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‘The Tyranny of Metrics’

Author discusses new book on what he views as the dangers of an obsession with numbers in analyzing admissions, academic success, faculty productivity and more in higher education.

Shocker: Humanities Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy

New data suggest that STEM majors are not the only route to success.

Newly Tenured … at Cabrini, Colby, Middlebury, Williams

Cabrini University Dawn Francis, communication Michelle Szpara, graduate education Colby College Dean Allbritton, Spanish David Angelini, biology Travis Reynolds, environmental...

Controversial Event at Chicago (Yes, Chicago) Called Off

Description of conservative group's gathering said immigration has turned U.S. into "porcelain receptacle for other nations’ wretched refuse." Group said rhetoric was intentionally hyperbolic, and that students canceled the event.

Questioning ‘Algorithms of Oppression’

Scholar at respected professional organization sets off Twitter furor by questioning new book on technology and discrimination that he later admitted he hadn't read.

‘The Ph.D. Delusion’

A new novel about academic life is not a ringing endorsement, to say the least. But it will make you laugh. And that's the point.

The Death of College Free-Speech Zones

State legislatures are banning spaces colleges have carved out for free expression and protest that many consider restrictive.

No More ‘Good Samaritan’

Kenyon professor calls off original play about cultural insensitivity amid criticism that it's culturally insensitive.