Faculty Issues

The Benevolent Intention Principle, the Likability Principle and more—Todd Kashdan proposes a set of principles for higher ed institutions that aspire to promote free inquiry and protect dissent.

University of Missouri system continues to defend the president’s right to cut individual faculty pay by 25 percent, but professors wonder how far the policy will go—and at what greater costs.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some colleges to recall students from study abroad programs; future programs in certain parts of Eastern Europe may also be in jeopardy.

After a semester without implementing them, Amy A. Hasinoff has decided that they mainly create intense anxiety for students and may not provide that much payoff for instructors.

Not all first-generation students are alike, write Marjorie Darrah, Roxann Humbert and Gay Stewart.

Grove City College is facing backlash for how it’s addressing diversity, equity and inclusion. Supporters say the criticism is more about politics than anything the college is doing to prepare students to live and work in the world.