Faculty Issues

University-affiliated research centers face a fight for funding and an assault on experts, but few think institutions will be able to resist future ventures.

Loss of federal funding for highly regarded program has one scholar asking, “What’s our strategy here?”

Educators should seek to build campus ecosystems where those with certain qualities can shine, strengthen themselves and inspire others, writes Daniel R. Porterfield.

Dozens of academic disciplines can offer meaningful insight into our current political landscape, writes Brian Farkas, even those that seem less obvious on first blush.

We in higher education talk a lot about access, but we rarely include in that discussion access for all students to a rich and genuinely diverse curriculum, argues W. Robert Connor.

Are dwindling support for the humanities and a lack of diversity in higher education two separate issues, asks Christine Henseler, or are they, in fact, closely intertwined?

With programs growing, graduate schools group tries to create a framework for curricula and expectations across diverse fields.

The college completion agenda reaches an inflection point as the Obama administration ends and the nation increasingly focuses on jobs and college value. Experts assess shifts in the completion push and what comes next.