By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. Ongoing political interference in the appointments of university leaders in South Korea risks destroying trust between scientists and the government and hampering the country’s progress on research performance, academics have warned. More...

Kids and academic life complement and enrich each other in lovely, unexpected ways, writes Kyle Sebastian Vitale. More...

It is crucial in a vibrant academic unit, and you can cultivate it in some specific ways, advise Elizabeth A. Luckman, C. K. Gunsalus, Nicholas C. Burbules and Robert A. Easter. More...

When a professor saw herself heading toward the jaded attitude she'd noticed in senior colleagues, she decided she had two choices. More...

Paul S. Merritt provides an insider’s perspective as to how colleges can structure such teaching positions to provide the best experience for both students and faculty members. More...

Can providers of massive open online courses achieve their goal of educating the most possible people when their offerings are overwhelmingly in English? No, Roberto Rey Agudo argues. More...

Like every other historian in higher education, I followed with rapt attention the reactions to a recent study about the declining number of history majors. More...

Nivine Megahed describes how three-quarters of her institution's students must verify their financial aid applications -- and the toll it has taken on them. More...