Faculty Issues

Author discusses his advice for colleges in navigating the evolving landscape of digital learning and his change of heart on MOOCs.

The University of Pittsburgh’s new union for professors on and off the tenure track is the biggest new faculty union in a decade.

Ithaka S+R releases study on the annual conference in the pandemic era and announces new cohort to plan for meetings of the future.

Maggie Coughlin shares some lessons she’s learned in understanding her own autism and how to work with her neurodiversity and that of the students she teaches.

A canceled lecture divides MIT and prompts a review, even as the talk finds new life at Princeton University.

Alumni free speech groups from a handful of institutions establish an alliance to protect freedom of expression, ensure viewpoint diversity and combat “cancel culture” across academe.

While certainly not opposed to saving students money, Stuart Barbier questions the assumption that free or low-cost textbooks are a better choice for students simply for that reason.

New study looks back to find that faculty diversity took a hit in terms of tenure-track hires during and after the Great Recession. Study also looks ahead to warn that the same thing could happen during and after COVID-19.