Faculty Issues

As Beloit releases annual compilation of what this year's freshmen know and don't, two anonymous professors from other colleges unveil a website designed to mock and destroy the list.

Can education be free and online and yet reject some of the choices made by proponents of massive open online courses? A class about to debut aims to show what's possible.

In wake of rescinded offer, U. of Michigan extends new invitation and pledges commitment to free speech.

Mark Edmundson's latest book is a battle cry to professors and students who want to preserve a "real education," increasingly under threat, he says.

Author says donors pressured U. of Michigan to rescind an invitation. University says she wasn't "optimum choice" for an event.

A new restriction from Amazon prevents students from bringing some of their rented textbooks across state lines.

Competency-based education takes a major step forward in its challenge to seat time as College for America awards its first degree.

Derek Bok's new book asserts that much of the recent criticism of higher education is inaccurate or oversimplified, but that plenty of serious problems do exist.