Filter & Sort
Hunting for a University
A California city makes a pitch for a new engineering campus at the American Council on Education's annual meeting.
One Dupont & Unit Records
A think tank report calls out the private college lobby for opposing a national database on students, which proponents say would bring much-needed accountability to higher education.
Opinion
Practicing What He Preaches
Star professors who talk about the importance of public higher ed but teach at elite privates send one message, writes Abraham Gutman. Those who take jobs at public universities send a much better message.
Grant Quota to Be Paid
Faculty and graduate students say Columbia U. is forcing out respected longtime scholars because they aren't able to raise 80 percent of their salary costs in grants.
No Right to Preach
Public college and university professors do not have First Amendment right to encourage religious views while acting in faculty roles, federal judge rules.
Opinion
Professionalism and Formality
Will Miller says it's just fine when students call him by his first name.
Opinion
Cultural Capital Doesn’t Pay the Rent
Two adjuncts discuss career challenges, economic realities and gender.
Changing the Conversation
Could having families now be as disadvantageous to men's academic careers as women's? Study raises possibility.