Faculty Issues

Scott McLemee reviews Denise Gigante’s Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America.

Any serious effort to engage faculty in the student success movement will require grappling with the realities of faculty labor and limits on their time, Jody Greene writes.

Institutions issue recommendations on when and how departments should make political statements, if at all. This guidance generally urges caution, citing academic freedom risks.

Beyond capstones for majors, special courses that encourage interaction across disciplines can be especially useful for students launching into careers or grad school, writes David Droppa.

With students highly stressed even when they are studying less, educators need to understand how much homework is helpful, David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler write.

New resources and guidance are available for instructors keen to help students with mental health issues. Some say it’s too much to ask, others that it’s not enough to help.

Colleges would better serve students, themselves and the nation by building structures that promote student activism rather than those that repress it, Margaret T. Brower writes.