What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was ...

It is the responsibility of the faculty member’s peers to evaluate the candidate's teaching, scholarship, and service contributions and to determine if the faculty member should receive a positive ...

Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour. Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains ...

Teacher tenure is the set of due process rights that include a system of layoffs based on seniority and protections from arbitrary firing. California is one of a half-dozen states that award tenure ...

In March of 2020, in response to the unprecedented disruption to higher education caused by the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, Northwestern University provided an automatic one-year extension to the ...

Zimbabwean black farmers who benefitted from land seizures more than two decades ago will have their 99-year leases converted to tenure, allowing them to sell the property, a cabinet minister said.

Despite a recent flurry of travel and fiery speeches championing Democratic issues, Cardona’s uneven tenure has clouded his prospects to influence the education industry or a potential Harris ...

An interview between CNN host Kaitlan Collins and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) became tense on Tuesday after Cotton repeatedly laid into Collins and accused her of misrepresenting a Senate vote to ...

Ron DeSantis, requiring universities to review professors who have tenure every five years. It's part of a push by Republicans in the state against what they say is a liberal bias in higher education.

A largely cloudy start this morning with a few scattered showers in places. The cloud will break up into the afternoon to allow some sunny spells to develop, but there will be further showers ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called Vice President Harris “the ayatollahs’ handpicked candidate’ in an interview on Sunday morning. “From the very beginning, they’ve appeased and conciliated ...

Shifting consumer demands, advancing technology, and increased accountability bring personal and professional challenges that can threaten your tenure. But by prioritizing your personal well-being ...