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England Seeks to Measure Learning
More than 70 institutions are testing different measures of student learning amid new government effort to evaluate universities on teaching quality.
Tweeting Your Way to Tenure
American Sociological Association report suggests standards by which departments may consider social media activity and other public communications in tenure and promotion decisions.
The Campaign and Science
Clinton offers detailed plans and pledges to listen to researchers. Trump hasn't offered plans and has questioned scientific consensus on key issues.
Newly Tenured ... at Bemidji State, Elizabethtown, Hendrix, Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Bemidji State University Mahmoud Al-Odeh, technology, art...
Opinion
Unmanageable Quagmire or Elegant Distinction?
Natasha Baker analyzes the potential impact of the ruling by the National Labor Relations Board on graduate assistants' right to unionize at Columbia University.
Opinion
Scabbing on Our Future Selves
Joseph G. Ramsey reflects on grad students’ earlier efforts to unionize, arguing that those students who simply accepted low pay and few benefits were helping their own longed-for tenure-track jobs to disappear.
The End for ITT Tech
Following a series of federal sanctions, ITT Tech on Tuesday shut down its 130 campuses, forcing a scramble for many of the for-profit's 43,000 students.
Taking a Backseat
North Carolina has no shortage of higher education issues, but its gubernatorial candidates haven't been talking about them -- reflecting races across the country.