Funds promised, but not budgeted
By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
March 9, 2016
The University of Akron is making new rules for how professors can use their funding, which causes concerns for both UA’s budget, and UA’s faculty. Two types of funding have not been accounted for in UA’s budget prior to 2016: start-up funds and indirect cost recovery (IDC) funds. This caus...
Q&A with Board Chair Jonathan Pavloff: rebranding, President Scarborough, faculty, more
By Grant Morgan and Kristina Aiad-Toss
February 18, 2016
In an interview with The Buchtelite last Monday, Feb. 15, UA Board of Trustees Chair Jonathan Pavloff gave responses neither supporting nor criticizing President Scott Scarborough. Asked if the board had unanimous support in Scarborough from all seven of its voting members, Pavloff said, “The...
Board responds to calls for change
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
February 10, 2016
In the printed version of the article, UA Board of Trustees Chair Jonathan Pavloff is introduced only with his last name, and without reference of what position he holds at UA. After the faculty senate’s near-unanimous vote of no confidence in President Scott Scarborough, and a more ...
Graduate assistantships on chopping block
By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
November 16, 2015
The headline of the print version of this article incorrectly implied that graduate assistantships will be cut; however, the elimination of some, not all, graduate assistantships is not assured, but is being discussed at this time. In response to persisting budget problems at The Uni...
Faculty Senate committee formed to consider lack of confidence vote on Scarborough
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
November 9, 2015
University President Scott Scarborough might soon receive a formal “lack of confidence” expression from the UA Faculty Senate. A resolution “to create an ad hoc committee to consider proposing a resolution expressing the Senate’s lack of confidence in President Scarborough” was passed...
