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Division in Christian Higher Ed
University quits Christian college group because it didn't kick out two members that have decided to permit the hiring of faculty members in same-sex marriages. Others may follow.
Extracurricular Criminal
Amid calls for his termination, Central Connecticut State suspends professor who's had skirmishes with the law -- even though none of the crimes and alleged crimes relate to teaching or publications. When professors break the law, what should a college do?
Opinion
We Look Like Professors, Too
Sara B. Pritchard, Adeline Koh and Michelle Moravec describe rationale behind new hashtag to remind the world of the diversity of faculty members.
Ending All-Male Panels
American Society for Microbiology shows that a scientific group with relatively few female speakers can change things dramatically in just a few years.
Opinion
Would It Be So Bad If We All Went Under?
Kate Blanchard wonders if what higher education truly needs is a fresh start -- even if that means the end of institutions that many revere.
Too Old for Tenure
Getting tenure is never guaranteed. But two American U. professors say they don't know what -- other than their age -- could have counted against them in their recent tenure denials.
Opinion
When Sexual Harassment Is a Campus Tradition
A faculty member recounts feeling that she couldn't complain about an event that humiliated her and other female professors, but was viewed as "good fun" by many others.
Milestone for Disability Studies
U of Toledo will start nation's first full undergraduate major in an interdisciplinary field that has taken off.