Filter & Sort
Professor Meets World
What happens when scholars discuss potentially controversial ideas outside the "bubbles" of their disciplines and academe?
Leaders, One and All
Rice University says it believes all of its students can be leaders with the right cultivation and coaching. The university hopes a new $50 million institute will give students that push.
Opinion
Education's Moment of Truth
The increasing availability of data about the learning process can help professors better understand how they can help students, Fred Singer writes.
'Soft Censorship' Over Climate Change?
Australian university's decision to forgo federal funding for policy center over opposition to a researcher's views on climate change prompts concern about state of academic freedom and exchange of ideas.
Challenging the Rationale for Job Cuts
AAUP reports condemn Felician, U of Southern Maine for alleged violations of academic freedom and tenure system ahead of likely censure votes.
Opinion
Frye Revived
The pre-eminent literary theorist of the 1960s and '70s went out fashion -- yet never really went away. Scott McLemee looks into the afterlife of an original.
Twitterstorm
Boston U distances itself from an incoming professor's controversial remarks about white male college students.
Asking Students to Bare It All
A professor's assignment in which all students are naked (and he is, too) offers a chance for him to explain how to teach performance art.