Faculty Issues

In-depth study at Kingsborough Community College suggests the potential impact of "learning communities" to get more students doing college-level work.

Budget bill for community colleges in Washington State may represent union campaign's first success at shifting positions from part-time to full-time -- and the plan is not embraced by all adjuncts.

New national data show that what has been a traumatic decade for computer science departments is finally starting to turn...

As several universities start new MacBook or iPhone giveaways to students, educational and marketing strategies are both in play.

Many liberal arts colleges have long struggled to balance increasing emphases on professional preparation with a core curriculum. Business, in...

Two higher education groups say academic leaders should take charge of effort to collect and publicly report outcomes -- largely shunning "comparability" pushed by politicians.

Many researchers rely on college undergraduates as subjects for studies of human behavior. For Kathleen A. Bogle, an assistant professor...

The federal panel that advises the U.S. education secretary on accreditation began its biannual meeting in Washington Tuesday, fighting perceptions...