Faculty

Kentucky governor sets off debate -- and nettles some professors -- by suggesting eliminating programs that don't prepare students for good-paying jobs.

While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.

By Jonathan Zimmerman

Almost seven years after winning high-profile competition, Cornell Tech opens on Roosevelt Island, with 30 faculty members and almost 300 graduate students.

A prominent journal that already accepted a controversial study about using computers to "read" sexuality based on a photo is further scrutinizing the paper after intense public backlash.

Ohio University rushed through a policy that bans all indoor protests, but vehement campus criticism may lead to changes.

Debora Diniz’s historical and ethnographic study Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat illuminates the emergence of the disease and how global health organizations have dealt -- and not dealt -- with it, writes Scott McLemee.

By Scott McLemee

New paper on artificial intelligence that can (mostly) correctly pick self-identified gays and lesbians based on photos has been called nearly everything -- from bad science to an important “wake-up call.”

Northeastern president discusses his new book on how higher education can train students for careers where technology cannot make them redundant.