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Student Wellness Tip: Incorporate Exercise Breaks Into Lecture Classes
Research shows exercise can help students refocus during long periods of learning. A new study finds it can be done in a practical way to benefit student attention and peer engagement.
How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?
As colleges relax the rules to account for students’ real struggles, David Galef asks when accommodations may go too far.
MIT Will Stop Asking Faculty Applicants for Diversity Statements
Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments will no longer ask for diversity statements as part of applications for faculty positions, the...
3 Academics Win Pulitzer Prizes for the Arts
Three academics at American universities were among Monday’s winners of 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for their literary or musical achievements, as...
Academic Success Tip: Infusing AI into Curricular Offerings
Faculty members have created special courses and assignments around generative artificial intelligence to prepare students for their lives after college.
Will Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech Survive?
Faculty and free expression groups are sounding alarms about threatened limitations and crackdowns on professors’ speech and student protests.
Tenure and Promotion Barriers Persist for Women, Faculty of Color
The number of women and people of color on the tenure track has increased over the past seven years, but...
Faculty Sues Hudson Valley Community College Over Safety Report
The faculty union at Hudson Valley Community College recently sued the college, its president, board and the surrounding county after...