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Newly Tenured… at Cedar Crest, Emporia State, Lawrence, Quinnipiac
Cedar Crest College Christine Lombardo-Zaun, business Emporia State University Heather Caswell, elementary education, early childhood and special education Dan Colson...
Harassment, Humiliation and Sexism, Ignored for Years
At Utah State, one professor is out and reforms are pledged for a piano program where misconduct was tolerated.
Closing a Confucius Institute, at Congressmen's Request
After two congressmen write to Texas A&M raising concerns that the Chinese-government backed Confucius Institutes are platforms for political propaganda and espionage, Texas A&M says it will close them.
Confederate Sympathizer on Blast
Florida Atlantic professor faces opposition from students after his essays blaming "black supremacy" for slavery and generally defending the Confederacy surface.
Artistic Expression or Harassment?
Two professors resign from MassArt following harassment allegations. Are art schools taking a harder line against professors in era of Me Too? Are academic and artistic freedom at risk?
‘Losing Hearts and Minds’
Tens of thousands of Iranian students studied in the U.S. in the 1970s. New book tells how they helped unsettle the diplomatic relationship between Washington and Tehran in lead-up to Iranian Revolution.
Opinion
The Impatient Patient
Scott McLemee explores Barbara Ehrenreich’s Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer.