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A Day Without Adjuncts
With National Adjunct Walkout Day a month away, interest grows, and it is prompting discussions among faculty leaders. But many supporters feel the need to back the effort in ways other than walking off the job.
Major Exodus
English departments at U. of Maryland and elsewhere respond to drop-offs -- some of them steep -- in English majors.
Reassessing Faculty Assessment
Association of American Colleges and Universities session focuses on what happens when institutions move beyond a basic teaching-scholarship-service model of faculty assessment.
Writing Wrongs?
Arizona State, facing criticism, agrees to pay more to some composition instructors assigned extra sections. But the university refuses to back down on courseloads that violate disciplinary standards.
Intellectual Connections
Association of American Colleges and Universities highlights integrative liberal learning at annual meeting. But what is it?
'Finding Common Cause'
New book argues that benefits of fostering better relationships between academics and policy makers in international affairs are underestimated.
Opinion
Immunization Conflagration
The controversy over vaccination only seems like a recent development. Scott McLemee considers a historian's account.
Inclusive Dialogues
A student group at a women's college has retired its annual production of The Vagina Monologues in favor of a production that will be more inclusive of transgender students.