The Faculty Senate at American University has passed a resolution affirming the importance of academic freedom and questioning the use of "trigger warnings" that alert students to books or other materials that may be offensive or upsetting to them. Read more...

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether ITT Educational Services defrauded the federal government, the company disclosed Monday. Read more...

Dartmouth College will no longer be need blind in admitting international students, starting with the next admitted class (the class of 2020). Read more...

By Joseph Barber. Over the past 12 months, members of the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) from a wide range of academic institutions have been writing posts for this blog on Inside Higher Ed. Read more...

By Rena Seltzer. Pulled in too many directions? Conflicting roles may be holding you back. Read more...

By Sonja K. Foss and William Waters. Your relationship with your dissertation adviser affects the kind of dissertation you write, your experience while doing it, the time it takes to complete it and your career options once it is done. Read more...

By Sonja K. Foss and William Waters. You have decided that you want to take a trip. But where to? You begin to narrow the options almost immediately because of your own preferences and the constraints of time and money. Read more...

By Kerry Ann Rockquemore. The president of our college recently told someone who got tenure to try not to fall into “posttenure depression.” Within the same week, another colleague said the same thing to him. Read more...

By Melissa Dennihy. For tenure-track faculty at many institutions, the pressure to publish is high, as a successful record of publications is often crucial to getting tenure. Read more...

By Christina Berchini. I am a junior scholar with a secret: I enjoy Masterpiece Theatre’s British period drama Downton Abbey. Actually, “enjoy” is quite the understatement. And this is a very, very difficult thing for me to admit publicly. Read more...