Faculty Issues

Franciscan U of Steubenville is seeking to block faculty members from talking about university matters anonymously to the press and to limit what they may otherwise discuss publicly.

How do you prepare to teach such a class, a junior professor asks -- especially if you'd never have suggested offering it in the first place?

The truly momentous part of President Trump's executive order is its embrace of earnings data to judge every academic program, Anthony P. Carnevale writes.

Members of Asian studies group debate whether to continue holding conferences in Asia after India barred Pakistanis from participating in a conference in New Delhi.

In the wake of President Trump's executive order, David R. Harris explains why he opposes free speech at colleges and universities.

President delivers on promise to punish colleges that don't show they guarantee free speech on campus, and includes language on outcomes data and risk sharing. But it's unclear what force it will carry.

Boston U formalizes a graduate student leave policy allowing year-round stipend recipients 10 days off.

Scott McLemee reviews two books about our networked society that raise rather dystopian concerns.