Faculty Issues

Flexible degrees gain popularity as students seek greater specialization in the expanding field of engineering.

Marshall Poe relies on academic publishers and loves the works they produce, but fears they aren't going nearly far enough in recognizing the new realities of the way people read and gather information.

Wisconsin is developing degree programs based on skills demonstrated, not courses completed. And it's doing so on its own instead of partnering with Western Governors University.

Women sociologists with children are more likely than those without to have tenured jobs, study finds.

Library associations say Supreme Court case could make it illegal to lend books and other materials that were manufactured overseas.

AAUP report says that departments and faculty senates need to be sure those off the tenure track have their views counted.

Zygmunt Bauman's new book discusses education in an age of unrelenting instability. Scott McLemee consults a modern master.