Faculty Issues

University librarians and some academic publishers are optimistic about the possibility of reaching new agreements to make more academic articles fully open, but they acknowledge many challenges ahead.

Many professors say that teaching students how to email them properly is a necessary gift that keeps on giving.

Research-intensive universities will see costs rise by up to 50 percent; teaching-oriented institutions will see costs slashed.

Professor's tweet about the controversial New York Times columnist goes viral after the columnist CC's his provost on an angry email.

Contingent faculty members are underpaid, yet administrators rarely take seriously the arguments championing equal pay for equal work, writes Daniel Davis. It’s time for a new approach.

Star scholar of minority-serving institutions Marybeth Gasman was accused of fostering a hypersexualized and racially insensitive climate in her research center.