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Newly Tenured… at Arkansas State, Central, Middlebury, Muhlenberg, Northeastern Illinois, Sacred Heart, Widener
Arkansas State University Claire Abernathy, theater Rejoice Addae, social work Than J. Boves, wildlife ecology Michael Bowman, media J. Justin...
AAUP Censure for Nebraska
AAUP censures Nebraska-Lincoln for alleged violations of academic freedom in Courtney Lawton case. Iowa and Stillman removed from lists of sanctioned and censured institutions.
A Journal Implodes
Promising open-access anthropology publication abandons its business model and faces criticism over allegations that top editor and others created toxic environment.
No Consensus on Free Speech
Discussions at AAUP annual meeting show range of views.
Opinion
Crown of Creation
Scott McLemee reviews Michael Ohl’s The Art of Naming, which explores some of the one million animal species that have been identified.
Dividing World History
Another AP history exam comes under scrutiny, with critics saying a proposed rewrite of the AP World History exam, focusing on events after 1450, is too Eurocentric.
Opinion
An Inside Look at Why Accreditation Works
Describing his service on a voluntary visiting team, Bob Ubell defends regional accreditation as a form of “deliberative democracy” and urges us not to hand it over to a federal education police force.
Harassment Unchecked
National Academies report says sexual harassment is costly to science and that compliance-based approaches to curbing it don't work. Promoting civility and otherwise managing research and learning climates is more effective, it says.