Faculty Issues

Senior theses are widely used to let students demonstrate what they've learned in undergrad, but the factors that lead to a high-quality product are not what you might expect, researchers say.

Alex Small takes issue with some of the approaches and aims of the assessment movement.

Professor halts study on link between size and self-esteem, saying publicity hurt her effort.

Rate My Professors ditches its chili pepper "hotness" rating after professors criticize the teacher-rating website for contributing to a poor academic climate for women.

University of California, Irvine, says it will remove former professor's name from the science institutions he helped build after finding he harassed women.

Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.

Irreplaceable audio and video recordings from the 20th century are languishing in university collections, deteriorating. Can they be saved?

Author discusses new book about close reading in the era of Twitter, "fake news" and denigration of the liberal arts.