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Fla. Professors Will Face Posttenure Review Every 5 Years
Florida professors at public four-year universities will face posttenure review every five years, under rules adopted Wednesday by the Florida...
Christine de Pizan on Gender and Warfare in the Middle Ages
Writers who lived through war can help bring different perspectives to these conflicts. In today’s Academic Minute, Binghamton University’s Marilynn...
A Matter of (Teaching) Style: Active Learning and Student Identities
In the recent Student Voice survey, students cite teaching style as a major barrier to their academic success. Research points to active learning as a solution, but experts on pedagogy and identity offer some major caveats for professors looking to mix up their instructional approaches.
Republicans: Campus Free Speech Under Attack
Several lawmakers suggested that Congress could take action to better protect free speech on college campuses—but how they would do so is unclear.
Addressing an ‘Epidemic’ of Hatred
A group of Black and Jewish students from Adelphi University went to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and National Museum of African American History and Culture as a part of an academic exercise in understanding and empathy.
‘Raising Leaders From Within’
Pamela Lau was president “designee” of Parkland College for three years before formally becoming president. The long wait time is not the norm at most colleges, but Lau says it prepared her well for the presidency.
A Bad Hand or a Good One?
Hofstra University strongly opposes a proposed casino and entertainment project near its campus on Long Island. Two other colleges in the area say the development would open up new career opportunities for students.
Gender and Warfare in the Middle Ages: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Marilynn Desmond, distinguished research professor at Binghamton University, uses the example of Christine de Pizan...