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Winning Football, Falling Grades
GPAs of male students drop when teams have more on-field success, study finds; partying the likely cause.
Tenure Conversion
A community college in Michigan will grant tenure or tenure-track status to all full-time faculty, bucking the adjunctification trend in higher ed.
Culture Gap
Iowa professor's critique of small town life in his adopted state reflects tensions many faculty members overcome as they take jobs in places they never imagined would be home.
Another November Setback
Tom Emmer, who lost race for governor in Minnesota last year, loses shot at teaching spot at Hamline University, too. The reason, he says: his conservative views.
Dissertation? I Barely Know Her!
Satirical blogs explore whether a Hollywood sex symbol can make academic pick-up lines seem smooth.
Reload and Fight
In case that critics say shows a harassment policy out of control, U. of Denver professor plans to teach the same course that got him suspended.
About-Face by Oxford Press
Facing criticism from professors worldwide, publisher will re-issue books by scholar whose essay set off controversy in India.
Making Advising Central
Beloit College is elevating this responsibility so that it joins teaching, research and service in tenure decisions.