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The Racist Tweet That Won't Go Away

In September, a student at Monroe Community College posted a racist tweet. It’s November, and the faculty union and the administration are still in conflict over the institution’s response.

It’s a Tough Job, but Somebody’s Got to Do It

Neither Penn State nor Johns Hopkins’s Peabody Institute enjoyed particularly strong shared governance within the last decade. Recent reform efforts hold promise.

Faculty Balk at Westminster Layoff Notices

An international buyer intends to employ faculty and staff in the future, but Rider issued the layoff notices in case the deal falls through.

Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Parable of Talents

Falwell calls Liberty University the Fox News of academia. But where is one of President Trump’s staunchest supporters taking the university he and his family built?

Strayer and Capella Announce Merger

Diversification bid from the two well-respected for-profits comes amid serious shake-up of the sector, which continues despite a more favorable regulatory climate.
Opinion

The Need for Slower Administrators

Senior administrators seem to be required to be busy at all times, and that has created the unfortunate situation where they are often isolated from faculty and staff members, argues Thomas J. Pfaff.

Trading Places at the Accountability Table

Jamie Studley, former key Education Department official, will lead the Western region's accrediting agency, part of an industry her Obama administration bosses chastised.

Texts That Undercut a President

New questions are being raised at Kennesaw State after local politicians boasted about influencing the president’s decision on how to respond to a racial protest movement.