Faculty Issues

Author discusses his new book to promote more effective teaching in colleges and universities.

Students, professors and administrators need a deeper understanding of how human disparities have developed, why they persist and how they evolve over time, write William A. Darity Jr., Malachi Hacohen and Adam Hollowell.

Kelsea Turner makes the case for making group work optional in such classes.

Roberto Rey Agudo explores what a recent survey by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences tells us about the value and meaningfulness of language learning in college.

Students are again seeking pass-fail options for this anything-but-normal fall. Institutions are far less lenient than they were in the spring -- with some exceptions.

Professor placed on leave for controversial statements on COVID-19, the N-word, the atom bomb, the moon landings, Jews and more.

The most discriminated-against higher ed employees -- those on the right or center-right -- are ignored in public universities ostensibly but falsely obsessed with diversity, argues Richard E. Vatz.

Looking ahead to the next semester, J. Mark McFadden shares what he's learned over the past months about how to be a more effective instructor.