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Negotiated Out of a Job
How one tenure-track candidate's attempts at negotiations resulted in her losing the offer entirely.
Opinion
Why We Need College Ratings
We must give students and families the right kind of information -- about multiple factors, and not blended into a single institutional rating -- about one of the most expensive purchases they will ever make, writes Carrie Warick.
Newly Tenured ... at Clarkson, Colorado, Denison, Linfield, Ursinus
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Clarkson University Stephen T. Casper, history Sulapha...
Opinion
Documentary History
A new book traces the background of scholarship in the age of instant reproduction. Scott McLemee gets out the highlighter.
Free Speech or Hostility?
A Cameron U. professor says he is being stripped of tenure, in violation of his First Amendment rights, for accusing a colleague of racism and for insisting on diversity outreach in hiring.
Hunting for a University
A California city makes a pitch for a new engineering campus at the American Council on Education's annual meeting.
One Dupont & Unit Records
A think tank report calls out the private college lobby for opposing a national database on students, which proponents say would bring much-needed accountability to higher education.
Opinion
Practicing What He Preaches
Star professors who talk about the importance of public higher ed but teach at elite privates send one message, writes Abraham Gutman. Those who take jobs at public universities send a much better message.