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Big Gains for Adjuncts
Northeastern is latest university where first contract with adjunct union has included substantial salary increases and other key benefits -- such as payments for classes that colleges cancel.
Board Candidates Want Harvard to Be Free
A slate of candidates for Harvard University's Board of Overseers is running a campaign in the alumni election on the...
Embattled and Leaving (Eventually)
Facing third of trifecta of no-confidence votes, Ithaca College's embattled Tom Rochon plans to retire -- but not for another 18 months.
Academic Minute: Grainy Digital Photographs
Today on the Academic Minute, Justin Dressel, assistant professor of physics at Chapman University, explains how quantum physics has a...
Professor Told to Pay 'Comfort Women' for Defamation
A South Korean court ordered a professor to pay 10 million won, or $8,262, to each of nine women who...
AAU Affirms Opposition to Israel Boycott
The Association of American Universities on Thursday issued a statement affirming its opposition to the movement to boycott Israeli universities...
S&P Issues Bifurcated Outlook for Higher Ed
In recent years the number of credit-rating downgrades to colleges and universities has significantly outnumbered the number of upgrades given...
Illinois Politicians Spar Over Grant Funding
Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner appears to be trying to stymie attempts by the state's Democratic-controlled Legislature to pay back...