Faculty Issues

Authors of a new book discuss why colleges should gauge the return on investment for online learning and the cultural impediments to doing so.

An Auburn professor spoke out about athletics officials advocating for an otherwise unpopular major in which football players were clustered and lost his chair. A jury says he deserves more than half a million dollars in damages.

Scott McLemee reviews Leslie Kern’s Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies.

Adjuncts walk out indefinitely, demanding better pay and job security, among other changes. University of California strike continues.

The Education Department has left room for online colleges to innovate while maintaining eligibility for federal financial aid. But the lack of clarity carries some risk that colleges could run afoul of unarticulated rules.

Charging history or English majors lower tuition in line with lower labor costs could attract back students who have been abandoning the humanities, Fidel J. Tavárez writes.

Eastern University says it will now hire LGBTQ employees, risking its membership in prominent group for Christian colleges.