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Has tenure outlived its usefulness?
It is heresy inside the academy to say such a thing, but absent some serious reforms, tenure deserves to go the way of the spinning wheel and the
It is heresy inside the academy to say such a thing, but absent some serious reforms, tenure deserves to go the way of the spinning wheel and the
ACTA's Emily Koons Jae and Bryan Paul recently sat down with Jenna Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, a nonprofit institute dedicated to improving higher education in North Carolina and the...
Last week, the North Dakota House of Representatives passed HB 1446, creating a pilot program which would provide for post-tenure review of faculty members at two universities. The bill will now head to the...
The nation owes Florida a vote of thanks. What happens on campus does […]
CHAPEL HILL — According to former UNC Chapel Hill trustee Charles Duckett, what […]
To the Editor: Your recent article covering the decision by the University of […]
In late January, the Kansas Board of Regents unanimously approved a policy that immediately went into effect and will stay in effect through the calendar year, permitting the state’s six public colleges and universities...
Intellectual diversity, that is. A new Pew Research Center study shows that those who have attended graduate school (i.e. the future professoriate) lean even farther to the left than those with only an undergraduate...
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