Faculty Issues

Author discusses approaches that work to get students to the finish line.

Political science association pleases and surprises members with its flagship publication's new editorial team.

Concerned about limited purchasing options and potential price increases, students and consumer groups challenge the proposed merger of two major textbook publishers.

It is not permissible to debate in some academic parlor game the lives of people who are oppressed and murdered, writes Mark Lance.

Banning laptops or other note-taking devices from the classroom is an extreme stance that isn’t right for every student, argues Karen Costa.

New paper makes the case for paying more attention to pretenure faculty members' emotions as a key component of their -- and the institution's -- success.

Scott McLemee reviews Catherine Lyall's Being an Interdisciplinary Academic: How Institutions Shape University Careers.

U of Hawaii is in conflict with itself as it pursues the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea while also being a leading indigenous institution.