Tenure

AAUP votes to censure or sanction three institutions at its annual meeting. Idaho State removed from sanction list.

New study finds discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring in the sciences. The study's about postdocs, but it has important implications for all of academe.

New studies on student evaluations of teaching say a simple intervention can fight gender bias, at least in the short term, and that perceived teaching effectiveness declines after tenure.

Historian at U of Minnesota "celebrates" tenure with a scathing critique of her governing board's recent actions against a building-renaming proposal. She says she couldn't have risked these statements without job security.

WPI wants associate professors to understand what's possible, and offer options that go beyond traditional research.

New study of computer scientists says that when it comes to research output, where Ph.D.s get hired matters more than where they trained.

Facing flat enrollment and strained annual budgets, DePauw University will tap endowment to finance layoffs for dozens of staff members and hefty voluntary retirement packages for a graying faculty.