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Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Recent court rulings have challenged the long-held concept of academic freedom for faculty members. As an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Kevin J. Renken says he felt obliged to speak out about his belief that administrators there were mishandling a National Science Foundation grant to him…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Public Colleges, Government Employees, Courts
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Examines the involvement of consultants from the nonprofit National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) in the long-term planning of public college systems, including those of West Virginia, Louisiana, Nebraska, Texas, and Kentucky. Traces the development of NCHEMS from its establishment in 1969 as a federally supported…
Descriptors: Consultants, Governance, Higher Education, Long Range Planning