Faculty Issues

Higher education suffers from an inertia that sets in when professors who weren't taught how to teach draw from the outmoded teaching styles that they experienced as students, writes Laura Freberg.

Female academics have about half the followers of men on Twitter and wield otherwise diminished influence there, according to a new study. The analysis pertains to medicine, but women across fields say the findings ring true.

Colleges and universities must have the flexibility to deal with matters of conduct without the government looking over their shoulders, argues Sigal Ben-Porath.

We're not teaching students enough about weapons of mass destruction -- and it shows, warns Sarah Bidgood.

Study says that when it comes to everyday mentoring and training in the sciences, postdocs are the new PIs.

Scott McLemee reviews Daniel M. Russell's The Joy of Search: A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics.

Author discusses his book that seeks a new framework for the debate about free speech on campus.