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Tenure Extensions Were Popular Amid the Pandemic. That May Not Be Good.
Colleges gave tenure candidates more time due to COVID-19. Women, who may be more likely to fall behind due to extensions, reported more disruption to their research than men.
Doxing Truck Targets Boulder Faculty Members
A Cure for Humanities Deficiency Syndrome
To help save the humanities, consider one-credit “co-labs” attached to STEM courses, Rachel Wheeler writes.
‘A Roller-Coaster Ride From Start to Finish’
Former Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks discusses his forthright new book, which recounts a tumultuous career in higher education on both coasts.
New Unions Represent Over 40K Grad Students, Postdocs, Researchers
In Defense of the Morality of Citation
Giving credit where it’s due is a moral issue, Susan D. Blum writes.
Can an Academic Discipline Exhaust Itself?
Has U.S. history as an innovative field of academic research reached an endpoint? If so, where should junior scholars go from here?
Why Did the Cal State Strike End After Just 1 Day?
California State University’s systemwide strike quickly ended with a tentative agreement. Some faculty members are urging a no vote on what union leaders say is an “excellent” deal.