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Sabbaticals on Leave
As budgets tighten, some universities are less inclined to give faculty a break from teaching to conduct research or pursue professional development opportunities.
Back to Normal (Read: Boring)
Unlike (relative) drama of 2007 negotiations over accreditation, panel now debating changes in federal rules focuses on the mostly mundane.
On Israel, Shifted Ground
On many American campuses, the tone and content of discussions and political activity has changed, with a visible growth in pro-Palestinian sentiment.
E-Mail Furor Follows Historic Appointment at Dartmouth
This week at Dartmouth College started with the announcement that Jim Yong Kim would become the next president. The choice...
White Professors of Black Studies
More white scholars are teaching black studies, and they are finding students (themselves more likely than in the past to...
New Tactic to Try to Kill 10% Admissions System
Officials of the University of Texas at Austin may have a new way to convince legislators to do away with...
Still More Declines in Endowment Values
Studies of endowments don't bring good news these days. College endowments in the United States lost an average of 24.1...