Views

Sure, digital humanists can count how often Huckleberry Finn says "ain't," but that's not the point. Scott McLemee looks at a caricature -- and the real thing.

By Scott McLemee

It's time for higher education leaders to admit that the way they treat those off the tenure track is unethical, and to commit to change, write Adrianna Kezar, David Longanecker and Daniel Maxey.

By Scott Jaschik

The deans with the greatest challenge today may be those who lead liberal arts divisions, writes Michael Bugeja, who says it's time they received some support.

By

Lucinda Roy, a Virginia Tech professor who reported concerns about Seung-Hui Cho before he killed, writes that the idea of arming faculty members is foolish and dangerous.

By Lucinda Roy

In wake of numerous reports of colleges submitting false information, Myron Roomkin argues that institutions should audit the data they share publicly about their academic performance.

By Myron Roomkin

On a literary lecture tour in China, Martin Puchner finds much interest in how American authors responded to industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries.

By Martin Puchner

Nate Kreuter reflects on how some chance encounters made him feel welcome at a large university -- and pointed him forward.

By Nate Kreuter

A faculty member describes the choice of staying in the closet or losing a job.

By