Opinion

Beacon – a digital friend for students

Even though job ads often don't say, junior academics have a right to know with whom they'll be working, Mehdy Shaddel writes.

To drive professors’ embrace of open educational resources, college leaders should offer incentives -- a share of the financial savings -- to academic departments, teaching centers and libraries, Chuck Staben suggests.

It's best to teach it with a healthy dose of self-awareness about what sort of shifty, sometimes shady, field it is, writes Christopher Schaberg.

As universities face pressure to demonstrate their value, engaged scholarship is more important than ever, Diana Brazzell writes.