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Tenure Denied for Being Trans?
Justice Department says Southeastern Oklahoma State discriminated against a professor on the basis of gender identity.
Opinion
Will Ratings Displace Accreditation?
The Obama administration’s proposed system could substitute federal officials’ judgment of institutional quality for peer review by academics, Judith Eaton argues.
Opinion
STEM, not STEAM
Concern about the arts could dilute an important national effort focused appropriately on science and technology, writes Gary S. May.
Guilt by Association
Faculty at U.C. San Francisco want to know why their institution is co-sponsoring an event with a group the professors view as anti-science.
Little Progress on Incentive Comp
Education Department's inspector general concludes that agency has not sufficiently adapted policies and procedures to enforce 2010 rules restricting pay to recruiters based on enrollment.
'The Bare Minimum'
In wake of academic fraud case, Syracuse backs coach, gives A.D. a top administrative job and appeals harshest N.C.A.A. penalties. Is it taking the case seriously enough?
Opinion
Professors Should Define Student Success
Faculty members should lead the process of redefining how colleges determine if students are ready for careers and life -- with the help of the Degree Qualifications Profile, Norm Jones and Harrison Kleiner argue.
U.S. Keeps Scrutiny of Risky Colleges Secret
U.S. government declines to identify dozens of institutions whose federal funding it has restricted because of concerns about their risk to students and taxpayers.