Filter & Sort
‘The Record of Everything You’ve Forgotten’?
New efforts on campus focus on ways to capture what students learn outside class -- and how to communicate it to employers.
Too Taboo for Class?
Professor is suspended for using the N-word in class. He was discussing language in a James Baldwin essay. Given the slur's potential to throw learning off course, is it ever worth using in the classroom -- if it ever was?
Opinion
Approaching ‘Entropy’
Scott McLemee reviews Eric Johnson's Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy.
‘How to Get Grant Money in the Humanities and Social Sciences’
Professor discusses new book about finding the funds to do your project and advance your career.
Evening Things Out
New research says some straightforward interventions are effective in addressing faculty workload disparities.
Ending Toxic Culture in Fraternities
Author discusses in her upcoming book why chapter members drink and participate in "rape culture."
Trolls in the Classroom
U of Illinois Faculty Senate is considering what to do about students who want to disrupt classes over political disagreements with professor.
History Holds Steady
Field's faculty jobs outlook was constant last year after years of disappearing positions.