To protect undergraduate education and increase the economic viability of our institutions, nontenurable faculty have to unionize, and unions should pour their money into organizing this growth market.
A new film -- Waiting for Superman -- will send shockwaves through the political debate on education and will force the issue for the November elections.
Whether it is through granting tenure to instructors or providing secure long-term contracts to teachers, it is clear that American higher education can only be saved if universities and colleges make instruction a central priority.
According to a new study (.pdf) done by Harvard's Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, male and female professors remain on an unlev...
For those looking to hold down a steady job as a professor, the U.S. Department of Education wants you to know that it just got a bit harder. Accordi...
The Los Angeles Unified School District and its unions are considering bringing a robust version of peer review to Los Angeles. They should -- it's a good idea.
Tom Morris visits with hard working philosopher, Shannon Eric Kincaid, Ph.D., author of a recently finished book, Jobs I've Had. Tom: Hi Shannon. At...
A professor granted tenure by Northeastern Illinois University got his doctorate from a school the federal government later labeled a "diploma mill," ...
After hearing about the horrific murders during a faculty meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, on February 12, it's only natural to wonder about the person suspected of causing such a tragedy.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — When a young woman in Massachusetts killed her brother with a shotgun blast in 1986, authorities waited more than a week to q...
Massad once called Israel a "Jewish and a racist state," and a student alleged that he demanded of an Israeli student, "How many Palestinians did you kill?"
Transforming the teaching profession into a merit-based system is an obvious first step toward reducing educational inequality.
It's important to understand that looking for the best is a self-defeating, misery-making strategy; that we should, in general, be looking for good enough, not the best.
