Faculty Issues

The Niceties, now Off-Broadway, portrays raw racial divisions on campus.

College doubles down on its residential liberal arts mission with new core curriculum.

Colleges should use current events like the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh to foster understanding in our students, writes Karen Gross.

About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis. While many now work on multiyear contracts, their academic freedom remains of concern.

Scott McLemee reviews two new scholarly books on the American electorate and its discontents.

Too many students walk out of such classes questioning whether they'll ever make it to graduation, argues Aaron Altose.

Authors discuss their new book about viewing colleges and universities as media institutions focused on winning over audiences.

Are we thinking about gender diversity in the sciences all wrong, or at least too simply? New paper proposes a multipronged approach to thinking about and encouraging this diversity, for the benefit of science as a whole.