Faculty Issues

Reports are circulating that administrators at American University of Beirut have blocked his appointment to a permanent position there. UPDATE: University says search featured "significant procedural violations."

Group of scholars want a political theology blog post arguing that some leftists sympathize with jihad taken down, but the blog's editors say they're baffled by the demand.

In California and Arizona, two college presidents joined the board of for-profit education company. After widespread criticism, one quit and another is facing demands that she do the same.

New study suggests colleges with female presidents are more likely than other institutions to have a greater share of humanities professors who are women.

Who knows exactly what will happen to personal privacy in our high-tech future, but a new book at least stimulates us to think about it, writes Scott McLemee.

Papers at AERA meeting analyze the adjunct instructor workforce, research output at liberal arts colleges and the impact of financial aid programs aimed at making community college free.

Highly respected professors face intimidation, threats and smear campaigns for deviating from the views of the Hindu right.

Oberlin professors condemn a professor's anti-Semitic remarks on social media; others refuse to do so.