Although leadership upheaval has become the norm in higher education during the last three years, very few pundits could have dreamed up the potential cosmic transfer of power announced by a Nebraska senator on Thursday. That man, prominent Republican Ben Sasse, said he will quit his post in Congress to become the next president at […]
Day after day this semester, gun violence has gripped the city of Philadelphia in areas just outside Temple University's campus. The headlines speak for themselves: "8-year-old girl grazed in the head by stray bullet from ambush shooting near Temple University" "Man shot during gun battle in McDonald's parking lot near Temple's campus" "Senseless: Fatal shooting […]
Faculty in higher education are only spending 13% of their time truly engaging with students but working more hours on other tasks, leading to increasing questions about their willingness to remain in their positions long term. A new Faces of Faculty survey of more than 1,000 professors and instructors by education technology provider Cengage raises […]
Research suggests a staggering amount of tenure-track faculty are produced by only a handful of institutions, resulting in increased inequality among the U.S. professoriate.
