The Chronicle of Higher Education | Faculty

Fake News Release Targets Scholars and Student Critical of Israel

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:58:00 EDT

The release falsely depicts a Stanford student and two scholars at other universities as leaders of a campaign to boycott Arab nations. Its origin is unknown.

Students Might Not Be 'Academically Adrift' After All, Study Finds

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT

Reports from the Council for Aid to Education provide evidence that students are in fact learning, in contrast to the findings of a blockbuster 2011 book.

New York City Embraces a College's New 'Handicapped' Symbol

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT

With the Gordon College campus as his test lab, Brian Glenney, a philosopher, helped develop the new, more active image.

Play the Role of the Search Committee

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:01:00 EDT

Whom would you pick?

The Long Odds of the Tenure-Track Job Search

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:01:00 EDT

The Chronicle looks at the applications submitted for two positions in the humanities, where the competition is stiff and candidates are often in the dark.

Hire and Hire

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:01:00 EDT

Learn who got the jobs, who were the finalists, and who else was in the pool.

Adjuncts May Be Shut Out of Obama's Speech at Morehouse

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:56:00 EDT

The college denied adjuncts tickets to hear the president's address, but says it's looking for way they can attend. To adjuncts' advocates, the slight is typical.

Debate Over MOOCs Reaches Harvard

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:56:00 EDT

At a gathering this week, faculty members expressed interest in innovative teaching methods but questioned the effectiveness of the MOOC approach.

President of U. of Hawaii to Retire After a Bumpy Year

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

M.R.C. Greenwood, who is 70, says the "Wonder Blunder" fiasco was a strain but not a deciding factor. She plans to return as a professor in the medical school.

Opening a New Window Into Hemingway's Life, and U.S.-Cuba Ties

Tue, 07 May 2013 04:57:00 EDT

An American foundation and the Cuban government are working together to preserve the villa near Havana where the author lived for more than 20 years.

Black and Hispanic Science Ph.D.'s Graduate With More Debt

Tue, 07 May 2013 04:56:00 EDT

The disparity is largest for blacks, a new study finds. They are twice as likely as white and Asian students to accrue more than $30,000 in graduate debt.

English Teachers Reject Use of Robots to Grade Student Writing

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:58:00 EDT

A statement from a national council is intended to prompt policy makers and test designers to think more fully about the pitfalls of machine scoring.

Plan Advances at U. of Minnesota to Publish Average Grades

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT

Under the proposal, the university would report on its Web site the average grades in academic programs, to provide context and to thwart grade inflation.

Prominent Scholar Was Banned From Rutgers Campus

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT

A dispute involving an evolutionary theorist escalated from claims of fraud to accusations of violent behavior.

Georgetown U. Adjuncts Vote to Unionize

Fri, 03 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT

The result was a major victory for the Service Employees International Union's effort to organize the instructors across the Washington, D.C., area.

As Adjuncts See Their Hours Cut, Some Are Fighting Back

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:56:00 EDT

Some colleges are limiting work hours before a new health law takes effect. In Michigan, that led to a labor complaint. National groups are speaking up, too.

California Faculty Union Accuses College Accreditor of Violating Laws

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:56:00 EDT

A complaint faults the accreditor's actions at the City College of San Francisco and other community colleges throughout the state.

Students May Be Reading Plenty, but Not for Class

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:56:00 EDT

More than 40 percent of the time students spend reading is on social media, a new study finds.

Agency and Consortium Seek to Increase Academic Hiring of People With Disabilities

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:00:00 EDT

An office in the Labor Department and a nonprofit group are teaming up to improve employment opportunities in higher education for people with disabilities.

Parents' Education Level Is Weak Predictor of Students' Learning Habits, Study Finds

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT

Students whose parents earned baccalaureate degrees were the least likely to engage in deep learning.

Are Graduate Schools Ready for MOOCs?

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:00 EDT

Admissions officers at the annual meeting of Nagap, the Association for Graduate Enrollment Management, discuss the pros and cons of massive open online courses.

U. of Central Florida Places Instructor on Leave for 'Killing Spree' Comment

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:32:00 EDT

The accounting lecturer expressed regret and said it was a joke, but the campus police are investigating.

Higher-Education Groups Split Over Workplace-Retaliation Case at Supreme Court

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:55:00 EDT

In a lawsuit involving a former medical professor in Texas, each side is arguing that the position espoused by the other threatens academic freedom.

A Trove of Darwin's Correspondence Is Published Online

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:55:00 EDT

Charles Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker exchanged some 1,200 letters over the course of 40 years. Now the correspondence is available online.

U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Plans to Add 500 Full-Time Professors

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:55:00 EDT

The hiring over the next five to seven years will attempt to restore the size of the university's faculty to around its level in 2007, before the recession hit.

Professors at Montana State U. at Bozeman Vote to Scrap Their Union

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:56:00 EDT

In a close election, tenured and tenure-track faculty members decertified their bargaining unit. Separate units for adjuncts and graduate students remain intact.