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Holding Off on Gay Faculty
Pressure grows at Mennonite institutions to end ban on hiring non-straight professors. Eastern Mennonite U., which many hoped was about to shift, declines to do so. But it leaves in place suspension of policy.
Smile! You're (Not) on Camera!
Historians group prohibits hiring committees from recording job interviews at hiring annual conference.
Opinion
The Economics of Prestige
CUNY's hiring of Paul Krugman was seen as a coup, but James Hoff doesn't think public universities should be spending big bucks on stars who won't do much teaching.
The Prestige Payoff
Study documents impact of attending an elite doctoral program on faculty members' careers.
‘Save Fulbright’
Advocates of international exchange organize to protest a proposed 13 percent cut to the flagship Fulbright program.
Enough Letters Already
MLA's new guidelines offer some relief and realism about the recommendation part of the hiring process.
Her Side of the Story
'W.' attracted sympathy and ire last week when the story of her failed attempt at negotiating a tenure-track position went viral. Now she's addressing her critics.
Negotiated Out of a Job
How one tenure-track candidate's attempts at negotiations resulted in her losing the offer entirely.