Filter & Sort
Who Gets to Decide?
Divided federal appeals court backs Miami U. in tenure dispute that related in part to a chair's rejection of external reviewers from historically black colleges.
Opinion
Presidents in Denial
How is it possible that the leaders of American colleges and universities think that their institutions are doing well on race relations? asks Marybeth Gasman.
Opinion
Tenure as Citizenship
In the current system, tenured professors essentially report to no one, adjuncts are like migrant workers, and administrators have little actual power, Josh Wymore argues.
Charleston Divided
A well-connected politician and Confederate hobbyist has been named College of Charleston's president. Students and faculty fear for reputation and mission of respected liberal arts institution.
Opinion
Queer Peer Review
Eric V. Patridge considers the issues facing a gay scientist starting a career in academe.
Free Speech or Hostility?
A Cameron U. professor says he is being stripped of tenure, in violation of his First Amendment rights, for accusing a colleague of racism and for insisting on diversity outreach in hiring.
Practicing What He Preaches
Star professors who talk about the importance of public higher ed but teach at elite privates send one message, writes Abraham Gutman. Those who take jobs at public universities send a much better message.
Changing the Conversation
Could having families now be as disadvantageous to men's academic careers as women's? Study raises possibility.