Faculty

A dispute about a sociology test question on slave families ended in a lecturer's termination this spring at the University of Tennessee.

Scholarly database JSTOR explores -- through a white paper and prototypes -- how to redesign the scholarly monograph for digital reading.

Which histories matter? Which literatures? Who gets to decide? These questions are particularly complex with an international student body, writes Deborah L. Williams

By Deborah L. Williams

Author explains his history of American higher education, told through specific periods in the development of various sectors.

Move is part of a goal to significantly raise graduation rates.

Many humanists have difficulty presenting their case because they are used to speaking one way among themselves and another way to outsiders, argue Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro.

By Sarah Bray et al.

Some arts programs are pushing for applicants who meet higher academic standards.

Anna Stubblefield was a respected philosopher at Rutgers before she was accused and convicted of raping an intellectually and physically disabled man she’d promised to help communicate. Now she’s getting a retrial.