Faculty Issues

Whether it's Putin or Pushkin, student interest is sending language enrollments to levels unheard of since the Cold War.

In the age of Google and Wikipedia, can higher education create online reference works that are free, scholarly, and economically viable?

U. of Phoenix's annual report of academic data, though imperfect, show the university's strengths and weaknesses. Why aren't other career colleges disclosing similar information?

Can learning how to teach online make professors better teachers in the classroom?

New School part timers win contract with not only raises, but family leaves, differential titles and a commitment to representation on curricular committees.

The notion that colleges need to act more like businesses appeals to many people outside higher education and, especially in...

Suit in Massachusetts draws attention to lack of health coverage for many of those off the tenure track -- even those who work full time.

The survey of student engagement has been widely embraced as an accountability tool. But it's flawed as a measure of campus learning, Mark Schneider writes, and even weaker when used for comparing colleges.