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Humanities and Social Sciences Are Central to National Goals, Report Argues
The report, prepared for members of Congress, affirms the disciplines' importance to society and defends their role as a part of a balanced education.
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'An Industry of Mediocrity': Study Criticizes Teacher-Education Programs
The effort to rank programs, by the National Council on Teacher Quality and "U.S. News & World Report," has been controversial since it started, in 2011.
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Reading-Room Plan at Library of Congress Will Hurt Service, Critics Say
The library will consolidate several rooms and offer "one-stop shopping" to researchers. It says the plan is part of efforts to keep up with how its vast collections are used...
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Faculty Culture Is Fractured
Professors, connected yet isolated by the Internet and other factors, are seeking to revive collegiality via the faculty club.
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AAUP Censures 2 Institutions and Removes 2 Others From Censure List
Southern University at Baton Rouge and National Louis University drew rebukes at the association's business meeting over the weekend.
- AAUP Sees MOOCs as Spawning New Threats to Professors' Intellectual Property
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Smooth Lectures Foster Only the Illusion of Learning, Study Finds
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New Test to Measure Faculty Collegiality Produces Some Dissension Itself
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Harvard Mounts Campaign to Bolster Undergraduate Humanities
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California Union Seeks Federal Intervention in Battle With Accreditor
Faculty Salary Data
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Find Out What Professors Are Making
Explore an interactive database on faculty salaries in 2012-13, from a national survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors.
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Faculty Experience Doesn't Always Pay
Tight finances have led to another year in which average pay barely increased, eroding professors' buying power and exacerbating inequities facing seasoned faculty members.
