Academe Today

Novel Twist

John Grisham’s Latest Villain? For-Profit Colleges

With a novel about a shady law school and the student-debt crisis, the best-selling fiction writer could shape popular views of higher-education policy.

Audio

A Candid Conversation With the Author on His New Legal Thriller

John Grisham has found a new bad guy: The for-profit college industry. Hear an interview with the best-selling author.

Faculty

Shadowy ‘Professor’ Is at the Center of the Latest Revelation in the Trump-Russia Probe

Court documents allege that an unnamed professor may have been a go-between for an adviser to the Trump presidential campaign and the Russian government.

Technology

What’s the Ideal Mix of Online and Face-to-Face Classes?

For community-college students, the answer might be three in-person courses and two online ones, according to new research.

Student Success

How to Help Disadvantaged Students Reach the Middle Class

A higher-education summit brings together influential educators to plot strategies for lifting college-completion rates.

Teaching

Demand for Pilots Sparks Instructor Shortage at Colleges’ Flight Programs

Regional airlines are looking to hire students as quickly as possible. The only problem is that they’re hiring instructors too.

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Commentary

The Pernicious Silencing of the Adjunct Faculty

The tenuousness of their job security does no good for either teaching or learning. That’s bad for every American.

Lingua Franca

Saints and Souls

Allan Metcalf looks for the religious origins of today’s holiday.

The Two-Year Track

The Kids Are Still Alright

Maybe it’s your own generational bias that is getting in the way of appreciating today’s undergraduates.

The Professor Is In

Help! I’m on a Search

One year you’re a candidate, and the next you’re on a hiring committee. How to manage the abrupt transition.