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The Tenure-Track (Busy) Sociologist
A discipline finds that -- unlike much of higher education -- it is not increasing its reliance on adjuncts, but is seeing the permanent faculty's teaching load go up.
Leon Kass Named to Deliver Jefferson Lecture
Leon R. Kass, a bioethicist, was named Monday by the National Endowment for the Humanities to give the 2009 Jefferson...
IIE Releases Report on Study Abroad and STEM
The Institute of International Education on Monday released a paper on promoting study abroad in science and technology fields, the...
Downturn Prompts Minnesota-Crookston to End Hockey
Hockey is to Minnesota as football is to Alabama and basketball to North Carolina -- and not easily trifled with...
Movement to Ban Bottled Water Hits Canada
The University of Winnipeg, carrying out the results of a student vote, will ban bottled water from the campus. Winnipeg...
So Many Students, So Little Time
Higher Ed Holdings' recent efforts to partner with one university were thwarted amid faculty outcry. At other universities, however, the company's model is going forward -- raising concerns about whether mass education online is coming at the expense of individual interaction, and evaluations based on essays as opposed to multiple choice.
Mid-Level Administrator Pay Up 3.5%
Private college officials fare better than those at publics; doctoral university staff see smaller raises than those in others sectors.