Anticipating the possibility of an internet mob harassing a professor because of something he or she said can seem a bit like prepping for a lightening bolt. read more >

Ted Mitchell, a top U.S. Department of Education official during the Obama administration read more >

In a victory for academic freedom and faculty rights, a California State University, Fullerton part-time anthropology lecturer read more >

New study of harassment of graduate students by faculty members suggests that the problem is worse -- both in level of offense and prevalence of repeat offenders -- than many believe. read more >

In a victory for academic freedom, the administration of Trinity College in Connecticut acknowledged today that Professor Johnny Williams’s social media posts “were protected by academic freedom and did not violate Trinity College policies.” read more >

The faculty members have been subjected to intrusive public records requests for e-mails related to their climate-science research. read more >

A majority of Republicans and right-leaning independents think higher education has a negative effect on the country read more >

The AAUP today issued a letter to Joanne Berger-Sweeney, president of the Trinity College, urging her to immediately reinstate professor Johnny Eric Williams to is normal faculty duties. read more >

This morning the Supreme Court announced that it will hear a legal challenge to Trump's exclusionary travel ban. read more >

We are dismayed that another faculty member, Johnny Eric Williams of Trinity College, has become the target of a flood of threats read more >

WASHINGTON-- The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled its fraud case against ITT Educational Services, but it continues to pursue top executives from the defunct for-profit college firm read more >

U of Illinois and Phillips Community College Removed from Censure List; Spalding U and Community College of Aurora Added read more >

Committee A submitted the following resolutions regarding censure and censure read more >

In conjunction with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, read more >

The sortable table below shows the percentages of full-time faculty members read more >

After Delta Air Lines and Bank of America pulled their sponsorship from the New York Public Theater's production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, scholars were quick to lampoon the decision. read more >

A second federal appeals court ruled Monday against President Trump's travel ban, upholding an injunction imposed by a lower court. read more >

National Right to Work Committee filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to have agency fee ruled unconstitutional for public-sector employees read more >

A student-government organization in Washington State on Monday condemned proposed legislation that would strip funding from Evergreen State College read more >

Many college and university presidents have signed a statement -- "We Are Still In" -- that will be released today. read more >