by Kathryn A. Higgins One day while I was waiting in line for my daily one free cup of coffee – a perquisite of my job of…
higher education
by Barbara Shelley College isn’t cool on the GOP campaign trail. First we had Mitt Romney accusing President Barack Obama of hanging out, at least metaphorically, in…
by P.D. Lesko President Obama came to Ann Arbor to tell the country that federal aid to colleges should be tied to tuition costs. Federal aid to…
by Anna Durrett The ability to go to college has long been held as a high water mark of success, so much so that an undergraduate degree…
By Jenny Ortiz Martial arts film star Bruce Lee has taught me that to be a good teacher, I have to remain a student. The best place to continue learning…
by P.D. Lesko John C. Cross and Edie Goldenberg have a new book out about adjuncts. Their book is titled The Ominous Rise of Adjuncts, and the…
Which of these sentences was spoken by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten at the recent annual conference of the National Center for the Study of…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Welcome back, Adjuncts! Does it feel welcome at your institution(s) of higher learning? My classes began this week at both schools - that's never…
by Steven Knapp Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus have written a lucid, passionate and wide-ranging book on the state of American higher education and what they…
Results are in from the Faculty Focus survey on Twitter usage and trends among college faculty. The survey of approximately 2,000 higher education professionals found that nearly…
