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How to Kill Innovation: The Florida ‘Master Plan’
Attacks on institutional autonomy, academic freedom and tenure, and diversity initiatives undermine the climate for innovation, Michael Lanford and William G. Tierney write.
Monthlong Temple Strike Enters Possibly Pressing Week
This week looms large, with a possible no-confidence vote for university administrators and public dissent within the graduate student workers’ union.
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Building Up Books
New guidelines aim to make peer review more inclusive while also acknowledging the stresses on the peer-review process, Andrew Berzanskis, Jane Bunker and Rebecca Colesworthy write.
Tenure Awarded… at Muhlenberg, WPI
Muhlenberg College Andrew Ardizzoia, music Giancarlo Cuadra, biology Matthieu de Wit, neuroscience Tineke D’Haeseleer, history Alexandra Frazer, psychology Worcester Polytechnic...
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Reclaiming Subjectivity: A Report to an Academy
Philip Weinstein considers what STEM can’t teach us—and literature can.
New Programs: Business, School Counseling, Human-Centered Design
Indiana Wesleyan University is starting a certificate program in essential business practices. Sacred Heart University is starting a master of...
Middle East Conflict, in Chicago
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago is protesting a retired Israeli general teaching a counterterrorism course about Israel. An Israel-defending organization wants Chicago to condemn a broader campaign.
Should Outgoing Presidents Have Hiring Powers?
Ruth Simmons left Prairie View A&M early over limits to her authority in hiring decisions. Deferring such powers to new presidents is a common practice but often not a set policy.