Columns on Higher Education
Nick Gier, President, Higher Education Council
Idaho Federation of Teachers, AFT/AFL-CIO
These columns start as radio commentaries
on Radio Free Moscow
and then are revised as columns for the Idaho State Journal
Ocober 21, 2009: The Crisis in Idaho Higher Education: A Lack of Faculty Autonomy as well as Funding
October 7, 2009: The Constituiton, the University, and Freedom of Speech
June 24, 2009: The Parma Research Station Must Continue Its Essential Work PDF
June 17, 2009: University of Idaho Wastes Time and Money on "Chief Inspiration Officer" PDF
June 3, 2009: U.S. Loses Lead in Higher Education PDF
April 22, 2009: State Faculty Union Responds to Financial Crisis
March 18, 2009: Internal Pick Best for New University of Idaho President
January 28, 2009: Idaho's University Program Reduction Procedures "Severely Deficient" PDF
December 31, 2008: UI Athletics Get Big Breaks During Financial Crises
May 21, 2008: Dear President White: You Owe Us Another Five Years PDF
April 30, 2008: Graduate Teaching Assistants: Exploited Labor on America's Campuses PDF
February 27, 2008: The Meterley Report: Always Giving 3.37 Inches More Than Yardley PDF
Blaming the Faculty: More Bad than Good in the Yardley Report
January 30, 2008: Why Not Democracy in Higher Education Workplaces? PDF
August 8, 2007: Academic Tenure is Not Sacrosanct: The Cases of Professors Churchill and Maki PDF
July 25, 2007: The Overuse and Abuse of Part-Time Faculty PDF
February 6, 2007: A Runaway Train: Administrative Salaries Outstrip Faculty by 99% PDF
December 19, 2006: Whistleblowers Need More Protection at the University of Idaho PDF
October 24, 2006: Should Former Deans Retain Their High Salaries? PDF
October 20, 2000: Some Thoughts on Post-Tenure Review Published in the Idaho Statesman
June 15, 1996: The Real Reason for the Growth of Public Sector Unions Published in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News