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Influential Group Calls It Quits
Financial difficulties force the American Association for Higher Education -- a key voice on assessment and faculty issues -- to disband.
Academic Freedom Wars
In Florida, legislation advances against "leftist totalitarian professors," while Columbia president frames debate on faculty rights and responsibilities.
Churchill Survives -- For Now
The Colorado professor's controversial speech won't cost him his tenured job. Plagiarism allegations still might.
A Strike in Ann Arbor
Graduate instructors at Michigan take a day off to force concessions at the bargaining table. University officials are unfazed.
The Anti-Summers
Princeton's president offers her views on women and science and we compare her speech on the topic to Larry Summers's.
Compromise Ends Hunger Strike
New Georgetown policy on pay for contract workers ends 9-day student protest.
A Real Option
The U. of California is considering a policy that might make part-time faculty careers -- before and after tenure -- more viable than ever before.