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Strategies in an Age of Assessment
Maintaining faculty support and enthusiasm is key when judging graduate programs, but it's also one of the most difficult parts of the job, two deans tell the Council of Graduate Schools.
The Tightening Humanities Job Market
With big disciplinary meetings about to start, some reliable measures start to appear about how many colleges are really hiring -- and the news isn't good.
Breadth of Adjunct Use and Abuse
Non-tenure-track instructors are used more frequently and in more disciplines (and at lower pay) than is commonly thought, AFT report says.
Tenure on the Chopping Block
Kentucky community college system leaders have plan to eliminate traditional job security for all new faculty hires.
(Not Really) Measuring Up
Biennial report on states' performance in higher ed finds small gains in college preparation and completion -- offset by socioeconomic gaps and failure to keep pace with advances by other countries.
Better Learning With Sites and Sound
New research suggests that Web-based collaboration tools improve students' work, and that comments recorded as audio can deepen understanding.