The university system dropped proposed language saying teaching “clearly unrelated to the course description” wouldn’t be protected. The AAUP remained opposed.
For the next little while on College Admissions Insider, we're doing a deep dive into academic disciplines one episode at a time. So far, we've covered sciences, mathematics, the arts, and humanities.
I wasn’t a frat guy in college. I was pretty much the opposite of a frat guy. But as I’ve slowly come to understand more about my own discipline, and the workings of academic life in general, I’ve ...
University Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 argued for the value and necessity of academic disciplines, while also encouraging interdisciplinary efforts, at the Mahindra Humanities Center’s second ...
A new UNC System definition of “academic freedom” received unanimous approval from the system’s Board of Governors university governance committee on Wednesday, impacting the state’s 17 public ...
There are so many important choices you'll make in college: which hall to live in, what to eat, how many extracurriculars to join. But most crucial is the decision of what you'll study. For the next ...
I t’s no secret that faculty members are effectively earning less than they did 20 years ago, and fewer of them are on the tenure track. But a new analysis from the College and University Professional ...
‘Why do institutions, religion, culture, family structures, and conventions influence people’s decisions more than laws alone? These are some fundamental concerns in the academic discipline of social ...