By Colleen Flaherty. It started with a question on a quiz: “Historical research on African-American families during slavery shows that …” A student took exception to what her instructor said was the correct answer, an email exchange ensued and things escalated. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The case for student evaluations of teaching is obvious: students are (hopefully) at each class session, with a front-row seat to the good, the bad and the ugly of instruction. They may also have clear goals about what they want from a course. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. With the future of Mills College’s philosophy department threatened, more than two dozen philosophers from other women’s colleges are asking Mills to abandon a plan to lay off two tenured professors and shutter the unit. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Professor’s essay about the original color of classical statues is mocked by conservative websites -- and then she receives online threats. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. AAUP, with some dissent, lifts censure of Illinois over Salaita case. Spalding U and Community College of Aurora are added for what association sees as violations of academic freedom. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Scholar who is popular speaker nationwide is ousted from center directorship and resigns faculty job at Ohio State, amid allegations of misconduct. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Essex County College allegedly suspends a communications adjunct for comments about race on Fox News, but she’s fighting back with the tools of her trade. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Three years after a major report revealed the scope of academic fraud at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- 3,100 students over two decades, many of them athletes -- some allege the university may still be trying to cover it up. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Modern Language Association taps Paula Krebs, dean at Bridgewater State and longtime humanities advocate, as new executive director. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. New analysis suggests that age bias is at play in a reduction of federal funding to early-career researchers and recommends addressing it by redirecting grant monies. More...