Faculty Issues

Faculty members need to reassert themselves as the people who direct discourse on campuses, argues Samuel J. Abrams.

Cathy N. Davidson suggests some easy yet constructive ways to introduce and frame a course that can enhance student-centered learning.

Elizabeth Warren has been criticized and praised for sounding like a professor -- which she is. How will her academic chops influence her presidential run?

A signatory to a global pledge not to judge academics on where they publish posts a job ad requiring candidates to have published in a high "impact" journal.

Promotion of research and related publications is now a shared enterprise among authors, publishers, libraries and universities, writes Christine Tulley, yet many authors are unaware of how to play an active role.

University of California, Davis, is latest institution to adopt a reference check policy in fight against faculty misconduct.

We often read works by scholars in our disciplines but not by those in different fields whom we encounter every day on our campuses, writes Cynthia Wu.

Author of new book explains how she has adapted James Lang's principles for the virtual classroom, to help online instructors produce better learning.