On July 28, Oregon Health & Science University announced a $100 million contribution from an anonymous donor. read more >

We are the stoop laborers of higher education: adjunct professors. read more >

To protest the withdrawal of a job offer to the controversial professor, at least two speakers have canceled engagements. read more >

A new national organization, Faculty Against Rape, or FAR, aims to help professors obtain resources on campus sexual assault and to build a sense of community and protection among like-minded peers (FAR’s website tagline is “Protect your academic freedom”). read more >

TODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. read more >

An academic at the University of Macau says that he believes that his contract was not renewed because of his political activism, raising concerns about academic freedom in the Chinese territory. read more >

Oregon's attention-getting proposal to offer students tuition-free college if they agree to repay a small portion of their earnings for years afterward got the official thumbs down from Oregon's higher education board this week. read more >

The Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie, president of Saint Joseph's University for the last two years, has announced plans to step down in June. read more >

The state should create a retirement fund available to all employed Oregonians that can follow people as they change jobs read more >

Another school year is about to start, and parents will soon be packing their teenagers up for college. But do they know who’s teaching their kids? read more >

An Iranian mathematician is the first woman ever to receive a Fields Medal, often considered to be mathematics’ equivalent of the Nobel Prize. read more >

Oregon's overarching education board, handpicked by Gov. John Kitzhaber to try to overcome the state's educational mediocrity, on Tuesday sized up where the board stands after three years in operation -- and expressed a lot of discontent. read more >

The 2014 American Association of University Professors Bulletin is here. read more >

Professors Complain of Undersupported Sabbaticals, Inadequate Staffing read more >

UO’s Gottfredson gets $940,000 on the way out read more >

In a culture of accountability, some professors call on technology to collect information about student participation in the classroom. read more >

Until the Oregon State Board of Higher Education slipped quietly out of existence this summer, Matt Donegan spent five years on it, the last three as chairman. read more >

In an effort to better recognize the work of those off the tenure track, some colleges are giving them new rankings. read more >

Whether the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign violated the academic-freedom rights of Steven G. Salaita, an Israel critic denied a job there, is likely to depend on whether campus administrators had previously made Mr. Salaita a formal job offer and whether his tweeted views on Israel were the reason they revoked it read more >

Michael R. Gottfredson’s resignation may have caught some off guard. But his tenure demonstrates recurring issues. read more >