Faculty Issues

Responding to student criticism that its foundational humanities course is too “white” and “Eurocentric,” Reed College announces overhaul of the syllabus and format.

AAUP's annual report on faculty compensation takes on salary compression, gender inequality and more. Explore our exclusive database of AAUP faculty pay at 1,000 institutions.

Few people are paying attention to the contributions of small liberal arts colleges that are dedicated to educating disadvantaged students. But without them, our country will suffer, argues Alice Brown.

Anonymous faculty members at NC State object to candidate for professorship who was ousted from a prior position at Ohio State over financial misconduct and other concerns.

Chicago's proposed undergraduate business major was short-lived, but the economics faculty found a way to save it, as a new "track."

Michael Roth considers Steven Pinker's paean to progress.

At Utah State, one professor is out and reforms are pledged for a piano program where misconduct was tolerated.