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When Faculty Costumes Offend
University of South Alabama resolves complaints over a Confederate uniform and a British "hanging judge" worn by an administrator and a faculty member during a campus party.
Opinion
Snapshots of the Cyclops
Scott McLemee takes a peek at Lynn Spigel's TV Snapshots: An Archive of Everyday Life
Opinion
Contingency v. Orthodoxy
Academic freedom is threatened both by the growing use of contingent faculty contracts and the inclusion of diversity, equity and inclusion standards for tenure, Steven McGuire writes.
What Have We Learned About Online Learning?
Two experts discuss the digital divide (including for adjuncts), the importance of training and how to ensure online education is a force for equity, not a deterrent to it.
The Long Road to Reinstatement
A former lecturer in business at the University of Connecticut wins his lawsuit against the university—11 years after he initially filed. What does this mean for whistle-blowers in academe?
Opinion
Advancing Afghan Higher Education
Noah Coburn, Abdul Khabir Saber and Malvika Dang share what they learned about teaching students from and about Afghanistan despite Taliban restrictions that have stifled education in the country.
Tenure Awarded at… Hawai‘i CC, Virginia Tech, Winthrop
Hawai‘i Community College Jeanne C. Batallones, counsel and guidance Carrie J. Butler, business education Susie M. Dill, business education and...
Calling It Quits
It remains unclear just how many professors are leaving their jobs during the Great Resignation, but stories about who is leaving, and why, abound. Will institutions be forced to respond with real change?