In several states, faculty members and administrators are at odds over strategic planning at institutions pinched by hard realities. read more >

Advocates for Federal Labor Protections and Accountability from Employers read more >

AAUP is arguing that the financial rationale for the cuts and the changes is unsound. read more >

Colleges often rely on grants and donations to expand their curricula and hire faculty. However, students, professors and outside groups have begun to question what effect these contributions have on education. read more >

Colleges have long seen students as passive receivers of content. That view is changing, and it could portend an even more "radical" shift in teaching. read more >

White-collar work, sometimes called Knowledge Work, is never done read more >

After a year of unprecedented Congressional attention but few real political gains, advocates for part-time instructors face unfriendly political majorities. read more >

The AAUP report shows that spending for athletics at four-year public universities increased from 2004 to 2011 by approximately 24.8 percent. read more >

In the Middle East and beyond, academics face a growing threat read more >

An appeals panel held that the First Amendment gave an adjunct the right to speak out about alleged mistreatment despite having been asked to praise her college. read more >

In a time of Ebola hysteria, research on the undead helps us better understand how such diseases spread. read more >

Inside Higher Ed's survey finds professors are skeptical that online courses can produce outcomes equivalent to those of face-to-face classes, let alone surpass them. read more >

Adjuncts at Tufts say their first union contract, which includes significant pay and job security gains and a right to be interviewed for full-time positions, could be a model for new unions in negotiations elsewhere. read more >

State legislators across the country are regulating campus culture, and in those decisions they are tying the hands of university officials, threatening academic freedom, and, ultimately, diluting the education of students. read more >

Two unions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system have disavowed a reorganization effort, in the latest case of faculty suspicion of consulting firms. read more >

Are faculty well-positioned to mentor students? What do we tell them? read more >

Resolutions on the issue often focus on symbolism more than specifics, as a recent flap over the American Studies Association's boycott demonstrates. read more >

The dystopia will be edteched. read more >

The U. of Colorado’s philosophy department wanted to be seen as more welcoming to women. The plan backfired. read more >

You might think that adjuncts are not your concern, but here are four reasons why you should care. read more >