In the Middle East and beyond, academics face a growing threat read more >

An appeals panel held that the First Amendment gave an adjunct the right to speak out about alleged mistreatment despite having been asked to praise her college. read more >

In a time of Ebola hysteria, research on the undead helps us better understand how such diseases spread. read more >

ASPSU met last Monday for a senate meeting that included a presentation on the possibility of the university transitioning to a sworn and armed police force. read more >

When a college class goes low-tech, students should be delighted, not disappointed. read more >

Inside Higher Ed's survey finds professors are skeptical that online courses can produce outcomes equivalent to those of face-to-face classes, let alone surpass them. read more >

Years of budget cuts in K-12 education have given Oregon one of the shortest school years in the country. read more >

The Graduate School of Education at Portland State received a $1.2 million grant in late September for its American Indian Teaching Program. read more >

GTFs, or graduate teaching fellows, are grad students who instruct in undergraduate courses. Federation President Joe Henry said the union is requesting a pay raise and paid leave. read more >

Adjuncts at Tufts say their first union contract, which includes significant pay and job security gains and a right to be interviewed for full-time positions, could be a model for new unions in negotiations elsewhere. read more >

State legislators across the country are regulating campus culture, and in those decisions they are tying the hands of university officials, threatening academic freedom, and, ultimately, diluting the education of students. read more >

The union for graduate students who help teach undergraduate courses at the University of Oregon is threatening to strike in a dispute with the administration over pay and leave. read more >

Two unions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system have disavowed a reorganization effort, in the latest case of faculty suspicion of consulting firms. read more >

Education may be a key issue in several states’ elections this fall, but referendums related to higher education are thin this political season. read more >

Are faculty well-positioned to mentor students? What do we tell them? read more >

Nearly 70% of faculty responding to poll oppose Sworm Armed Police Department at PSU read more >

Biology professor Tyrone Hayes is a favorite of anti-herbicide activists but is shunned by chemical companies read more >

$24 million to help train diverse science and health researchers read more >

Resolutions on the issue often focus on symbolism more than specifics, as a recent flap over the American Studies Association's boycott demonstrates. read more >

$2 billion campaign is state’s largest ever read more >