Bill Schackner
Higher Education Writer at TRIB Live
Higher ed writer in Pittsburgh. News/weather nerd. Part of 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning team. Weak speller. Chief annoyer of wife, daughter. My account, my views
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Nov 7, 2024 |
triblive.com | Bill Schackner
A trustees panel at Penn State University advanced plans Thursday for a $96 million classroom development at University Park to accommodate expected first-year enrollment growth approaching 1,000 students over the next several years. The project is the largest of the planned work totaling almost $325 million on the main campus and at Penn State Harrisburg that went before the trustees Finance and Investment Committee for a vote.
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Nov 4, 2024 |
triblive.com | Bill Schackner
The union representing more than 5,000 faculty and coaches across Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities is the latest to affiliate with AFT, a nationwide union of education and other workers. Members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties approved the affiliation in a three-day election last week. It begins Jan. 1. AFT, with 3,000 local affiliates, was previously known as the American Federation of Teachers.
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Nov 1, 2024 |
triblive.com | Bill Schackner
The newly created State Board of Higher Education, tasked with re-imaging oversight of Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities, has named Kate Shaw as executive director. Shaw is deputy secretary for Higher Education within the Pennsylvania Department of Education. She has a decades-long career in government, the private sector and in academia focusing on accessible, equitable and effective postsecondary education, officials said in announcing the appointment Friday.
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Nov 1, 2024 |
triblive.com | Bill Schackner
Setting up a table on a college campus to encourage voter turnout or promote a political candidate are time-honored student expressions of free speech, as is canvassing door-to-door before an election. But in Pennsylvania, those campus activities have received pushback from a number of school administrators this fall, free speech advocates say.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
triblive.com | Bill Schackner
Legal scholars, political scientists and others simply curious about how the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution since its founding can now turn to Penn State University for answers. That’s because the nation’s high court – more precisely, its online database of cases dating to 1791 — has moved to this state’s flagship public university. The comprehensive resource has information on every case decided by the Supreme Court from its inception to current day, officials said.
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