Faculty

Interdisciplinary research and collaboration get formal recognition in new USC guidelines for promotion.

A former adviser to the University of Texas Board of Regents who is aligned with controversial reforms that have been touted by conservative groups and Governor Rick Perry issued a report Tuesday identifying what he called a “faculty productivity gap” at the two chief research institutions in the state.

A professor's unique hobby makes him a popular figure on the University of the Ozarks campus.

Faculty members feeling besieged by, well, take your pick -- increased scrutiny of their productivity and the relevance of their research; broadsides against tenure; attacks on their

A predicted wave of retirements of tenured faculty is presenting colleges with opportunities and practical and programmatic concerns -- as well as legal considerations, according to a report released today by the American Council on Education.

When punishing professors, universities find the lines that divide the illegal, the immoral and fireable can be hazy at best.

In a break from most elite research institutions, Stanford invests heavily in effort to encourage faculty to develop new undergraduate courses.