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Asking Students to Bare It All
A professor's assignment in which all students are naked (and he is, too) offers a chance for him to explain how to teach performance art.
We've Got Your Back
When a Polk State professor found himself accused of being anti-Christian, the college's leaders answered back -- and said he was entitled to academic freedom.
'Organizing Enlightenment'
Author of new book on the creation of the research university discusses the role of disciplines and information overload -- from the 18th century to the rise of MOOCs.
The End of History?
Historians at Sacramento State are furious that an anthropology course has been deemed to meet a state requirement for study of American history.
Teaching Quality, Globally
OECD prepares for major project to measure effectiveness of universities in the classroom.
Flexibility or an End Run?
U of Maine System wants to end campus-by-campus accreditation. Would local needs and faculty voice be lost?
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Study suggests most part-time faculty members want full-time work. But what they want even more is acceptance as colleagues and peers from full-time professors and administrators.
Rap to Take on Smith and Hayek
George Mason economics professor has won many fans with playful videos, but a Roosevelt U professor and his students have produced a response -- and fans of the Austrian school may need to cover their ears.