Faculty Issues

A faculty member tries to organize a fund for adjuncts with health-care costs, and ends up out of a job.

State and private college groups unveil plans for public release of data on tuition, graduation and -- in some cases -- student learning.

College and university librarians got some unconventional advice Saturday: Play more video games. At a packed session for academic librarians...

Study calls Spellings Commission recommendation "misleading" because of wide differences in outcomes by academic discipline.

Research university group plans voluntary accountability system, but Spellings panel chairman knocks pace of reporting.

Education Dept. offers compromise on measuring learning outcomes, but colleges say plan would still "federalize" accreditation.

Shakespeare wrote one of the most savage plays in the canon. Scott McLemee visits the dark side.

Students not enrolled full time have less faculty interaction -- and so do full-timers at colleges with many part-timers, study finds.