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The 2019 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
Nearly half (46 percent) of provosts of American colleges and universities report that at least one faculty member at their...
Stepping Out of the Rat Race
Saying it wants to "again become a place where talent feels valued and nurtured," Ghent University overhauls its system for faculty evaluation to de-emphasize quantitative metrics and annual progress reports. Professors will be asked about their goals and what they are proud of.
Opinion
Not a False Alarm
Partisan politics prevents those on the political left from seeing threats to campus free expression, argue Jeffrey Aaron Snyder and Amna Khalid.
Foreclosing on a Faculty Critic
Ave Maria University and its president, James Towey, call the loan of a former professor who sued the university, possibly forcing him, his wife and their nine children from their home.
Student-Centered Learning and Student Buy-In
Study finds that student resistance to curriculum innovation decreases over time as it becomes the institutional norm, and that students increasingly link active learning to their learning gains over time.
B.O. No
Professor's email at U of Houston about body odor, referencing some cultures, raises concerns about how to broach this delicate topic, if at all.
Opinion
Reading Mobilization
Scott McLemee reviews L. A. Kauffman's How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance.
Now Hiring ‘Dr. Inside’
Erroneous job ads with the preferred candidates' names in the titles roil academics who have experienced "sham" searches.