By Lindsay McKenzie. A Purdue University pilot program that blocked access to Netflix and other streaming sites in lecture halls is being rolled out across all academic spaces on campus. More...

A menu of programs and supports could help draw and keep top talent, writes Kay Kimball Gruder, who offers some specific suggestions. More...

While such visits are unpredictable, both the candidate and the host can do a few things to be prepared for the unexpected, a junior professor advises. More...

Social media attacks can terrify and paralyze us. Aggressors aim to silence, shame, humiliate, bully, intimidate, threaten, terrorize and virtually destroy their human target. More...

With simply not enough academic careers for the high numbers of Ph.D. graduates, universities must equip students for a variety of careers outside higher education, argues Amy Loriaux. More...

A core curriculum must be institutionalized and mandated for all students, argues Daisy Verduzco Reyes. More...

Unfortunately, many people still have backward ideas about the ability of women to succeed in academe after having children, writes Terri E. Givens. More...

What professional development experience, Kiernan Mathews asks, would compel chief academic officers to leave their work (and families) behind to become better leaders. More...

An English professor laments the downsizing of liberal arts and humanities programs and departments by college administrators bent on promoting more "job-oriented" disciplines. More...

Grad school brings its own anxieties, and when they are weighing you down, a retreat may be what you need, counsels Victoria McGovern. More...