Faculty

Faculty members and students worry they're paying the price for construction projects amid a focus on cutting administrative costs.

At many colleges, new assistant professors earn close to or even more than long timers. U of Washington is trying to do something about it -- and finding out how hard it is. Among other ideas: countering expensive retention raises with new salary steps subject to approval by one's peers.

Scholar vents "bitterly sarcastic" 500-tweet attack on another scholar's book on King Lear.

Scott McLemee reviews a new book that examines the long literary and political history of a femme fatale that embodies two aspects of Eden: the beguiling female and the deceiving reptile, merged, literally, into one.

By Scott McLemee

Members of the American Anthropological Association narrowly vote down a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

A new play suggests a surprising traditional route out of poverty, writes Sanford J. Ungar.

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Whether we can actually teach students critical-thinking skills is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood issues in higher education today, argues John Schlueter.

By John Schlueter

New analysis shows dramatic decreases in open positions for professors. Health professions faculty jobs, once equal in number to those in humanities, now far outnumber them.