On the eve of a new book that promises to settle the debate about Thomas Jefferson, a Sally Hemings relative is raising alarms that its science hasn’t been vetted.

When faculty are required to be on campus, even to teach online, they may just quit.

The technology is raising questions about the efficacy of a decades-old academic tradition.

Several recent denials have raised questions about political influence.

What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?

What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?

The university is moving to cut 40 percent of classes from its core curriculum in response to a state law. Professors say administrators’ interpretation of the law is too broad, and that they should h...

One factor that didn’t explain the gap, according to a new study: How well women were represented in the field.

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At a time when many institutions are grappling with the technology and its implications, some are turning to librarians for leadership.

The findings of an unscientific, faculty-conducted survey suggested that new policies on teaching about race and sex have changed university instruction.

As colleges across the country make bold pronouncements about forging into the AI future, employees want answers to fundamental questions about how it will change their work.

Penn State faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing, in a closely watched decision that could have sweeping implications across the university.

A new analysis indicates that the National Institutes of Health’s grant terminations in 2025 disproportionately hurt scientists who identify as people of color and LGBTQ.

Twelve months a year, they’re under pressure to deliver.

As a strike enters its second week at Harvard, a key sticking point is support for the foreign scholars who make up a large share of its doctoral programs.

Syracuse University postdocs and non-tenure faculty are voting to unionize, seeking job security, fair pay, and workload transparency.

Despite the range in roles and institutions, the group pledges to pursue the same goals

Administration, union remain divided over salary increases.

Article Summary Tenure and tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield went on strike Friday after failing to agree

At two very different institutions — New York University and Portland Community College — work stoppages disrupted classes and operations over the past week.

Late paychecks are punishing the academics who can least afford it.

Late paychecks are punishing the academics who can least afford it.

A $48-million deficit and a decline in enrollment have put pressure on the New York City institution.

How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research

Colorado State University is paying a former provost $325,000 to not work for 12 months amid budget cuts.

The Missouri House Budget Committee chairman is pushing a plan to shift hundreds of millions of dollars among state colleges and universities.

Former University of Denver Chancellor Rebecca Chopp stepped down from her job after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. A few years later, doctors said she no longer had the disease.

A powerful new campus role may not be built to last.

Past work has found that Black and Hispanic faculty are judged more harshly in promotion and tenure. Here, evidence from a natural experiment shows that evaluating faculty simultaneously with other ca...

Readers react to Kevin R. McClure’s recent essay, ‘Higher Education’s Compensation Charade.’

St. John’s University says collective bargaining prevents it from fulfilling its mission.

Power imbalances and tenure protections create perfect conditions for abuse.

Faced with potentially losing billions, colleges rallied behind a compromise plan. It now has a thumbs-up from Congress.

The study said only 7 percent of part-time faculty relied on teaching as their main job. Some experts pointed to other studies suggesting that share was higher.

Pennsylvania Western failed to make the case, a judge ruled, that the requirement infringed on its right to set its own service standards and direct its work force.

The reasons were both internal and endemic.

Much of the senior staff who helped get the new institution off the ground have left this year.

Joining universities nationwide, DePaul makes sweeping budget cuts amid enrollment decline and federal uncertainty.

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