Faculty Issues

We see disparate student success rates year in and year out, yet we don't know how to change that, as most of us weren't taught better ways to teach, argue Cathy N. Davidson and Shelly Eversley.

Scholars question the legality and morality of Cornell's refusal to consider requests from faculty to teach online -- even requests "premised on the need for a disability accommodation."

University of Iowa said professors could only talk to students about face masks and vaccinations in course-related discussions about health. Faculty advocates said no way.

Scott McLemee surveys a roundup of books for fall that are pertinent to the COVID pandemic.

Louisiana State University faculty and staff members object to returning to a crowded campus and classrooms without a vaccine mandate as the state struggles with COVID.

Author discusses his new book -- about the history of the failure of state governments and others to provide for historically black colleges.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is adding 45 tenure lines for non-tenure-track professors who specialize in teaching.