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Decision by leader at Louisville raises question of whether such moves are meaningful gestures or just symbolism.

Some "poachers" look to exploit cash-strapped states, luring faculty to greener pastures.

Research center starts new project to compare academic salaries in 15 countries. For senior professors, Saudi Arabia leads by far.

Searching for fast solutions to budget shortfalls, some colleges are turning to mandatory employee furloughs. Some question whether this approach is fair or strategic.

Under faculty-generated proposal, Brandeis professors could volunteer to give up 1 percent of their salaries next year with aim of saving staff jobs.

As a state university mulls saving a private liberal arts college by taking on its debt, students and faculty hope it can retain unique, arts-focused identity that's decidedly "quirky."

Faced with fiscal challenges, Boston University may close centers and institutes to try to maintain ambitious goals of growing faculty numbers and improving quality.

It's not like professors to think that they are so well compensated that it's not worth hoping for a $10,000 bonus. But out of more than 2,000 faculty members at Texas A&M University's main campus, only about 300 have agreed to vie for a bonus being offered for their teaching -- and all they would need to do is have a survey distributed to their students.

As the University of Florida struggles with budget cuts, a professor is challenging a decision to increase her teaching load to three courses a year.

Survey finds median increase at four-year institutions of 3.7%, down from 4.0%, with publics losing ground. But new data don’t reflect recent cuts and furloughs. Disciplinary gaps remain significant.