The Workplace

After a three-week-old walkout by 1,800 part-time faculty members, the university also demanded that full-timers certify they are working. Meanwhile, angry parents are threatening a lawsuit.

The professoriate isn’t transforming quickly enough to match the shifting racial demographics of the United States, a study finds.

Across the University of California, students and professors aren’t sure how they’ll get through the end of the term.

Some scholars are concerned that labs will have to cut positions if the increased costs have to come out of grant money.

Research on professors’ well-being trailed off after the first year or two of Covid. But a new study suggests their stress levels remain high.

Marie Lynn Miranda, former provost of the University of Notre Dame, has been named chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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A new chair seeks advice on how to be an effective supervisor of department staff members.

Sally A. Kornbluth, provost of Duke University, has been named president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Term-limited lectureships give scholars a taste of academic life — then yank it away.