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Equality for Adjuncts
New anthology from a longtime adjunct activist Keith Hoeller stresses equality for adjuncts in terms of pay and other benefits, compared to their tenure-line colleagues.
Opinion
'Creditocracy' in America
How much remains of democratic principles when a society is sunk in financial debt? Scott McLemee starts checking the books.
For-Profit Wage Gap
Community college students who transfer to for-profit institutions earn less than do peers who transfer to public or private colleges, study finds.
Opinion
Don't Shrink
Graduate programs in the humanities should resist calls for them to admit fewer doctoral students, writes David B. Downing.
Focus on Faculty
Campus reviewers and agencies' standards need to pay more attention to adjunct faculty issues in the accreditation process, a new report asserts.
Options Don't Stem Textbook Woes
Report, citing crippling textbook costs, argues for more use of open-source materials. Publishers dispute the findings.
Promising Portfolios
Presenters at the Association of American Colleges and Universities' annual meeting see plenty of uses for e-portfolios -- as long as institutions look beyond the hype.
Against Boycotts and More
New petition seeks to organize academics who oppose boycotts and outside attacks (whether from supporters or critics of Israel) on the tenure candidacies of faculty members.