Faculty Issues

As it turns out, many Ph.D. students resent the expectation that they bring food and drinks to their thesis defenses. UCLA's psychology department just said they shouldn't do it.

Author discusses his new book, which is highly critical of American colleges.

It can make for a grueling workweek, but the insights gained from students make teaching worth it, writes Martha D. Saunders, who offers advice to other presidents who still crave the classroom.

University of Queensland says fixed-term gift will provide rare infusion of support for humanities, but professors and students have concerns about academic freedom and the donor's political agenda.

Such an approach requires that we suspend judgment long enough to ask questions in a spirit of openness and curiosity, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright.

Johns Hopkins fires professor over clash with student protesters, but he says he has no remorse for either the attack or being a "white male."

CSU's faculty union suddenly disaffiliates from the state's largest K-12 teachers' union.