By Colleen Flaherty. Drexel University agreed to pay the government $189,000 in a federal case involving a former professor who allegedly spent his grant money at strip clubs and sports bars in Philadelphia, the Associated Press reported. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The Faculty Senate at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln last week approved clarifications to the process by which professors may be dismissed, the Lincoln Journal-Star reported. The changes stem from the controversial 2017 dismissal of Courtney Lawton, a graduate student and lecturer in English who was filmed protesting and flipping off a member of the campus chapter of the political group Turning Point USA. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. About 20 instructors at the University of California, Merced, hold the new title of teaching professor this term. The university says that these professors are part of a faculty group called lecturers with potential security of employment. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Non-tenure-track faculty members and allies urge UC Irvine to grant long-serving lecturer paid medical leave following brain surgery. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. North Carolina State University suspended David Davis, a research associate professor of physics, who allegedly said that the women in his class were “useless” earlier this week when they didn’t have answers to his questions. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Students at NYU and Rutgers are asking why professors who've been found to have behaved inappropriately with students were welcomed to campus this semester. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. When we think about academic misconduct, we tend to think about misrepresentation of research findings or plagiarism. But a new study says that misrepresentation of academic achievements on CVs is a problem requiring attention, too. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. A National Science Foundation-funded study of the annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring found that 85 percent of participants say it was extremely important to their academic and professional success. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. What’s the future of the scholarly monograph? Oxford and Cambridge University Presses announced the results of their joint global survey on that question Tuesday. More...