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'Off-Track Profs'
Like the rest of higher education, elite universities have grown increasingly reliant on non-tenure-track faculty members. Leaders of those institutions...
No Stranger to Higher Ed
Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, has held faculty positions at two universities and ruled in several cases that affected academe.
Calif. Legislature Turns Up Heat on Universities
As legislators in California took steps to toughen their regulation of one of the state's two major university systems, they...
Tenure in a Digital Era
MLA and humanities consortium start effort to be sure scholars up for promotion receive fair evaluations of electronic contributions -- and to give peer review a needed update.
Forced Transparency
Following series of controversial political appointments, chancellor position for Alabama Community College System now must be publicly advertised when vacant.
Leach Reported Choice to Lead NEH
White House poised to tap former Republican lawmaker from Iowa to head humanities endowment; Leach endorsed Obama and co-founded Congressional Humanities Caucus.
The Distance Ed Tipping Point
Community colleges consider: What happens when your online enrollments hit 50 percent (or some other level that changes nature of the institution)?