By Colleen Flaherty. Roxanne Vaughan, a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of North Dakota, is reportedly “under fire” over a misinterpreted Facebook comment about Ananya Vinay, the 12-year-old winner of the 2017 U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Federal appeals court revives professor’s case against Texas Tech, which he says retaliated against him over his anti-tenure views. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals this week affirmed a 2015 jury verdict that awarded $4.85 million to Beverly Wilkins, a former instructor of education at historically black Harris-Stowe State University who claimed she was fired because she is white, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. New study of faculty members with mental health issues finds they disclose conditions selectively to trusted colleagues but are less trusting of and have worse reactions from staff members whose job it is to help them. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. In a unanimous decision, the National Labor Relations Board this week ordered the University of Southern California to recognize and engage in collective bargaining with the non-tenure-track faculty union at its Roski School of Art and Design. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Barnard English instructor of 17 years, who helped bring a union to campus, no longer has a job there, and she blames the contract for allowing it. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. “Authentic” professors are preferred by students, many of whom learn more from them as a result, according to a new study in Communication Education, the journal of the National Communication Association. The authors questioned some 300 college students on their perceptions of professors’ authentic and inauthentic behavior and communication, and found that authentic instructors were perceived as approachable, passionate, attentive, capable and knowledgeable. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Why did Fresno State cancel a search for a professorship named after Edward Said? University says procedural errors occurred, but scholars say it didn't like the pool of Middle Eastern finalists with Palestinian research portfolios. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. A Princeton professor who recently criticized Trump in a commencement speech cancels planned public speaking events, saying she's received death threats for her comments. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The Association of American Universities, which works, in part, to improve math, science, engineering and technology education for undergraduates, this week released a report on “Essential Questions and Data Sources for Continuous Improvement of Undergraduate STEM Teaching and Learning.” More...