Faculty Issues

Scott McLemee considers "The Americans" and a new book on childhood during the Cold War.

Back-to-back essays by two Vassar professors, one of them a former dean, renew a debate about treatment of minority faculty members.

It's time for professors to move beyond complaining about how students are distracted by social media, writes Michelle Miller. Faculty members need to teach about why attention matters.

While college leaders elsewhere who recently pushed civility faced a backlash, U. of Wisconsin Madison faculty approves policy against bullying.

As international student enrollments have skyrocketed, U.S. universities are just starting to sort out the implications for the classroom. Do professors need to adjust grading expectations for written assignments?

The death of Mike Nichols reminds us of why his film raises questions that still apply to higher education, writes Jonathan Zimmerman.