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Jordan Kurland, AAUP Stalwart, Dies at 87
Jordan Kurland, who worked for more than 50 years at the American Association of University Professors, died Saturday morning at...
Wisconsin President Criticized for Meeting Students
An influential Republican state senator has criticized Ray Cross, president of the University of Wisconsin System, for meeting with student...
Humanities R&D Spending Up, on Small Base
From 2005 to 2014, inflation‐adjusted expenditures on humanities research and development increased in every year but one, and in 2014...
Ed Dept. Pledges Transparency on Title IX Exemptions
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has pledged to make it easier for prospective students to find out if...
Empathy and Sense of Self
Being more self-involved may also mean being more empathetic. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Missouri's Brick Johnstone discusses...
The Proof Liberal Arts Colleges Need?
Study links certain traits of undergraduate education to success in life: meaningful interaction with professors, studying a variety of fields outside the major and having classroom talks that go to issues of ethics and life.
Progress on Remediation
New report from Complete College America gives a first look at how pairing additional resources with introductory college courses can help students who need remediation.
Fort Wayne Faculty Rejects Plan to Split Campus
Faculty members at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne formally opposed a recommendation that the university split into two separate...