Politics (national)

AAAS launches group aimed not only at protecting rights of scientists, but of bringing scholarly expertise to broader humanitarian efforts.

As they fête Obama's historic inauguration, advocates for historically black colleges urge the president-elect to prioritize them in his stimulus package.

Joel Kovel denounces process to faculty colleagues, but some point to his disorganization or the economy as being more decisive than his politics in the case.

Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, has held faculty positions at two universities and ruled in several cases that affected academe.

University of Illinois trustees have yet to condemn the president or chancellor for a widespread admissions scandal. Maybe that's because the trustees are implicated, too.

As of early Friday, everything was going according to plan.

Controversial visitors to U. Chicago and Temple provoke angry crowds, inside the lecture hall.

Despite recent downturn in U.S. economy, voters show some support for higher ed, approving key bond measures for community colleges -- and reject a Massachusetts tax plan that would have devastated public colleges.

Obama's critics have again taken to deriding his professorial past, shedding light on longstanding stereotypes about academe.

Shimer College’s new interim president signaled efforts Tuesday to end a contentious chapter at the small Chicago-based institution, pledging to uphold traditions many had seen as being under fire during his predecessor’s short and controversial tenure.