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Shoring Up Tenure, or Weakening It?
West Virginia University proposal outlines a process for removing even tenured professors for unsatisfactory performance. Some say the process weakens tenure—but some say it protects it.
Faculty Wants Pensions Out of Fossil Fuels
Encouraged by shifting markets and successful divestment campaigns at individual institutions, professors are ramping up efforts to get TIAA to go green.
Reckoning With the Past, Looking Toward the Future
Stanford University uncovered a history of the institution limiting Jewish student enrollments, and now the university is looking for ways to redress its past.
University of South Carolina Returns to ‘USC’ Moniker
The University of South Carolina is updating its logo to a more simplified design and reverting to an old abbreviation—USC...
State-Awarded Financial Aid Declined Slightly in 2020–21
State-awarded student financial aid decreased negligibly in 2020–21 to $14.784 billion, down 0.1 percent from the $14.801 billion awarded in...
New Mexico Launches College Food Insecurity Study
The University of New Mexico and the New Mexico Higher Education Department are launching a statewide survey to evaluate the...
Looking Back at ‘DIY U’ and Ahead, With Anya Kamenetz: Key Podcast
In 2010, a book called DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education envisioned a wholesale shift...
Benefits and Risks of Sharing Traumatic Stories: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Óscar Fernández, senior instructor in university studies at Portland State University, explores whether it helps...