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Who Bears the Burden of Risk?
Personal liability insurance implicitly asserts that individual instructors should be treated as isolated defendants in workplace matters, write Caley Horan and Andy Urban.
Anger at LSU on Racist Sign Left on Student's Door
Many black students and others at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge are angry about a racist sign a black...
Academic Minute: Conspiracy Theories
Today on the Academic Minute, Victoria Pagan, professor in and chair of the department of classics at the University of...
Professors Unionize at Minneapolis Art & Design
Full-time and part-time faculty members at Minneapolis College of Art & Design have voted to unionize and to be represented...
Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
Should the electoral college be abolished? In today's Academic Minute, American Public University's Stephen Schwalbe details why that might not...
Faculty Strike at 14 Campuses
After contract talks between faculty union and Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education crumble over wages and benefits, many students woke up Wednesday morning to no classes.
Senate Higher Ed Post Up for Grabs
As Election Day nears, it's uncertain who would lead the Senate committee that would handle key higher education legislation -- including a "free college" proposal if Hillary Clinton is elected -- in the next Congress.
Feeling Isolated and Excluded
At a time when graduate schools are under pressure to produce more minority Ph.D.s, surveys at Yale and Michigan show the challenges facing nonwhite doctoral students.