Northwest Nazarene stands behind elimination of job of tenured theologian, but will let him teach part-time for a few years. His supporters believe he is being punished for views on evolution and other issues. read more >

The university has drawn new scrutiny for dismissing a tenured instructor mainly for using obscene language and jokes around students. read more >

TIAA-CREF survey reveals adjunct faculty members' concerns about having enough savings to retire. Experts say the situation for most adjuncts is even more dire. read more >

Tenure, however, is not about protecting people but rather about protecting open conversation and debate. It is about academic freedom — the ability to research and teach on all topics, without fear of reprisal. read more >

Chad Williams, chair of the department of African and Afro-American studies at Brandeis U., created #CharlestonSyllabus, a Twitter hashtag that became a resource for scholars. read more >

As Republican Gov. Scott Walker prepares to campaign for president as the man who tamed Wisconsin’s unions, he’s targeting tenure protections for professors at public colleges and universities. read more >

Non-tenure track professors at Arizona State, after months of protesting a plan they called unfair to them and their students, receive more money and the option to avoid a 5-5 course load. read more >

As fight against college debt has its moment, what do college association leaders think about it? read more >

Marian Court College's president says after years of declining enrollment and tuition revenue, the institution ran out of options -- sooner than professors expected. read more >

As the activist's racial identity became a national story, her colleagues tried to make sense of their shock. read more >

Members of two associations were much more likely to report using them voluntarily than to say others had called for them. read more >

The professors’ association also votes to censure Felician College, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Texas’ Cancer Center. read more >

Should faculty members be concerned if administrators check references who were not supplied by job candidates? read more >

From 2000 to 2012, U.S. government spending increased by 32 percent, while state spending fell by 37 percent read more >

The strike by child care workers is the latest in a series of work actions that is putting Germany on track to have the most days lost to labor action in nearly a decade. read more >

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who began building a national profile four years ago by sharply cutting collective bargaining rights for most government workers, has turned his sights to a different element of the public sector: state universities. read more >

Faculty members say the university system's Board of Regents missed an opportunity to ask that the legislature abandon controversial changes to tenure and shared governance. read more >

The American Association of University Professors called the proposal "a direct attack on higher education as a public good." Here’s a guide to the dispute. read more >

We do believe in professionalism, and we believe that our profession has been deprofessionalized by our own sometimes well-meaning but nonetheless misguided practices. read more >

Robert Dickeson has run afoul of faculty advocates by urging colleges not to let professors’ tenure protections hinder the scrapping of weak academic programs. read more >