Filter & Sort
‘The Grant Writing Guide’
Author discusses her new book, on how faculty members can land grants.
Tenure Awarded… at Macalester, Wabash
Macalester College Matt Burgess, English Felix Friedt, economics Gabriel Lade, economics Getiria Onsongo, mathematics, statistics and computer science Wabash College...
Opinion
My First Chat With the Bot
Uncanny, creepy and bland: Brian Strang reflects on his chat with the artificial intelligence language model ChatGPT and the threat it does (or doesn’t) pose to writing instruction.
DeSantis Aims to Turn Public College Into ‘Hillsdale of the South’
Six new trustees were appointed at New College of Florida, including a cadre of controversial conservatives. The board aims to reshape the college in the image of a private Christian institution.
Yale Grad Workers Unionize at Last
Yale teaching and research assistants form a union after decades of organizing and amid a wave of union activity.
Opinion
We Should Bring Back the F
Faculty members today too rarely recognize a significant impediment to student success: students’ own refusal—not inability—to simply do the work, writes Louis Haas.
Preaching to, and Challenging, the Liberal Arts Choir
In a conversation with presidents of small private colleges, tech company executives praise graduates’ leadership and critical thinking ability but say they need to develop skills for a first job, too.
An ‘Ax Falling’ at Manhattanville
College announces tenured faculty layoffs and program suspensions as part of an academic realignment. Professors wonder what will be left after the college is done cutting.