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'Mothers in Academia'
Editors discuss themes of new collection of essays on challenges faced by academic women with children.
How To Provide Open Access?
As the Obama administration works on a policy to provide free access to taxpayer-funded research, publishers and universities advance competing plans for archives -- but some scholars say a government archive is the way to go.
Opinion
Billion-Dollar Boondoggle?
Universities shouldn't be competing to host the next presidential libraries, but should be working to reform the concept of presidential libraries, writes Ben Hufbauer.
'Does Science Need a Global Language?'
New book argues that English has become the global language of science -- and that, on balance, it's a good thing.
Split Decision
When Transylvania University's president deferred tenure for two professors based on criteria that had yet to take effect, it was the last straw for the already-frustrated faculty.
Win for Oral History
Appeals court backs Boston College on most of the interview records on Northern Ireland that the British government (backed by U.S. authorities) wanted turned over.
Waiting to See Punishment
After learning that a faculty member at San Jose State was found by the university to have inappropriately touched a student, many want to know why he's still teaching.
Talk Therapy
In light of several recent, high-profile cases of poor communication between faculty and governing boards, AAUP advocates for regular interaction between the two groups and more shared governance.