Faculty Issues

Groups planning annual gatherings in the coming weeks grapple with the Omicron variant. Most are proceeding with in-person conferences, touting extra safety precautions and more options for participation.

William Paterson University says it’s saving the institution by cutting nearly 100 full-time professors over three years. Faculty members wonder what will be left to save.

Author discusses his book about why faculty members should not take their rights for granted.

Scott McLemee highlights more books upcoming in the new year, with a focus on the pandemic.

A painting of Mary and Jesus, featuring a Jesus that resembles George Floyd, was stolen—twice—from the Catholic University of America. Many students don’t want it back on campus.

Professors seek a united faculty voice against legislative incursions into the curriculum with respect to the teaching of race.

The policy has significant benefits for both the instructor and the students, who appreciate being incentivized to do something that actually helps them, writes Zachary Nowak.

Why isn’t the American higher education community, Terri Taylor asks, talking more—indeed, doing more—about this broad assault on academic freedom?