Faculty Issues

In a bid to stoke interest in e-books, some university presses let students and scholars rent electronic volumes for a fraction of the full price.

Her college's choice for its common reading for freshmen prompts Carolyn Foster Segal to ask: What is the point?

At MIT, professors grapple with how to teach students to communicate about numbers in clear English.

For a college president, Michael Schneider of McPherson College spends an awful lot of time talking about horsing around on...

As classroom devices proliferate, institutions look to campuswide adoptions to ease costs for students.

Citing concerns about educational quality, a faculty union in Washington State refuses to budge from practice of adding full-time slots.

As U.S. panel brainstorms about big-picture changes to accreditation, ending agencies' role as gatekeepers and moving away from a regional system appear to gain favor.

As the federal committee that oversees accrediting agencies meets, the consensus is that the Education Department is becoming more stringent.