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Colleges Eye Rule Changes in the Wake of Spring Protests
Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests strained college policies this spring. As summer sets in, some are revising rules ahead of a potentially tumultuous fall.
Tenure Under Fire—Again—in North Dakota
Republican lawmakers and a university president pushed a bill last year that would diminish faculty job protections at two institutions. It failed by a hair, but the State Board of Higher Education has taken up the mantle.
San José State Suspends SJP Faculty Adviser
On Student Protests and Professors’ Intergenerational Responsibilities
Sharon Stein asks what professors owe young people in times of social and ecological breakdown.
‘The Displacements’ and the Need for a Climate Change Academic Novel
A call to combine climate and campus fiction.
New Retirement Benefits a ‘Massive Win’ for Employees
Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill to give faculty and staff more time to choose a retirement plan. They hope it will help keep “the best and brightest” in state.
UCLA, Davis Join Strike Supporting Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. What Were Professors to Do?
Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow?