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Opinion
Writing for Wider Audiences: Structural Challenges for Scholars
Institutional incentives (and barriers) are major reasons why more professors don’t try to bring their ideas to the public, Danielle Cooper and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg argue.
Opinion
We Don’t Need No Stinking Thought Leaders
Despite Daniel Drezner’s arguments to the contrary, now is not the “worst of times” for public intellectuals, Jonathan Marks argues.
Samford Refuses Baptist Funding
Avoiding rebuke of conservative donors, Samford declines to give LGBTQ-oriented group recognition, but gives up funding from Alabama Baptist State Convention.
Opinion
Dude, Women Know Stuff
New paper explains effort to fight gender bias in political science, and, perhaps, in other disciplines as well.
White Supremacy Spillover
Some University of Virginia students are fearful that nearby white supremacist activity will encroach on campus.
Flip-Flop on Church and State
East Central University, facing complaint, agrees to remove religious symbols from chapel. But after criticism, institution halts the removal.
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Student-Evaluated Out of Tenure
American U scholar says provost cherry-picked negative student ratings of her teaching to deny her a promotion
The Bias That a College Ignores?
Lawsuit charges San Francisco State allowed anti-Jewish discrimination, not intervening when events were disrupted, and that some students feel scared to walk around campus.