Gay studies

Study suggests faculty members are disproportionately likely to be gay

Submitted by Colleen Flaherty on January 26, 2016 - 3:00am
Section: 
Diversity

A new analysis suggests that's the case, and that academic work -- at once solitary and social in nature -- makes it particularly attractive to those who are not straight.

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U of Arizona emphasizes transgender studies

Submitted by Maxine Joselow on June 22, 2016 - 3:00am
Section: 
Diversity
Teaching and Learning

University of Arizona has added faculty lines and a journal, and is planning a major conference and a master's program.

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New minor in gay studies faces political attacks in Louisiana

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on July 16, 2012 - 3:00am
Section: 
Diversity

University of Louisiana at Lafayette faces backlash over the first minor of its kind in the state.

Book explores targeting of gay students and faculty by Florida legislators

Submitted by Mitch Smith on April 27, 2012 - 3:00am
Section: 
New Books About Higher Education

A new book explores a Florida legislative committee that targeted gay students and professors in the 1950s and '60s.

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Fighting a Distortion of Research

Submitted by Paul D. Thacker on December 19, 2006 - 4:00am
Carol Gilligan was outraged to see an anti-gay leader use her scholarship for a cause she abhors, so she's fighting back -- on YouTube.

ROTC Debate Renewed

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on September 17, 2008 - 4:00am
Remarks by presidential candidates draw attention to issue at Columbia and elsewhere, but whether anything will change remains to be seen.

Larry Kramer Questions Gay Studies

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on April 28, 2009 - 3:00am
Author/activist offers scathing critique of Yale program he helped build and of discipline, arguing that history would have been a better focus than theory and gender studies.

Return to the Silo

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on April 18, 2011 - 3:00am
Over faculty objections, Temple is forcing its interdisciplinary programs into traditional disciplines.
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