Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Tom Wood makes the case that higher education is worth public support.

• Economics
• Value of College Degree
• Liberal Education

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Tom Wood

Does a college degree mean anything to employers? What intrinsic value does higher education have?

• Value of College Degree
• Job Market

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Tom Wood

Tom Wood argues for faculty governance in colleges and universities.

• Academic Governance
• College Administration

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Tom Wood

The Palaima-Sandefer controversy at UT-Austin

• Academic Governance

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Tom Wood

What happens when student affairs functions far oufund the university's core academic operations, teaching and research?

• Student Activities
• Academic Governance

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Tom Wood

Governance structures that take control of the university out of the hands of the faculty make it easier for

• Trustees
• Academic Governance
• College Administration

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Tom Wood

Would universities be better off if their governing bodies were controlled by their faculties? This three-part series investigates.

• Professoriate
• Academic Governance
• College Administration

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In the third and final part of this series, Tom Wood examines the many non-legal objections to Virginia Tech

• Academic Freedom
• Diversity
• Affirmative Action

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Tom Wood

A look at how the current controversy over the tenure policy at Virginia Tech exemplifies the intersection of academic freedom and public employment law.

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Tom Wood

Faculty members at public universities are state employees, but public universities are not like other public institutions. So what are the governing principles for faculty employment?

• Freedom of Speech
• Court Decisions
• First Amendment Issues

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