Faculty Issues

How did a professor's stray email linking to an Inside Higher Ed article result in a letter of reprimand in his personnel file?

The American Council on Education has announced plans to evaluate skills learned in the workplace, putting a key higher ed organization in the middle of the alternative credentials landscape.

Michael S. Roth reflects on the questioning of liberal education in China and the United States.

British universities protest, and publisher drops plan for extra charges for articles more than 20 years old.

Scholar says a new book on China’s “leftover women” fails to acknowledge her years of research in the area -- and the fact that both authors have corresponded on the topic since 2011.

Education Department signals interest in revisiting rules making student loans eligible for bankruptcy -- a priority for some Democrats and consumer groups.

New app seeks to shake up student ratings of instruction by promoting open-ended feedback in the moment, throughout the semester, so that the feedback becomes more constructive than punitive.

Mark Edmundson explores -- and applauds -- current students' quest for identity but says that achieving it is only half the game.