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The 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
At a time of intense pressure on academic leaders, provosts are worried about the future of liberal arts education --...
Failing the Test for Faculty Unions
NLRB rejects bid from tenure-line professors at Carroll College, suggesting that it remains difficult to win collective bargaining rights at private colleges.
Detecting More Than Plagiarism
Turnitin, seeking to expand beyond plagiarism detection, launches a tool to help students improve their writing as they write. Many writing instructors continue to be skeptical of the company's products.
Should Colleges Measure Well-Being?
Colleges should track the well-being of students, including how specific groups are faring, according to panelists at the Association of American Colleges and Universities' annual meeting.
Psych!
Florida's governor has called public university presidents to a meeting to ask why they can't be sure graduates in their most popular majors will all be employed. His prime target is psychology.
Are At-Risk Students Bunnies to Be Drowned?
President's plan to weed out some students soon after they arrive -- and his alleged metaphor for the plan -- set off furor at Mount St. Mary's U.
Germ Warfare
Hugh Pennington's new book, Have Bacteria Won?, goes straight to the heart of a growing public anxiety, writes Scott McLemee.
Vigilante Astronomy?
Anonymous astronomers object to some of their peers' efforts to name and shame known harassers in the field.