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'The Uberfication of the University'
Author discusses new book on the relationship between the "sharing economy" and the erosion of faculty rights.
Opinion
He Said, She Said
In each of two new novels, Loner and Diary of an Oxygen Thief, it is the narrator's attitude that sticks with the reader more than the events recounted, writes Scott McLemee.
Berkeley Resumes Palestine Course
Facing backlash and accusations of squelching academic freedom, a class is restored.
Opinion
The Tenured IT Expert?
Technology experts should have the academic freedom to speak on behalf of what's best for education, not just a university's bottom line, Jonathan A. Poritz and Jonathan Rees argue.
The Future of Educational Materials
Sept. 19, 2016 -- "The Future of Educational Materials and the Role of the College Bookstore," the new print-on-demand compendium...
Not Just 'Musical Chairs'
Beyond well-funded individual campus initiatives aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented minority faculty members, experts urge collaboration across institutions and within disciplines.
Opinion
Liberal Arts, Inflexible Structures
The real obstacles to sustaining the liberal arts have to do with traditional organizational structures and curricular approaches, argue Peter Stokes and Chris Slatter.
Indiana's Grand Textbook Compromise
Better service, lower prices, higher profits. Indiana U may have found a textbook acquisition model that makes everyone happy.