The first National Adjunct Walkout Day is less than a month away on February 25, prompting adjuncts across the country to determine whether they'll be allowed to take part in the protest. read more >

The ‘sharing economy’ meets higher education read more >

Just what do university professors do all day? read more >

Governor Scott Walker, a Wisconsin Republican, wants faculty members at University of Wisconsin campuses to teach more. read more >

With National Adjunct Walkout Day a month away, interest grows, and it is prompting discussions among faculty leaders. But many supporters feel the need to back the effort in ways other than walking off the job. read more >

The UW System could face a budget cut resulting in $300 million in lost revenue – although the number is still uncertain – as well as sweeping changes that might imperil the engrained traditions of shared governance and tenure. read more >

New book argues that benefits of fostering better relationships between academics and policy makers in international affairs are underestimated. read more >

How to measure impact and value. read more >

The professoriate needs to refocus on students or face extinction. read more >

Terrorist attacks in Paris have resurrected a free speech battle between a scholar and Yale U. Press, which removed cartoons about Muhammad from her book read more >

Legal fight at University of Kansas over emails from a professor who has received funding from the Koch brothers sets off a debate about undue influence and academic freedom. read more >

A statement from the union called the arbitrator's ruling "historic," and said many other adjuncts could benefit over time. read more >

The search for common ground. read more >

An outstanding new book provides a road map for truly effective teaching with technology read more >

If you don’t manage your online presence, you are allowing search engines to create it for you read more >

For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar. read more >

The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling last week that could clear the way for much more unionization of faculty members at private colleges and universities. read more >

The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision significantly expanding the right of employees to use their employers' e-mail systems for union organizing read more >

Marquette University has suspended with pay and barred from campus the tenured professor who criticized a graduate student instructor in a personal blog read more >

Arizona State tells non-tenure-track English instructors to shift from 4-4 to 5-5 course load, without increase in compensation and in violation of professional codes on how many writing students one can effectively teach. read more >