Faculty

Abraham Flexner's The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge highlights how the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake has shown itself to be a powerful force in the world, writes Scott McLemee.

By Scott McLemee

At colleges proud of attracting students who want a broad-based, non-vocational education, numbers of majors in arts and humanities are falling.

A new book argues that the NCAA "has lost its way in the governance of intercollegiate athletics" and that the association is incapable of achieving reform.

Study suggests university presses are publishing fewer books in the humanities. Experts say the publishing industry is facing more significant changes.

Current technology offers unfettered access to good information and good scholarship, but standing in the way is the U.S. copyright law, argues Bryn Geffert.

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Some at UC San Diego object to their university's choice of commencement speaker.

Orange Coast College suspends student who secretly and in violation of college rules videotaped professor's anti-Trump comments, which later went viral.