Faculty Issues

It has long been said that the winners write the history books -- but those keeping the records may also...

Effort by leading research universities to rethink the economics of scholarly journals has an underwhelming first year, and experts caution against expectations of quick change.

Each fall brings articles about rising Asian-American enrollments at leading colleges and universities. But according to Robert T. Teranishi, associate...

Purdue U. creates a learning-management system that meets students on their turf and puts them in charge.

Lobbying for cheaper books, a student activist group throws its weight behind an open-source model.

Teaching students how to do Google-style research might not be as harmful to research habits as the alternative.

Coalition of academic groups starts national survey in effort to gain data to promote better treatment of those off the tenure track.

As largest regional accreditor toughens stance on for-profit colleges, two major companies, Bridgepoint and Argosy, seek shift to Western region -- which says it won't be a patsy.