophy [...]
University insurance plans to see big changes this July
March 22nd, 2011 by Sean Talbot
The University is trimming the fat off of employee health care benefits. Currently, University of Alaska employees aren’t required to provide documentation for their claimed dependents to receive medical benefits. As of July 1, they’ll have to break out the birth certificates to prove that their kids are their kids. Under the new documentation plan, [...]
Pacific Rim Conference on language brings national scholars
March 1st, 2011 by Matt
Leave it to English majors to meet at the top of the library to discuss “World Englishes”. The 16th annual Pacific Rim Conference on Literature & Rhetoric met (where else) at the top of the library. This years topic was “World Englishes: Identity, Language, and Pedagogy in the Global Community”. The thoughts of author and [...]
President Gamble to Faculty Senate: “I owe you an apology.”
February 10th, 2011 by Matt
The following is a summary of what will appear in the Feb 15 edition of the Northern Light. Due to time constraints, this summary does not include Gamble’s responses to our questions. President Gamble accepted faculty criticism that his recent chancellor appointment of Tom Case was hasty, non-transparent, and exclusive. Gamble opened with his intent [...]
Shared governance policy not followed in Chancellor appointment
February 8th, 2011 by Matt
UAA Faculty and students had some quizzical looks in response to the appointment of Tom Case as chancellor. Rachel Colvard, a USUAA Senator, called the move “a slap in the face to 17,000 people.” Jacqueline Cason, Associate Professor of English at UAA, said “President Gamble’s act was mostly expedient, even though Tom Case is by [...]
