Past Coverage

• A Round of Statements Comes Out in Defense of Academic Freedom - November 9, 2007
• Academic Freedom and Tenure - November 7, 2008
• A Faustian Bargain for Academic Freedom - October 3, 2008
• AAUP Takes Step Toward Splitting Its Union and Academic-Freedom Functions - June 18, 2007
• How Strong Is Academic Freedom in Community Colleges? - October 27, 2006

Commentary

• Cases in Point: Intellectual-Property Agreements: Are You Managing Your Rights?

  In view of recent federal-court decisions, three lawyers urge colleges to carefully review two common methods of licensing the inventions of their faculty members.

• The City Where Diploma Dreams Go to Die

  Systemic high-school performance failure has elicited much hand-wringing. But there should be equal anguish, writes Kevin Carey, over breakdowns at the college level.

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  Why Liberal Arts Need Career Services

  Creative teaching and career planning are not mutually exclusive, writes Katharine S. Brooks.

Campus Viewpoint

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If any one year can be said to be a transformative time in the life of a university, then the past 12 months have been such a year for Hofstra. Hofstra learned it would host the third and final 2008 presidential debate, announced plans for a...