Faculty

Faculty
Xiaoling Shi, an Asian woman with dark hair wearing dangly earrings.
Why Did Allegheny Cut Its Chinese Program?
Sep 02, 2022
With little other information, the program’s lone tenured—now terminated—professor wonders if it’s about anti-Asian bias.

Recent Articles

Bar charts showing tenure-track, non-tenure-track, and other history job listings over the years.
History Hiring in the Pandemic
A mixed-gender group of scientists wearing white coats look at a display of results.
The Case for Gender-Diverse Research Teams
Two people wearing masks confer.
Fall’s Mask Mandate Outlook
The Power of Peer Interaction
Nov 03, 2020
New study shows student learning suffered during the switch to remote instruction last spring, but that small group activities helped reduce this loss.

Surveys

Going Through the Motions? The 2015 Survey of Faculty Workplace Engagement

Oct. 23, 2015 -- Inside Higher Ed's 2015 Survey of College and University Faculty Workplace Engagement is a new survey exploring professors' views on how engaged they are. The survey was conducted in conjunction with researchers from Gallup.

A copy of the report can be downloaded here.

On Thursday, Nov. 19, Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman conducted a webinar analyzing the survey's findings and answering readers' questions. To view the webinar, please click here.

The survey was made possible in part by financial support from TIAA-CREF.

Booklets

Evolving Faculty Careers

"Evolving Faculty Careers" is Inside Higher Ed's new print-on-demand booklet.

The compilation of articles can be downloaded, free, here.

On Thursday, April 12, Inside Higher Ed's editors presented a free webcast to discuss the themes of the booklet. You may view a recording of the webcast here.

This booklet was made possible in part by the advertising support of Top Hat.

Archive

Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?
September 2, 2022
With little other information, the program’s lone tenured—now terminated—professor wonders if it’s about anti-Asian bias.
History hiring in the pandemic
August 31, 2022
New report from the American Historical Association shows that job ads, a proxy for faculty hiring, declined dramatically in 2020–21 but have started to rebound. The long-term outlook remains sobering.
The case for gender-diverse research teams
August 30, 2022
Study finds that male-female research teams produce more innovative, impactful research than all-male or all-female teams, and the more gender-balanced the diverse teams are, the better.
COVID-19 masking policies for fall are all over the place
August 29, 2022
COVID-19 masking policies for fall are all over the place. Disability advocates worry about what it all means for diversity and inclusion, though U of Pittsburgh has negotiated a new way to accommodate high-risk faculty members.
Claremont McKenna denies professor's account of censorship
August 25, 2022
A professor at Claremont McKenna accuses it of violating his academic freedom, but the college pokes holes in his story. Beyond these competing narratives, how should colleges respond to student complaints about professors quoting racial slurs in class?
Public health backlash to Dr. Leana Wen talk on backlash
August 23, 2022
Members object to American Public Health Association’s speaker invite to Dr. Leana Wen, revealing deep divisions in the field over the COVID-19 response.
White nationalist enters historians' debate on presentism
August 22, 2022
History column leads to lockdown of American Historical Association’s Twitter account. What happened?
UC Santa Cruz grad student targeted for trans activism
August 19, 2022
U of California, Santa Cruz, faces online mobbing over a trans student’s controversial activism.
Why did U of Florida suddenly fire its honors director?
August 16, 2022
Why did the University of Florida suddenly fire its honors program director?
Paper on masturbation raises eyebrows and red flags
August 15, 2022
Now-removed paper on masturbation sets social media ablaze and triggers inquiries, not necessarily because it’s shocking but because it raises ethical and quality concerns.

Pages

Archive

The power of active learning during remote instruction
November 3, 2020

New study shows student learning suffered during the switch to remote instruction last spring, but that small group activities helped reduce this loss.

Topics

Trending Stories

Most Shared Stories

Back to Top