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A photo illustration including a photo of Kendrick Morales and a quote from the Academic Freedom Alliance saying "Notably, student grades in Professor Morales's classes were altered by the senior administration without notice or consultation with Professor Morales."
Faculty Issues Academic Freedom

Professor Says Spelman Raised Students’ Grades, Fired Him

Former tenure-track faculty member says the college inflated students’ grades and axed him after he complained. Some say that violates academic freedom.

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Faculty Issues Tenure

Adler University Bucks National Trend and Promotes Tenure

The university plans to offer full-time faculty who’ve worked for the institution for at least five years the opportunity to apply for tenure.

Quick Takes

Chico State Professor Must Pay After Losing Libel Suit

A judge has ordered a professor accused of having sex with a graduate student, and of subsequently threatening to kill...
Quick Takes

Contingent Faculty Members Report Low Pay, Thoughts of Quitting

Over a quarter of respondents to a 2022 American Federation of Teachers survey of contingent faculty members earned less than...
People sit in a large, full room, with some people standing in the back. Multiple individuals are holding protest signs, including one saying “We Demand Freeze Academic Transformation” and another saying “Gee You Drove Us in a Ditch.”
Faculty Issues Tenure

WVU Professors Get Their Layoff Notices

Amid the sweeping elimination of degree offerings and faculty members’ jobs at West Virginia University, professors are left with possibly hopeless appeals.

A redbrick building on Gettysburg College's campus.
Faculty Issues Tenure

Tenured Faculty Raises Alarm as Gettysburg Eyes Fewer Adjuncts

The Pennsylvania liberal arts college recently made headlines for closing its literary journal. Professors say they now fear more cuts.

A building on Emporia State University's campus.
Faculty Issues Tenure

Emporia State Cut Tenured Faculty. Enrollment Plunged.

Correlation doesn’t equal causation, but the Kansas university’s head-count troubles have worsened. Might other institutions following its example see a similar fate?

Commencement at Dickinson State University, with blue-robed graduates sitting on the left side of the photo and an array of flags up on the dais behind a speaker in academic regalia.
Faculty Issues Curriculum

Dickinson State President Picks Degrees to Ax, Spares Others

Math, communication and political science are among those on the chopping block; English, chemistry and environmental science get a reprieve.