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Teaching Critical Theory Today

It's best to teach it with a healthy dose of self-awareness about what sort of shifty, sometimes shady, field it is, writes Christopher Schaberg.

17 Professors Gone or Reassigned

Division, investigations, faculty departures … What is going on in Hope College's music department, where students value those who have left?

Not an Isolated Incident

Recent controversy over email from Duke professor about Chinese students speaking Chinese in lounges reflects larger tensions in academe, experts say.

What I Learned From a Teaching Award

Thomas Hallock describes four insights he gained as both a recipient and a judge.

Too Taboo for Class?

Professor is suspended for using the N-word in class. He was discussing language in a James Baldwin essay. Given the slur's potential to throw learning off course, is it ever worth using in the classroom -- if it ever was?

By Any Other Name

Liberal education advocates discuss ways to "reclaim" conversations about academe -- in part by not using the term "liberal arts."

Disappearing Language Offerings

Study documents decline in languages offered for instruction at American colleges over three-year period.