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Opinion

External Letters Done Right: Practical Tips for P&T Candidates, Committees and Reviewers

No party should neglect this important stage in the tenure and promotion process.

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Auburn Faculty Protest Board’s Curricular Overhaul

Three months after the Board of Trustees abolished the faculty senate and gave itself curricular control, faculty are back on campus and making their disapproval known.

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Opinion

Teaching Controversial Topics When Information Is Incomplete

Students need guidance to help them move beyond emotional reaction to evidentiary analysis.

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UCLA Chancellor Criticizes Law School’s Sept. 11 Symposium

UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk last week denounced a Sept. 11 symposium at his institution’s law school, which promoted a panel...
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Opinion

Why We Haven’t Measured College-Level Learning

Past efforts have failed because of tension over whether they’re for us (colleges) or them (our overseers). Let’s try again so colleges can prove they’re giving students what we promise them.

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AAUP Sends Its Own ‘Call to Action’ to McMahon

In response to the Education Department’s Aug. 3 letter calling on American colleges and universities to commit to “essential reforms,”...
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Top Scientists Lead Growing Exodus of Chinese Academics From U.S.

Funding uncertainty and heightened scrutiny of China are some of the factors prompting thousands of Chinese researchers to leave the U.S.

Ohio Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, a white man with white hair, wearing a suit, holds a microphone in the Senate chamber.

Architect of Ohio Higher Ed Overhaul Calls Shared Governance ‘Garbage’

Jerry Cirino, former chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee, successfully passed a sweeping, controversial law in his state. He’s an example of state lawmakers getting more involved in colleges and universities.