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Back to the Future
Washington is gearing up for the next round of fights over for-profit colleges, with student veterans and gainful employment getting top billing.
Changing the Rules
At several campuses, faculty leaders say institutions are unfairly altering tenure criteria as candidates are midway through their probationary periods.
Who Will Teach Nursing?
With retirements looming, vacancies unfilled and accreditors cracking down, many colleges search for strategies to hire professors in fast-growing field.
Opinion
Thank You, Governor Daniels
Carl Weinberg was one of the Indiana professors who used Howard Zinn's work. He writes of finding out that his curricular choices were subject of angry e-mail by his then-governor.
Assessment: It's the Law
Faculty members at Iowa's 3 public universities must demonstrate learning outcomes and report on how students achieve them. Proponents see "continuous improvement," while critics see paperwork.
Jobs Mismatch
Should professors place a higher value on helping their students prepare for jobs?
Daniels vs. Zinn: Round II
Purdue president defends his criticism of the late historian, and continues his attack on his views.
'Exam Howlers' 2013
Prepare for some Darwin-on-Mendel action: It's the annual compilation by Times Higher Education of the more foolish things students wrote on exams.