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Exiled in Maine
Anger at faculty layoffs at Southern Maine boils over. Professors say administration is attacking tenure, pitting younger and older faculty members against one another, and undermining liberal arts.
Opinion
Moving Up from the Inside?
Two adjuncts discuss career paths that are possible and others that are closed off.
‘Save Fulbright’
Advocates of international exchange organize to protest a proposed 13 percent cut to the flagship Fulbright program.
Opinion
Teach, Don't Mock
Sure, student emails show all kinds of flaws, writes Jared Berezin. That's why they create a great teaching opportunity.
Retaliation Claim Vindicated
Federal jury backs conservative academic who says he was denied promotion to full professor because of his political views.
Beyond Plagiarism
Professors always tell their students to make ethical choices in using outside sources. But what about those students who misrepresent texts unintentionally?
Enough Letters Already
MLA's new guidelines offer some relief and realism about the recommendation part of the hiring process.
Opinion
A Qualified Yes on Unit Records
We need a better national data system about college students, but it needs to be designed to put numbers in context and to avoid holding colleges accountable for things they can't control, writes Paul LeBlanc.