Faculty

He's a canonical figure in American literature, but Edgar Allan Poe's verse has always had its detractors. Scott McLemee considers a quaint and curious volume in his defense.

By Scott McLemee

Adjuncts at Tufts say their first union contract, which includes significant pay and job security gains and a right to be interviewed for full-time positions, could be a model for new unions in negotiations elsewhere.

Leaders of UAW union that represents U. of California teaching assistants push for Israel boycott, but some members say this action endangers their academic freedom and the movement to unionize grad students.

Making a scapegoat of critical theory won't help anyone and distorts the real challenges facing academe, writes Paul Jay.

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Love it or hate it, composition professors report seeing an uptick in students' intentional use of single quotation marks outside their traditional context.