Faculty Issues

Whitman professors find it inappropriate that the foundation, following a grant for a lecture, requested students' e-mail addresses.

Study suggests that private colleges with many such programs may pay a price in tuition and research revenues.

Central Michigan U. professor tries improving his presentations by taking them outside the classroom, then blowing them to pieces.

Dominican faculty leaders praise a decentralized approach to administration.

Report finds that use of standardized measure of student learning drove curricular innovations at consortium of private colleges -- but produced little (so far) in measurable improvement.

Furloughs were a key issue in recent faculty strike at Southern Illinois U. -- and some unions are trying to find new ways to prevent them.

Despite an unconventional structure and a public launch in the middle of the economic downturn, Drake U. administrators are hopeful for outcome of $200 million campaign.

Voters reject legislation that made collective bargaining impossible for most professors.