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Benefits Options for Adjuncts
AFT and Freelancers Union announce plan to give those off the tenure track the ability to buy insurance through groups, rather than individually.
Opinion
The Power of Grad Students
Even in challenging times for higher education, unions representing teaching assistants are achieving important victories that help many others in academe, writes Asad Haider.
Are the Stars Sexist?
Elite male biologists are less likely than other male biology researchers to hire female grad students and postdocs for their labs, study finds.
Not Interested in Koch Money
Brooklyn College professor accuses administrators, allegedly afraid of controversy involving the foundation of the brothers who bankroll many conservative politicians, of passing on a chance at millions.
Holding Off on Gay Faculty
Pressure grows at Mennonite institutions to end ban on hiring non-straight professors. Eastern Mennonite U., which many hoped was about to shift, declines to do so. But it leaves in place suspension of policy.
Smile! You're (Not) on Camera!
Historians group prohibits hiring committees from recording job interviews at hiring annual conference.
Opinion
The Economics of Prestige
CUNY's hiring of Paul Krugman was seen as a coup, but James Hoff doesn't think public universities should be spending big bucks on stars who won't do much teaching.
The Prestige Payoff
Study documents impact of attending an elite doctoral program on faculty members' careers.