Faculty

Anthropologist offers explanation for why faculty members hesitate to adopt innovative teaching methods.

Honor for history book is given back amid criticism of its citations. Author says there are 52 errors he sees as accidental and mostly minor, but others see more fundamental problems.

If you want a classroom where students can speak freely and assess dangerous ideas, then you can't be a helicopter professor -- whether you’re a liberal, conservative or something in between, writes Francis J. Beckwith.

By Francis J. Beckwith

Scott McLemee highlights another round of titles from next season’s offerings from university presses.

By Scott McLemee

In a twist on the college film, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler portray parents in need of money to pay their daughter’s college tuition. Don’t expect discussion of 529 plans or free tuition states.

UW Madison professors oppose legislative proposal to ban university system from requiring that campus chancellors and presidents have academic backgrounds.

Without rigor and cohesive requirements, the liberal arts will eventually confront a future of irrelevance, argues Michael B. Poliakoff.

By Michael B. Poliakoff

Professors and others with science backgrounds are running for Congress, trying to reverse Trump and Republican leaders’ policies.