Faculty Issues

The number of non-full-time academics on Australian campuses rises by 17 percent, a figure officials attribute to universities' need for flexibility and financial constraints.

It's a casino economy -- where the dealer always wins. Scott McLemee reports on a book about profit, loss, and education as a risky bet.

Husband-and-wife professors at Yale law school (she gave us the "Tiger Mother" debate) publish book about why some racial and ethnic groups are more successful than others. And no, it's not because they value education.

At one small liberal arts college, retiring professors get one last chance to teach that course they've always wanted to.

U. of Colorado releases extraordinary report about sex bias and incivility in department, and brings in outside chair to change the culture. Move comes in a discipline regularly criticized for lack of support for women.

President joins the ranks of politicians who suggest liberal arts disciplines don't lead to jobs.

Editors discuss themes in new book of essays, written by multiracial college students.