Faculty Issues

Survey finds that male and female college students pursue science and technology degrees for different reasons -- and they agree that K-12 preparation should be improved.

Author of new book discusses administrative labor and the "professionalization" of higher ed.

Academics can answer critics of higher education by changing the narrative about what happens in college, writes Linda M. Grasso.

There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that the U.S. Education Department's Hal Plotkin will appear at a protest...

More than 20 years after landmark study seeking to redefine teaching-research connection, new analysis finds lots of impact in classrooms, but less when it comes time for promotion.

Editor discusses new volume on state of a discipline.

A defection from a major copyright clearinghouse by Canadian research universities echoes concerns in U.S.

Could the rise of e-textbooks mean the end of markets for less expensive rentals and used editions?