Faculty Issues

Colleges shouldn’t deem certain speech to be off-limits, writes Walter M. Kimbrough.

Author discusses how college diversity programs can result in students overattributing success to factors like merit and hard work, while ignoring systemic or institutional problems.

The radical move might be to quit, writes Claire B. Potter.

New simulation study says peer review is better at assuring quality research than random publication choices, but some systems of review are significantly better than others. Editors seen as more effective than peer-review panels alone.

Here’s a textbook example of why not to judge a professor on a quick video clip.

Author discusses his new book about why those who major in liberal arts disciplines -- and the humanities in particular -- make great employees.

A decade in the making, upgrade of the federal government’s main higher ed database enables tracking part-time and adult students and gauging graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients. Limits remain, though.