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Teaching the Quarantined
Bracing for a season of H1N1, University of Michigan encourages faculty to use distance learning models to reach sick students.
Mixed Results for ACT
Overall scores are stagnant and some racial gaps grow, but testing outfit sees progress because of rapid expansion of the test-taking pool and shifts in preparedness.
Reorienting Themselves
Some community colleges move substantial portions of new student orientations online to maximize efficiency; others push face-to-face programs to make process more personal. Is there a happy medium?
Reputation Without Rigor
The assessment survey used in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings is subject to apathy and glaring disparities, an Inside Higher Ed review reveals.
Pushing Back on Requests for Salary Cuts
In this budget year, many faculties (unionized or not) have been asked by administrations to accept salary cuts or freezes...
More Questions on Ghostwriting in Science Journals
An article in The New York Times details the common practice of drug companies offering to ghostwrite articles in scientific...
Getting Rid of an Adjunct
When a university and its alumni association get in a fight, it may be dangerous to be off the tenure track, and an active alumnus.