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Teaching Critical Theory Today

It's best to teach it with a healthy dose of self-awareness about what sort of shifty, sometimes shady, field it is, writes Christopher Schaberg.

The Letters Can Wait

American Historical Association says hiring committees shouldn't ask for letters of recommendation until candidates pass a first look.

22 Years, 1 Phone Call

AAUP report says Nunez CC fired a longtime professor of English when he asked too many questions about how it would meet reaccreditation requirements on assessment.
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Opening a Dangerous Floodgate

Thomas Corbett, a former for-profit college executive, speaks out against plans by the U.S. Department of Education to weaken requirements for oversight of college quality.

Refusing to Be Their Own Executioners

Linfield College is moving forward with a plan to cut its faculty -- apparently with or without professors' input.

A Small Art College Will Close

Oregon College of Art and Craft will stop degree programs at end of semester.
Opinion

2020 Visions

Scott McLemee reviews some of the books now being published by university presses, many of which seem to predict our world in the upcoming decade.

Troubled International Ties

Spurred by Khashoggi killing, MIT says it will strengthen review of collaborations in countries where governments are engaged in human rights violations but won't override faculty prerogative or terminate existing Saudi-sponsored projects.