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Preparing for 'Era of Data Ubiquity'
Researchers convene to discuss how the deluge of data collected about students can be used to benefit higher education without compromising privacy.
Opinion
The No-Jobs Myth
Tenured faculty must get vocally involved at every level of governance in the ways that our institutions hire, compensate and retain educators, argues Carolyn Betensky.
Newly Tenured ... at Barnard, Linfield, Northeastern Illinois, U of Wisconsin Colleges and Extension
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Barnard College Ronald Briggs, Spanish and Latin...
Unintended Help for Male Professors
Colleges adopted policies to stop the tenure clock to help professors who are new parents, especially mothers. Study suggests fathers may be the real beneficiaries.
Accreditor on Life Support
Federal panel recommends termination for ACICS, an accreditor of several notorious for-profits, while also tightening the screws on the American Bar Association and other agencies.
In Honor of Fallen Educators
A memorial, designed after the Sandy Hook shooting, honors teachers from pre-K through 12th grade. Soon, it will add names from higher education.
Learning to Adapt
Major study of adaptive learning finds inconclusive results about its ability to improve outcomes and lower costs, but use at two-year colleges and in remedial courses shows potential.
Shrinking Job Security
After the State College of Florida replaced a tenure-like system with three-year contracts for all new faculty members, some complained. So the board shifted to one-year contracts.