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Study: Gender Gaps Persist for Female Scientists
Former U. of Arizona Student Convicted of Killing Professor
UC Academic Workers Strike Over Pro-Palestinian Protest Arrests
A walkout at the University of California, Santa Cruz could spread to other campuses in the state. The university system is calling the strike “illegal.”
Rethinking Respect
Colleges can help students cultivate civic respect—a value more easily affirmed than granted in our polarized climate, Jeff Spinner-Halev and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse write.
Postdocs Unionize at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Why Faculty Should Randomize Grading Order
Research from the University of Michigan finds sequential grading biases impact students with alphabetically lower last names, due in part to LMS default ordering. Here’s what professors can do about it.
‘Notice Is Not Required’: Letter Says UNC Chapel Hill Secretly Records Professors
A business school professor was startled to learn that the university had recorded his classes as part of a ‘review’ he didn’t know about. The university says it has no formal policy on filming classes. Professors are worried.
Belmont University Permits Hiring Interfaith Faculty
The faith-based university in Tennessee has taken another step away from its longstanding tradition of hiring only Christian professors. Existing faculty are expected to have mixed reactions.