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A Non-Tenure-Track Profession?
About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis. While many now work on multiyear contracts, their academic freedom remains of concern.
Opinion
Polls Apart
Scott McLemee reviews two new scholarly books on the American electorate and its discontents.
‘Media U’
Authors discuss their new book about viewing colleges and universities as media institutions focused on winning over audiences.
Opinion
Embracing the Value of College Math
Too many students walk out of such classes questioning whether they'll ever make it to graduation, argues Aaron Altose.
Beyond the Numbers on Gender and Research
Are we thinking about gender diversity in the sciences all wrong, or at least too simply? New paper proposes a multipronged approach to thinking about and encouraging this diversity, for the benefit of science as a whole.
A Course Experiment Tackles Textbook Costs
Students in California drafted a bill to urge publishers to reveal how their textbooks changed between editions. The students convinced lawmakers to adopt the legislation. But will publishers comply?
A Study Abroad Boycott
A second instructor at the University of Michigan declines to write a letter for a student to study in Israel, citing support for the boycott, and a first professor who refused to write a letter is disciplined. Meanwhile, Israel has detained and ordered the deportation of a U.S. student for her support for the boycott movement.
‘Not All Dead White Men’
Author discusses her new book on classics and misogyny in the digital era.