In my 37 years at Virginia Tech, I have served in many faculty roles – chemistry professor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, acting dean for the graduate school, department chair of the ...

Faculty members feeling besieged by, well, take your pick -- increased scrutiny of their productivity and the relevance of their research; broadsides against tenure; attacks on their expertise and ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Amid continuing debate, and sometimes disagreement, about the value and wisdom of measuring student ...

A remake of The Faculty is officially in the works. Released in 1998, The Faculty is a science fiction horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Scream’s Kevin Williamson. The movie ...

Note: Previous essays in “The Provost Files” series have looked at how to hire deans, do’s and don’ts for new provosts, and leadership styles. The provost’s authority on college campuses has narrowed ...

Appointment of University faculty is an elaborate process involving several stakeholders, including faculty within their specific departments, the Dean of the Faculty, and other members of the ...

A s many observers have pointed out, the “Great Resignation” doesn’t perfectly capture what’s happening in the U.S. labor market. Data suggest many people, especially those with jobs in fields like ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: In the late 1990s, just as the horror genre was threatening to get stale after the ’80s over-indulged on slashers, there came one movie that reinvigorated the genre with ...

As the mental health care provider shortage continues throughout the United States, faculty and staff at higher education institutions feel increasingly responsible for students’ mental health and ...