Faculty Issues

Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Bonato's Limitless Minds: Interviews With Mathematicians.

Authors discuss new book about the diversity and strength of religion in academe -- as well as some of the tensions.

New cookbook from the Modern Language Association celebrates the subtle and not-so-subtle links between literature, food and drink.

Historians and language professors discuss strategies for improving advising and graduate education in general at recent annual meetings.

Paul S. Merritt provides an insider’s perspective as to how colleges can structure such teaching positions to provide the best experience for both students and faculty members.

To answer that question, Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt tells a pedagogical story in two parts.

The tide may be turning for the Chinese government-funded centers of Chinese language and cultural education as universities grapple with calls from Washington to close the institutes down. Over past year at least 10 have closed or announced plans to close.

Author of a recent academic scam faces disciplinary action by Portland State, for failing to alert his research review board before hoodwinking journal editors with outrageous articles. Many say he's guilty of bad form, but did he commit misconduct?