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Fears of a Ruling by Trump NLRB

Organizers of a student labor union at Grinnell College have said they are ending their effort to expand, fearing that protections for other units could be rolled back.

Final Exam Fail?

Health sciences final exam question on gangs, race and graffiti rubs some the wrong way at Cal State Long Beach. Now the professor is under investigation.

Professor Fired Over Relationship

Catholic University says tenured faculty member admitted to sexual relationship with graduate student he hired as assistant. UPDATE: The professor responds.
Opinion

Manson Family Values

Scott McLemee reviews Jeffrey Melnick's Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family.

Heavyweight Showdown Over Research Access

University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research. But does the UC system have the clout to pull it off?
Opinion

Warning to Physician Faculty

Our academic freedom may be at stake, writes Julie Kim, if most of our paycheck is controlled by a hospital that is affiliated with but not owned by the institution.

‘Going to College in the Sixties’

Author discusses his new book, which is not only about protests and social revolutions.

Shifting Focus of Publishers Signals Tough Times for Textbook Authors

Leading academic publishers are signing fewer textbook authors and instead channeling investments into digital courseware.