Filter & Sort
'Nevertheless She Persisted?'
New analysis suggests that women's success in STEM Ph.D. programs has much to do with having female peers, especially in their first year in graduate school.
Standing Up for Mental Health, Losing Faculty Job
She spoke out against the termination of her campus's only mental health counselor. A student died, and she got canned. Now this professor is suing Florida Poly for infringing on her protected speech.
Grades: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Cornell joins the growing number of highly selective institutions whose business schools have adopted nondisclosure policies concerning grades and recruitment.
Early-Alert Systems Seen as Mixed Bag
Early-alert systems designed to catch struggling students are ubiquitous in higher ed, but not every institution is seeing desired results.
A TA Union Contract, 2 Years Later
Brandeis grad students win significant gains in a union contract, even if chances have dimmed for some of their counterparts as Trump administration has exerted influence on NLRB.
Opinion
What Students Say Is Good Teaching
Harry Brighouse shares instructional practices that undergraduates say they have rarely encountered and think should be more widely shared.
Opinion
Escaping Westworld
In the future, we won't be able to sidestep the ethical and policy issues linked to the use of technology, writes Lynn Pasquerella, so we must confront the question of how we best prepare students for it.
Record-Breaking Lecture
University of North Texas professor covered the complete history of Texas in 26 hours to set a record and raise money to support an archive on campus.