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Solidarity to Save Jobs
At Eastern Illinois, a faculty union that includes tenured and tenure-track professors agrees to extend a contract and put off a raise to save the positions of 29 people who teach off the tenure track.
Not So Fast
The Charleston School of Law says it can't afford to pay a tenured professor. But a judge is blocking her termination as her lawsuit works its way through the courts.
Crick and Watson Rejected?
Article speculates that their landmark work on DNA, if evaluated by today's standards, might not have found a journal.
Big Completion Goals in Texas
Texas joins the college completion agenda with new goal for 60 percent of its young adults to have college degrees or certificates by 2030.
Ending All-Male Panels
American Society for Microbiology shows that a scientific group with relatively few female speakers can change things dramatically in just a few years.
New Move in Union-Busting?
Duquesne U. adjuncts are angry over what they see as a thinly-veiled threat not to rehire those colleagues involved in a long-running union drive.
Opinion
Motor City, Rusting
The 18th century saw the rise of a taste for crumbling architecture and beautiful ruins. Scott McLemee looks at a study of the contemporary equivalent.
Triaging Textbook Costs
Even as free and low-cost textbook initiatives grow, most efforts are still focused on introductory courses. Options are far more limited in upper-level courses, where a single textbook can now cost $400.