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Humanities at the Airport
Christopher Schaberg explores what, if anything, academe can do about the distinct knots of negativity that airports have become known for.
German Universities Oppose Plan to Compete on Teaching Quality
But plan could still go forward.
Newly Tenured … at Agnes Scott, Bates, Carleton, Kenyon, Michigan Technological U, Middlebury, Mount Saint Mary's, Quinnipiac, U Hartford, U San Francisco, Wagner
Agnes Scott College Yael Manes, history Nicole Stamant, English Jason Solomon, music Bates College Jason Castro, neuroscience Caroline Shaw, history...
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Assistant Professors Have Rights, Too
New York judge says Yeshiva University, based on its own policies, can't terminate tenure-track professors for financial reasons.
How the Hoax Got Published
Publisher blames faulty peer review and automated system for forwarding articles from one journal to another to explain publication of piece on the male organ as a concept rather than anatomy.
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When a Court Overturns a Tenure Decision
Court vacates a tenure denial by Cornell, finding that the university denied basic due process over allegations that were rejected or never proven. Supporters say an important researcher is having his career stymied.
No Suspensions Seen at Middlebury
College finishes disciplinary processes related to Charles Murray visit and its disruption. Local police will not bring charges against anyone for attack on a professor.
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Digital Folklore?
Scott McLemee has found most recently published books on digital discourse -- memes, tweeting and other modes of contemporary communication -- hard to keep reading. The exception is Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner’s The Ambivalent Internet.