Is Collaboration Worth It?
Historians push for more teamwork even as many feel it won’t help them earn tenure.
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The Price Women Pay for Co-Authorship
Study of economics faculty members finds that men get credit where women do not.
‘No Certificate of Global Citizenship’
Amid turn toward nationalism, global educators consider their work.
The Changing English Major
Amid enrollment declines, speakers at Modern Language Association discuss shifts in the major, such as a de-emphasis of traditional survey and the addition of more writing-related courses.
Georgia Tech’s Model Expands
Three years after its low-cost MOOC-inspired master’s degree program in computer science launched, the institute announces a new program in analytics priced at less than $10,000.
Killing Tenure
Legislation in two states seeks to end tenure at public colleges and universities.
Two Tuition-Free Years
Rhode Island governor proposes plan for the state's community college, and for junior and senior years at Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island.
Limits of Academic Freedom
University of Toronto supports an “anti-psychiatry” scholarship and the professor who championed it, but some fear impact of institutional endorsement of what they view as fake science
White Is the Word
Arizona lawmakers' failed proposed ban on “divisive” college courses signals new criticism of white studies. Similar courses -- though common -- have become controversial elsewhere. Those who teach them say the classes are being distorted.
Finland’s Brain Drain
After major budget cuts for universities, Ph.D.s are leaving the country.
