Faculty Issues

Scott McLemee continues to survey some of the upcoming publishing season’s offerings.

Scholar who is popular speaker nationwide is ousted from center directorship and resigns faculty job at Ohio State, amid allegations of misconduct.

Claude Pressnell, apparent choice as assistant secretary for postsecondary education, removes himself from consideration, further stalling efforts to fill leadership ranks at the Education Department.

Professor’s essay about the original color of classical statues is mocked by conservative websites -- and then she receives online threats.

AAUP, with some dissent, lifts censure of Illinois over Salaita case. Spalding U and Community College of Aurora are added for what association sees as violations of academic freedom.

Essay argues the age of big data is the time for professors to reconsider their reliance on the anti-plagiarism business.

Lawmakers who think higher education is broken -- and that “innovation” and more assessment can fix it -- would learn a lot from seeing the learning process up close and personal, Bernard Fryshman writes.