Research points to varying impacts of faculty careers on having children and of having children on faculty salaries. Males come out more favorably, but not always in expected ways.
While nonprofit colleges are forthcoming with their faculty lists, for-profit institutions are more reluctant -- irking some academic leaders.
As budget anxieties persist, some universities address years of stagnant wages with one-time salary boosts instead of permanent raises.
In response to new law, colleges have a host of decisions -- some potentially expensive -- to make about the future of coverage for employees.
Even in down economy, University of Virginia finds clever way to hire cadre of promising faculty who will replace retiring longtime professors.
Furor over outspoken adjunct's testimony in Washington highlights rift between tenured and contingent faculty.
University with a history of tensions with its faculty has started requiring professors to file time sheets.
For second year in a row, median gain in faculty salaries at state colleges and universities is zero.
Higher education union leaders vow to fight on, despite crushing losses in states.
Female faculty members earn 6.9% less than male colleagues, even after accounting for most of the factors cited in the past to explain discrepancies.
