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New York University’s decision not to renew the faculty member’s contract became national news. The professor, Maitland Jones Jr., has a few thoughts on what happened.

The case of an NYU organic-chemistry professor centers on one of teaching’s thorny questions.

Punitive attendance politics and inflexible deadlines make students’ lives needlessly difficult.

A study of fairness and bias in tenure and promotion suggests that some candidates are spurned for reasons beyond their control.

For some of us, at a certain stage of our careers, the chair’s job is no longer something to dread or apologize for. It’s a “scholarly gift” we give to our colleagues.

Here’s how a professor and experienced public speaker has learned to deal with the academic version of stage fright.

“It remains more of an open question than those of us who are academics would like it to be,” one expert said.

Here’s how to make time for your manuscript during the academic year.

Online programs can churn out decent papers on the cheap. What now?

A professor walked away from academe and his tenured position in 2021. Here’s where he landed.