Faculty Issues

Professors within the University System of Georgia say the Board of Regents' policy proposals seek to centralize power and end, not update, tenure.

While Democrats agreed with the Biden administration’s proposed approach to closed-college loan discharge reform during a hearing, Republicans were interested in pursuing other solutions.

Scott McLemee discusses a timely new book with its editor, John Aubrey Douglass.

John Eastman, legal architect of “Stop the Steal,” and Claremont Institute pull out of political science meeting after their panels were moved online. The group threatens legal action, but many political scientists say Eastman has no place among them.

College rejects demands that the controversial bioethicist be denied a forum.

Kutztown University didn’t grant any remote teaching requests this term, not even to an immunosuppressed professor with a new heart. The case raises more questions about “blanket” accommodation bans.

A new survey sheds light on the current digital divide in higher education -- and what faculty can do about it in their classrooms, writes Nicole Barbaro.