Faculty Issues

Harper Lee’s novel belongs on college-level syllabi for the very reasons it’s rightfully losing favor in secondary school curricula, Andrew Newman writes.

Altmetrics track how scholarly works are discussed, shared, read and reused online. Such real-time feedback may especially matter for underrepresented and early-career researchers, though the metrics have limitations.

Limited access to active learning spaces may disproportionately hurt historically excluded groups, and institutions should build more of these spaces in the name of equity, according to a new study. Where does higher ed stand on next-generation learning spaces?

The University of Minnesota is offering student housing for residents who want to immerse themselves in learning Ojibwe or Dakota, two Native languages at risk of extinction.

Author discusses his new book on “institutional barriers for college student success.”

But in North America and Europe, more students are studying Ukrainian and Polish than in the past.

I won’t teach students to think they can passively cycle through a checklist of courses that leave marks on their transcript but no footprint on their brains or hearts, writes Dan Sarofian-Butin.