This story is about how the administration of my university called the campus police on a bunch of professors as if they believed we might riot and how the campus police behaved when they responded to that call. read more >

The number of non-academic administrative and professional employees at U.S. colleges and universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years, vastly outpacing the growth in the number of students or faculty, according to an analysis of federal figures. read more >

Humanities Ph.D.s are daring to enjoy their “regular” jobs, and the definition of academic success is changing. Sort of. read more >

Adjunct faculty members at the College of Saint Rose, in New York, have voted to unionize read more >

Faculty members on the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus voted on Wednesday to censure the system president read more >

Part-time lecturers at Eastern Michigan University are protesting a decision by its administration to delay their first paycheck. read more >

A doctoral program proposed at Georgetown University includes preparation for nonacademic careers. But critics say it would cheapen the degree. read more >

Reporters at The Chronicle share the trends they see as the growth of the work force transforms the professoriate. read more >

The University of Pittsburgh has backed down from a plan to require faculty members to sign away their intellectual-property rights, indefinitely postponing the deadline it had set for them to do so read more >

The Illinois board’s vote to reject the outspoken scholar marks not the end of the story but the beginning of the next chapter. read more >

Critics say Phyllis M. Wise gives the appearance of being open to other views, then acts independently. read more >

The jilted scholar says in an interview he wants the job that was offered him. read more >

More people say they can’t attend gatherings because of cost or scheduling. But they still want a place at the table. read more >

A group of faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder has accused the university’s administration of showing a “blatant disregard for the rights, interests, and well-being of its faculty read more >

The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, affiliated with the University of Texas, has escalated its challenge to the American Association of University Professors by rejecting the group’s assurance that any investigation of the center’s tenure practices will be fair. read more >

The author of the American Historical Association's report finds the latest figures "especially disconcerting." read more >

It's hard to offer meaningful advising to new students before they arrive on campus. But Sewanee says it can be done, with professors making key decisions. read more >

A flood of recent lawsuits and government enforcement actions accuse employers across the country of violating laws regulating employee pay. read more >

Performance and cost efficiency concerns have taken center stage in discussions about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. read more >

If T.S. Eliot had become a tenured professor, he would never have insisted April was the cruelest month. As those of us in the liberal arts know, it is August. read more >