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New presidents or provosts: Furman U., Lakeview College of Nursing, Maryland Institute College of Art, Saginaw Valley State U., U. of South Alabama, Union U.
Donald Bachand, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Saginaw Valley State University, in Michigan, has been promoted to...
Opinion
Networks and the STEM Gender Gap
Colleges and universities can't leave it to chance -- they must deliberately change a culture that often encourages female researchers to become isolated in their jobs, write Santa Ono and Valerie Gray Hardcastle.
Dropping the Ball on Disabilities
Students with disabilities say the ignorance of faculty and staff members makes it difficult to get the help they need -- and in some cases, makes them less willing to disclose their condition.
Questioned for Being Transgender?
Central Piedmont student says her rights were violated when security questioned her and escorted her off campus for using the women's bathroom.
Room to Grow
What do academic departments risk when they're not perceived as being "flexible" enough to accommodate work-family balance? A lot -- and not only parents feel the pinch, a new study suggests.
Who Gets to Decide?
Divided federal appeals court backs Miami U. in tenure dispute that related in part to a chair's rejection of external reviewers from historically black colleges.
Opinion
Presidents in Denial
How is it possible that the leaders of American colleges and universities think that their institutions are doing well on race relations? asks Marybeth Gasman.
Opinion
Tenure as Citizenship
In the current system, tenured professors essentially report to no one, adjuncts are like migrant workers, and administrators have little actual power, Josh Wymore argues.