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Midterm Elections, Retirements Could Shake Up Committees
Republicans are poised to take control of the House, which would put Representative Virginia Foxx back in charge of the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Opinion
Entangled and Enchanted
Scott McLemee reviews Kay Harel’s Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia.
The Evolving Faculty Affairs Landscape | Available On-Demand
This webcast, featuring hosts Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman, will explore articles and essays from Inside Higher Ed's newly-released compilation...
Stanford Admits to Anti-Jewish Admissions Bias in ’50s
Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne admitted Wednesday that the university discriminated against Jewish applicants in the 1950s, and he apologized...
Applying Logic to the Gun Control Debate
We’re still in a heated debate about gun control in the U.S. In today’s Academic Minute, York College of Pennsylvania’s...
Shattered
A professor’s murder at the University of Arizona, apparently by a former student, raises urgent concerns about campus safety. He wasn’t the first professor killed at work, either.
Why Not Both?
Both tenure and unions are crucial for protecting the rights of faculty and other academic professionals in American higher education, Irene Mulvey and Randi Weingarten write.
Pinning Hopes on Future Educators
Colleges of education hope that celebrating teaching candidates with pinning ceremonies will help validate their decision to enter an increasingly demanding field.