Faculty Issues

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.

A new study says trigger warnings are useless. Does that mean they should be abandoned?

Lawsuit says the university is inappropriately earning money from the earliest images of slaves -- commissioned by Louis Agassiz -- and failing to recognize his legacy of racism.

Survey of economics association members finds 48 percent of women have been discriminated against on the basis of sex within the last 10 years. Findings on nonwhite, disabled and LGBTQ economists are concerning, too. What will the association do about it?

For third year in a row, he also seeks to kill National Endowment for the Arts. Congress has rejected those proposals in the past.

Academics oppose proposed legislation to survey student and faculty political beliefs at public universities.

Move goes against the norm for top-ranked doctoral programs.