Filter & Sort
Shoring Up Tenure, or Weakening It?
West Virginia University proposal outlines a process for removing even tenured professors for unsatisfactory performance. Some say the process weakens tenure—but some say it protects it.
Looking Back at ‘DIY U’ and Ahead, With Anya Kamenetz: Key Podcast
In 2010, a book called DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education envisioned a wholesale shift...
New Mexico Launches College Food Insecurity Study
The University of New Mexico and the New Mexico Higher Education Department are launching a statewide survey to evaluate the...
State-Awarded Financial Aid Declined Slightly in 2020–21
State-awarded student financial aid decreased negligibly in 2020–21 to $14.784 billion, down 0.1 percent from the $14.801 billion awarded in...
Reckoning With the Past, Looking Toward the Future
Stanford University uncovered a history of the institution limiting Jewish student enrollments, and now the university is looking for ways to redress its past.
Opinion
On Chaucer Studies, ‘Raptus’ and Relevance
As Chaucer studies grapples with one of the most widely noted discoveries in the field in years, Richard Utz wonders, will it do to say anything more about Chaucer?
University of South Carolina Returns to ‘USC’ Moniker
The University of South Carolina is updating its logo to a more simplified design and reverting to an old abbreviation—USC...
Opinion
Promoting Institutional Change Through Inclusive Cluster Hiring: Part 2
Elizabeth H. Simmons and Becky R. Petitt share lessons learned in the process of implementing a new program of cluster hiring focused on the experiences of minoritized populations.