Faculty Issues

The Trump administration, which has frequently criticized colleges for not doing enough to protect free speech on campus, introduces a more expansive definition of anti-Semitism on campus. Civil liberties groups say it will result in the stifling of free speech.

Professor discusses his new book on insights gained from reading classic literature with people with autism.

Another controversial policy proposal in Wisconsin would eliminate all programs with fewer than five majors annually, on average, if "remediation" didn't work. Faculty leaders see attempt to turn system into a "widget factory."

Early-alert systems designed to catch struggling students are ubiquitous in higher ed, but not every institution is seeing desired results.

University of Arizona psychologist is under scrutiny for taking money from an organization founded to support research in eugenics.

A new documentary film taking aim at for-profit publishers is about to be screened at universities around the world, but will it further the goals of the open-access movement?

Purdue Global faculty members will no longer be required to sign a contentious employee agreement that allowed the university to be arbiter of who owns rights to instructional materials.