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Is Gossip Grounds for Termination?
Discussions about tenure votes are considered private on most campuses, but some say Dixie State is trumping up breach of confidentiality claims against two professors to get rid of them for political reasons.
No End in Sight for Campus Free Speech Battles
Conversations about how best to handle free expression at colleges and universities dominated annual meeting of student affairs professionals.
Opinion
Diving Beyond the Comfort Zone
Our own experiences in unfamiliar environments can help us appreciate the kinds of sustained support our students need, writes Elizabeth H. Simmons.
Foreign Language Enrollments Drop Sharply
From 2013 to 2016, enrollments fell 9.2 percent. Declines include Spanish, still the most commonly taught language.
Off-Campus Bigotry
Golden West College says a professor is on leave after she was recorded off-campus telling an Asian-American family to "go back to your home country."
Book Club, in the Office
Nonprofit Books@Work brings literature discussions led by professors to the workplace.
Speech, Interrupted
Law students at Lewis & Clark College interrupt appearance by Christina Hoff Sommers.
Mental Health Crisis for Grad Students
Study finds "strikingly high" rates of depression and anxiety, with many reporting little help or support from supervisors.