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‘A Hotly Contested Issue’
In a case with far-reaching implications for both students and faculty members, a federal appeals court sides with a professor who refused to refer to transgender student by her preferred pronoun.
Newly Tenured… at Arkansas Tech, Casper, Smith, Western Nevada
Arkansas Tech University Douglas Barron, biology Summer Bruch, art Nathaniel Chapman, behavioral sciences Rajib Choudhury, physical sciences Michael Davis, physical...
Opinion
Teaching and Tenure: Part II
Higher education institutions must offer multiple roads to recognition for faculty -- not just one, writes E. Gordon Gee.
Columbia Grad Workers Continue Strike
Student workers end second week of their work stoppage over a first contract. Key demands include a neutral arbitrator in harassment cases, union coverage for more student workers and a pay increase.
‘The Engaged Scholar’
Author discusses his new book “on expanding the impact of academic research in today’s world.”
At Odds With Her University Over Gender Identity
Gender studies professor says the University of Rhode Island's statement about her essay on trans rights is an affront to her free speech.
Hiring Booms
Defying trends away from tenure, Ohio State and Syracuse will add more than 400 new tenure-track faculty members in the coming years.
Opinion
Peer Tutoring in the Pandemic
In an era of online learning, it can be key to making struggling students feel more connected to their college community and better able to tackle academic challenges, writes Doug Kovel.