Faculty Issues

Developers of new index rating countries by their level of academic freedom are challenging university rankers to consider such freedoms more broadly.

Ph.D. students defending their dissertations must do so remotely right now. Could videoconference defenses become the new normal?

Experts respond to reader-generated questions about fundraising during the crisis and how to manage human resources as colleges shift to online instruction.

Scott McLemee reviews John Kaag's Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life.

We should use this moment to recapture some of the initial spirit of the option, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.

Experts weigh in on how the sudden, forced adoption of technology-delivered instruction will affect the well-being of professors and students alike.

Six in 10 online learning administrators say their campuses require professors to train before teaching online -- but 70 percent say students aren't formally prepared to study virtually.

As the coronavirus forces many courses onto videoconferencing platforms, instructors and institutions can take small but important steps to ensure effective use and communication, Jody Greene writes.