Faculty Issues

An uncredentialed writing instructor, Gizem Karaali, shares some effective tools learned through trial and error.

After controversies involving two professors, Fresno State wants its "community" to be "respectful," "kind" and accountable. Many faculty members are on board, and university says principles won't be enforced. Others are skeptical.

As we approach the new year, Scott McLemee gives a preview of some of the new books coming out in 2019.

They have become a gold standard among institutions that wish to show their commitment to American higher education's core principle of freedom of expression, argues Michael Poliakoff.

How do professors respond to regrade requests? One department encourages instructors to pass them up the chain.

When we take positions and make decisions based on a political litmus test, we hurt the very core of our institutional mission, argues Raynard Kington.

Such feelings aren't more common in people of any particular gender, observes Roshini Pinto-Powell.

Pilot project seeks to eliminate bias.