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Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. What Were Professors to Do?
Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow?
Editors of ‘Philosophy & Public Affairs’ Journal Resign En Masse
Study: Gender Gaps Persist for Female Scientists
Former U. of Arizona Student Convicted of Killing Professor
UC Academic Workers Strike Over Pro-Palestinian Protest Arrests
A walkout at the University of California, Santa Cruz could spread to other campuses in the state. The university system is calling the strike “illegal.”
Rethinking Respect
Colleges can help students cultivate civic respect—a value more easily affirmed than granted in our polarized climate, Jeff Spinner-Halev and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse write.
‘Notice Is Not Required’: Letter Says UNC Chapel Hill Secretly Records Professors
A business school professor was startled to learn that the university had recorded his classes as part of a ‘review’ he didn’t know about. The university says it has no formal policy on filming classes. Professors are worried.
Why Faculty Should Randomize Grading Order
Research from the University of Michigan finds sequential grading biases impact students with alphabetically lower last names, due in part to LMS default ordering. Here’s what professors can do about it.