Tenure

Katherine Franke, a law professor whose interview became the subject of a university investigation, says she’s effectively been terminated.

Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.

Marshall Brain II founded the popular website HowStuffWorks, hosted a TV show and taught aspiring entrepreneurs. But he ended his life hours after he accused higher-ups of forcing him to resign. 

The protection of extramural speech may be necessary, but academics should acknowledge the magnitude of the privilege they’re claiming, Deepa Das Acevedo writes.

Todd Wolfson is pushing the century-old American Association of University Professors to fight higher ed’s detractors and “organize every campus.” But critics say the venerable organization is straying from its roots.

The university’s contingent teachers unionized in the spring. Before they sign their first agreement, they want administrators to stop limiting their contract renewals.

Speakers linked academic freedom and the future of democracy less than two weeks before the presidential election.