Faculty

New study suggests that the practice -- dominant in some fields -- unfairly penalizes those whose last names are at the end.

Author discusses her new book on "hookup culture" on college campuses and how universities can improve their education around sex and Title IX.

Assertions about the value of the humanities should not be predominantly defensive responses to those who mistakenly deride the economic outcomes of such an education, warns Robert Newman.

By Robert Newman

They prepare students for the challenges they will confront in their professional, political, social and cultural lives, argues Elizabeth H. Bradley.

By Elizabeth H. Bradley

As midsize, nonelite private institutions look to the future, they're turning to an unlikely path: building new medical schools.

In On the Future: Prospects for Humanity, Martin Rees encourages us to think beyond the new norms of diminished and collapsing expectations, writes Scott McLemee.

By Scott McLemee

Large-scale humanities Ph.D. tracking effort finds most would do it all over again, if given the choice, and that these Ph.D.s believe their programs prepared them for diverse career paths, especially after the first few years following graduation.

Stephen J. Ceci, Scott O. Lilienfeld and Wendy M. Williams suggest a possible solution to the thorny debate over the practice.

By Scott O. Lilienfeld et al.