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SAT's Racial Impact
Study finds that for applicants to U of California, race and ethnicity now influence scores more than family income and parental education levels. Could findings change debate over affirmative action?
Going Through the Motions? The 2015 Survey of Faculty Workplace Engagement
Employee engagement: it’s an important metric that can gauge how loyal and intrinsically interested people are in their work. So...
Enough Time for Justice
In wake of scandal, U of California will re-examine deadline for taking disciplinary actions against faculty members found guilty of harassment, pointing to larger debate over statute-of-limitation-like policies in such cases.
Putting Harassers on Notice
When Berkeley didn't fire an astronomer it found to have mistreated female students for years, his colleagues took steps to force him out.
Inflexible Partners and Women's Careers
Female academics are frequently blocked from international work, and the problem isn't children, study finds.
Eye of the Beholder
When it comes to judging evidence of gender bias in the sciences, is gender bias at play? A study involving university faculty members suggests it is.
Race and Slurs in the Classroom
A professor at Mount Holyoke asked his students to name slurs that might have been used against groups of which they are members. The college helped seven students switch sections, but now one student has gone public with the incident.
When Research Becomes Rape
The Anna Stubblefield case captivated academics when news first broke. But with her conviction of sexual assault of an intellectually disabled man, scholars disagree as to significance of case for disability studies.