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Out of Work for Doing Extra Work?

Indiana AAUP says adjunct at Ivy Tech lost his job for using supplementary materials when students complained that they couldn't understand the textbook.
Opinion

A Moral Obligation to Retire?

Philosophers offer views -- ethical and practical -- on whether older scholars should be making room for new Ph.D.'s.

Who Leads?

Education secretary's final higher ed summit finds general consensus on problems, but less on how to fix them -- and who should take charge.

Mapping Student Learning With Precision

In ambitious, long-term effort, West Point maps and measures a multi-layered set of outcomes across the curriculum.

Fight Over a Beloved (and Lucrative) Book

U. of Nebraska Press sold almost one million copies of Black Elk Speaks. The director moved to SUNY and now the book is moving too. Fair game or unfair edge?

Sizing Up the Spellings Commission

As education secretary's summit awaits, report from business officers' group assesses the impact of her panel on higher education.
Opinion

Waiting 20 Years for the Tenure Track

Phil Ray Jack shares the realities of long-term adjunct status -- and what it means to finally gain a permanent position.

Inflated Assessment by Phoenix?

For-profit giant releases study designed to show how much learning takes place, but were the "before" and "after" comparisons of the same group?