A faculty member wondered why her students were always late. So she asked them. read more >

Duquesne U. adjuncts are angry over what they see as a thinly-veiled threat not to rehire those colleagues involved in a long-running union drive. read more >

Forget credit hours—in a quest to cut costs, universities are simply asking students to prove their mastery of a subject. read more >

Twenty-two-hundred University of Connecticut graduate assistants (GAs) won a first contract that features big economic gains as well as social justice provisions affecting international students, transgender workers, and women. read more >

When news broke that the Supreme Court would hear Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, headlines instantly projected the worst, calling it “The Supreme Court Case That Could Decimate American Public Sector Unionism,” “An Existential Threat,” and even “The End of Public-Employee Unions?” read more >

What if my classes don’t run and I can’t make rent? read more >

An Ohio prosecutor calls for U of Cincinnati police force to be disbanded after an officer is indicted for murder. But would the city's police force be able to handle law enforcement on campus? read more >

Layoffs continued at the university for a second day as 161 employees are being let go. read more >

The court would determine whether public sector unions could continue to collect so-called “fair share” or “agency” fees. read more >

Stephen L. Chew writes that current approaches -- for awards or tenure and promotion -- are based too much on passion or student enjoyment and not enough on actual learning. read more >

Is “freelance academic” the right term? read more >

The first public university system in the country to voluntarily raise the minimum wage as high as $15 an hour read more >

California court rejects a public university's findings of sexual assault by a male student. Some say case points to tensions over due process at many institutions. read more >

LSU professor Teresa Buchanan says she was dismissed in a 'witchhunt' over her occasional use of profanity in the classroom. read more >

With all the pressures facing higher education these days, it’s not getting any easier. read more >

Wisconsin’s decision to eliminate tenure protections is just latest tremor in the collapse of academic ideals read more >

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to the way public-sector unions finance their operations. Union officials said a ruling against them would deal a blow to organized labor. read more >

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 >