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Faculty Against Rape
Some faculty members want to play a bigger role in the fight against campus sexual assault. A new national advocacy group aims to help them do that.
Boycott Battles Ahead
Both advocates and opponents of the boycott of Israeli universities are gearing up for a busy academic year on that front.
Preventing Another Corinthian
The messy failure of Corinthian Colleges raises questions about limitations of the Education Department's oversight of for-profit chains, and how it might tighten as other companies teeter.
'Dear Committee Members'
New novel by an English professor offers a fresh take on the academic satire genre.
Humanities vs. STEM, Redux
New analysis shows that students earn more credits in the humanities than in STEM -- but that humanities majors and STEM majors rarely find themselves in the same classroom.
Opinion
The National College Degree
The Education Department's new Online Skills Academy could be the first step to an alternative degree pathway, Paul LeBlanc writes, one that is nationally offered, low-cost and competency-based.
'Hard Times' and Higher Ed
Sociologists, in annual meeting focused on economic hardship, consider policies and practices that hinder advancement of low-income students.
Productivity or Sexism?
Study raises questions about why women are less likely than men to earn tenure at research universities. Hint: It's not research output.