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Kanter Joins the Exodus
The U.S. under secretary of education, the latest high-ranking Education Department official to leave, plans a return to academe.
A 'Miscarriage of Justice'?
International scholarly groups raise concerns about the long sentences handed down to six Turkish academics and former university rectors caught up in a massive terrorism-related trial widely condemned as unjust.
Opinion
Encountering Simone Weil
A documentary about the philosopher, mystic, and rebel is coming out on DVD. Scott McLemee hears from the director.
Ceiling or Incentive?
Would legislating a limit on faculty overtime result in more professors reaching the limit -- and reducing spots for adjuncts? California faculty groups square off over the question.
Opinion
Another View on Communication Scholarship
Nancy Kidd and Trevor Parry-Giles respond to a recent critique of the discipline.
‘Majoring in a Professor’
Students select or reject majors based in large part on the quality of the first college instructor they have in the discipline, new research finds.
'Zombies in the Academy'
Editors of new book discuss the zombie apocalypse in higher education.
Merit Furloughs
Nevada faculty members want to know why the state is restoring bonus pay for some while requiring all professors to take 6 days of unpaid leave a year.