Faculty Issues

Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic that undermines scientific inquiry.

The latest Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Presidents finds weak support for tenure, high confidence in financial stability and concerns about a lack of progress on student mental health issues.

Aditya Simha argues that teaching demos tell search committees very little about a faculty job candidate.

Kansas’s Emporia State University is fighting a lawsuit from professors it decided to lay off in 2022. A lawmaker has filed a bill on behalf of its top lawyer, a defendant in the litigation.

Kathleen deLaski unpacks her new book, which envisions higher education as a stepladder to skills that learners collect over a lifetime and present to employers.

A federal judge is set to hear arguments today for and against extending a block on the National Institutes of Health’s recent directive to cut support for medical research—much of which happens at universities—by more than $4 billion.

Adam Bessie and Jason Novak capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI.