Faculty Issues

More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky.

Dick Gregory writes that students who are protesting against a dean who recommended his autobiography should think about which battles matter the most.

Scott McLemee reviews Terry Eagleton's new book, Culture, which unpacks the concept in its title.

U of Florida connects its institutional repository to Elsevier's ScienceDirect platform to try to increase the visibility of the university's intellectual work.

None of our concerns about student readiness for college are ever going to be resolved if we don't help students learn how to stop fearing questions, themselves and others, writes Laurence Musgrove.

Champlain College is proud of its pre-professional programs, and also of an unusual approach to general education that lasts for four years.

Pomona changes criteria for evaluating teaching to include whether professors are "attentive to diversity in the student body."

Scholars consider how to revive the liberal arts and consider the importance of math and science, impact of hyperspecialization, economic inequality, public attitudes, admissions strategies and more.