By Colleen Flaherty. A study says smooth-talking professors can lull students into thinking they've learned more than they actually have -- potentially at the expense of active learning. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Columbia says a historian's acclaimed book on North Korea was plagiarized, and its publisher says it's been taken out of print. More...

About 18 months ago, I defended my humanities dissertation and took a tenure-track job. More...

Jo Guldi learns a lesson from students who embrace the challenge of high academic standards. More...

Jennifer M. Gómez writes of her tendency as a new faculty member of color to highlight the systemic wrongs she's experienced while ignoring the potential for change her position now allows. More...

Thanks to the efforts of the software salesforce, almost every request a faculty member used to make simply and in seconds is now unnecessarily complicated, argues Jacqueline Foertsch. More...

Far too often, researchers’ scholarly and creative achievements simply become lines on curriculum vitae, argue Scott Slovic and Janet E. Nelson, who offer recommendations for change. More...

Academe’s devolution into online and contingent labor has already caused many changes to the college work environment. More...