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Termination for Harvey Tweet

University of Tampa fires a professor who suggested Texas deserved the hurricane for helping put President Trump in the White House.

Defending Nontraditional Presidents

New book examines which liberal arts colleges are hiring nontraditional presidents (money and prestige make it less likely) and argues that boards should be asking a different question than "traditional or nontraditional?"
Opinion

Newsworthy?

In Newsworthy: The Supreme Court Battle Over Privacy and Press Freedom, Samantha Barbas makes clear how much Americans' views about privacy have changed over time, writes Scott McLemee.

Welcoming Kids at Work

Shenandoah University wants to make it easier for parents to return to campus after a baby by inviting newborns to join their moms and dads at work. Older kids are also welcome if child care falls through or in emergencies.

Call for Retraction

Dartmouth professors ask president to apologize for his "disavowal" of of a controversial scholar who writes about and is sympathetic to "antifa" activism.
Opinion

Earning a Degree to Go to Camp

Coding boot camps act as an auxiliary to a college education, not as an alternative, and they use advertising and intensive admissions processes to find students who succeed, write Quinn Burke, Louise Ann Lyon and James Bowring.

The Shrinking Humanities Job Market

New analysis finds the number of doctorates awarded keeps rising, even as number of job openings drops.

A U.S. University Cuts Itself off From Cuba

After meeting with hardline, anti-Castro leaders, University of Miami says it won't enter into institutional agreements with Cuba. But what do faculty members think?