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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.
Postdocs Unionize at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
‘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.
Belmont University Permits Hiring Interfaith Faculty
The faith-based university in Tennessee has taken another step away from its longstanding tradition of hiring only Christian professors. Existing faculty are expected to have mixed reactions.
University of Washington Academic Student Workers Get Deal, Halt Strike
Life Prep 101
College’s hidden curriculum’s essential role in preparing students for life post-graduation.
Harvard Has No University-Wide Senate—Professors Are Proposing One
Amid attacks in multiple states on shared governance, faculty members seek to strengthen their role at America’s oldest higher education institution.