RSSA Higher Education Blog
Students: Make a video for chance at scholarship
The human-resources firm Randstad US is offering a $10,000 scholarship in a contest to make the best video about a cool job in an in-demand field.
Changes at Campus Correspondent
There's a new reporter coming to the blog!
UA to hold town halls instead of annual speech
There is no "State of the University" speech at the University of Arizona this year.
Pharmacy dept head is leaving UA
She'll be taking with her about $8 million in external research funding.
Tonight on campus: Lecture on dance
Pima Community College's acclaimed Speakers' Series kicks off the fall semester with a free lecture by award-winning dancer Aurora Gonçalves-Shaner.
Faculty vote "no confidence" in Central AZ College head
Seventy-five percent of eligible faculty participated in the vote, with 92.5% indicating they had no confidence in the ability of Jenkins to continue to lead the college.
Tonight on campus: "Arab Fall" panel talk
"Anatomy of a Tipping Point: Opposition Movements, Intervention and the Military in the Arab Fall"
Regents report shows low pay at UA
The gap between the average faculty salary at the UA and the average salary at peer universities has widened.
UA wins $1.3 million for teacher training
The University of Arizona has won two 5-year grants for $639,357 through the U.S. Department of Education's Transition to Teaching Program.
How Pima College revenues compare to peers
This is a picture of what PCC's revenues look like compared to a group of 30 very similar colleges.
Tonight on campus: Step/Stroll/Salute contest
From a campus event listing:
Fly-by today will honor UA prof
Heads up. At 3 p.m. today, F-16 planes from the Royal Netherlands Air Force will slowly fly over the University of Arizona.
Tonight on campus: Cereal eating contest
Feel like you can down a whole box of Froot Loops? Well The Cereal Boxx has a deal for you.
Arizona Board of Regents: The Movie
Here's a movie so you can get up to speed on the issues. It comes recommended by Regent Mark Killian to his Facebook friends.
Some UA students dump free iPads, prefer cash
The UA spends less on these gadget giveaways than it used to spend on cash scholarships to lure the same types of students. But some students would plainly prefer the cash.
Update on the UA president search
The Faculty Senate got an update Monday on how things are going with the search for the next University of Arizona president. Here's what's new:
UA to auction computers, bikes for cheap
The University of Arizona is holding an auction at 8 a.m. Tuesday and you can pick up a computer or a bicycle for cheap.
What a UA literature professor would say in her last lecture (audio updated)
"If you knew this would be the last lecture you would ever give, what would you say?"
What a UA astronomer would say in his last lecture (audio updated)
"If you knew this would be the last lecture you would ever give, what would you say?"
UA president search team drafts candidate criteria
The committee tasked with selecting the new University of Arizona president has come up with a list of 10 leadership characteristics and 16 experience and background criteria that they'd like job candidates to have.
UA won't offer faculty buyouts this year
University of Arizona leaders have decided not to offer a second round of early retirement packages. Here's the memo:
Don't let Wilbur get whooped
As of this post, Wilbur is down for the count in the Capital One Mascot Challenge.
Memo: PCC will no longer allow service iguanas on campus
Happy Friday! Here's a weird and wonderful memo from Pima Community College:
Most popular
- Woman dies on 23rd birthday while hiking in the Tortolitas
- Cats one win away
- Vehicle crash shuts down Grant Road near Country Club
- Woman dies while hiking Tortolita Mountains
- UA basketball: High expectations for Wildcats
- Prison for exploiter of elderly client
- Sergio Celis' sister urges compassion for Isa's family
- Verify Obama's birth, Arizona official asks Hawaii
- Unvaccinated kids put all of us at risk
- Lack of vaccinations threaten us all, Solomon Hill's extreme makeover, meet the CD8 candidates and goodbye to locally owned service stations
Deals, offers & events
Stock up on your tobacco brand and save before your trip!
Chico's Smoke Shop offers discount cigarettes, cigars, chewing…
StarNet newsletters
Sign up for StarNet e-mail newsletters
Please Wait…