Faculty Issues

At the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, academics discussed how to rethink the academy and how to separate it from the university.

While faculty members believe that their practices are fair and objective, a closer look reveals that they are anything but, argues Joe Feldman.

MOOC platform Coursera is teaming up with the University of North Texas to offer an online bachelor’s degree aimed at working adults with some college credit.

Peter Pomerantsev's This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality demonstrates that one variety of globalization is compatible with economic protectionism, cultural isolationism and an obsession with national sovereignty, Scott McLemee writes.

Texas A&M chancellor suggests that Harvard researchers have an anti-red meat agenda.

Scholar makes argument in favor of race-based research into intelligence, but experts in that subfield say it's an unnecessary plea that doesn't square with scientific realities.

Affordability and credential attainment are important goals. But the big question for higher education now, some of the enterprise's best minds say, is "completion of what?"

Betsy DeVos has sought to make it more difficult for defrauded student loan borrowers to get full debt relief with an approach that is facing political and legal challenges.