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A U.S. University Cuts Itself off From Cuba
After meeting with hardline, anti-Castro leaders, University of Miami says it won't enter into institutional agreements with Cuba. But what do faculty members think?
The Shrinking Humanities Job Market
New analysis finds the number of doctorates awarded keeps rising, even as number of job openings drops.
Design Learning Outcomes to Change the World
We in higher education do a poor job helping students translate the specific content or knowledge gained in our classrooms into a tool that will help them thrive in life, writes Cathy N. Davidson.
Political Science Jobs Down
Political science association’s annual jobs report shows big year-over-year dip.
The New, New Education
Cathy Davidson’s new book is a manifesto on teaching students -- and institutions -- how to survive and thrive in the digital age.
Should Grad Students Publish?
Two vastly different disciplines consider whether there are too many journal articles these days, and whether graduate student publishing is part of the problem. Some see that analysis as shortsighted.
Some Good People
What stands out in Linda Gordon’s The Second Coming of the KKK is that the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s tried to create a world unto itself through spectacle, mass communications and branding, writes Scott McLemee.
The Missing Black Professors
Study of top public universities finds limited faculty diversity, yet signs of progress -- except for African-Americans in STEM.