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‘A Watershed Moment’ for Shared Governance

AAUP investigation finds eight institutions flouted academic governance norms during COVID-19, as did other institutions that were not subject to the inquiry. The group warns that institutions will continue to challenge these norms even as the pandemic ends.

‘A Breach of Trust’

UNC Chapel Hill professors demand a vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure case.

No Clear Answers

Professors and students at UNC Chapel Hill demand to know why journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones was not offered tenure. The university and its governing board still aren't saying much at all.

Having Their Say -- and Then Some

Trustees at Florida Atlantic want to play a role -- maybe a big one -- in the faculty tenure process. The faculty union thinks that's unwarranted -- and dangerous.

The DEI Pathway to Promotion

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis says it's putting its policies where its mouth is, approving new promotion and tenure options based on diversity, equity and inclusion work.

Hiring Booms

Defying trends away from tenure, Ohio State and Syracuse will add more than 400 new tenure-track faculty members in the coming years.

‘Shooting Yourself in the Foot’

Citing budget issues, John Carroll University fundamentally alters tenure -- to the point that professors say it and academic freedom no longer exist.

Not Going Quietly

These four professors aren't giving up their tenured positions at Canisius College without a fight -- in court.