Right after U of Tennessee faculty members agreed on plan to toughen oversight of tenured professors, system proposed rules many say endanger academic freedom. read more >

Leaders of historically black colleges say their strategy of working closely with the White House and congressional Republicans is working. read more >

Moving thousands of scholarly treasures out of the fine arts library at UT Austin has faculty members riled. Should a maker space and other meeting areas replace the stacks? read more >

Authors break down the basics of university governance but can't resist looking at the big picture. read more >

Study finds evidence of institutional bias in publishing, in that journals favor the work of authors who either work or studied at the universities that house the publications. read more >

Lou Anna K. Simon, who resigned last month as president of Michigan State U. amid the Larry Nassar molestation scandal, was quietly awarded an elite professorship in December. Many faculty members are unhappy about it. read more >

Did the university’s handling of one professor’s sexual-harassment complaint keep other women from coming forward for decades? read more >

The censure vote is the latest development in a bruising battle that has divided the university and led Rochester’s president, Joel Seligman, to step down. read more >

“We can’t stop an active shooter, but we can minimize the carnage,” said John Scheu, the superintendent of Sidney City Schools. read more >

The AAUP joined yesterday with other groups, including members of the California Community College System, in filing an amicus brief read more >

For the third time this month, scholars are questioning the integrity of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers read more >

Students and teachers responded as trained when the fire alarm sounded read more >

Now, the battle continues to demand that the University of Chicago Administration stop violating the rights of its students and give them the freedom to choose to join a union. read more >

"... in fundamental labor terms, it follows one simple rule: Union solidarity first, immigration status second." read more >

Lucy Powel says: ‘I don't cross picket lines’ read more >

In October 2017, news broke of University of Wisconsin system president Ray Cross's decision to propose a merger of the system's two- and four-year institutions. read more >

Senate budget agreement lifts spending caps in ways that could enable significant gains in spending on research and student aid. But no solution is provided for undocumented students. read more >

Instructor suspended after using slur. Does it matter if he was singing along to a song a student played in class? read more >

NSF starts requiring that institutions report findings of harassment and suspensions in its funded labs and field sites, and reminds institutions that it can pull funding where necessary. read more >

A federal judge on Friday granted a request for a temporary injunction barring the University of Washington read more >