Faculty Issues

City College of New York ditches general writing courses for weightier discipline-specific writing courses team taught by upper-level professors and writing instructors.

It's only a matter of time before the Obama administration, like its predecessor, focuses intently on higher education accountability. College leaders shouldn't wait, writes David C. Paris.

Gates Foundation funds efforts in seven cities to boost graduation rates by coordinating resources of K-12, higher ed and local government; data-sharing programs among those targeted.

Utah State University Press, which faced threat of elimination, will continue to operate as a scholarly publisher, but with a new model.

What does it mean to be an art school today? How should art education regroup and evolve in response to...

Many professors believe instinctively that their colleges and universities are better off being led by presidents with genuine academic careers...

10 years after launch of National Survey of Student Engagement, many worry that colleges have been speedier to embrace giving the questionnaire than using its results. And some experts want changes in what the survey measures.

The system for financing public higher education is broken -- and not just because of the recession, according to James...