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Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose ‘Overreach’
Faculty members are opposing what they consider encroachments from three sources: the state Legislature, the UNC Board of Governors and the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees itself.
A Free Speech Violation or Overdue Discipline?
A tenured professor at Bakersfield College says district leaders are firing him for expressing conservative views. College administrators dispute that and cite a long list of charges.
Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science
Reviewing decades of studies, researchers with “adversarial” perspectives conclude that tenure-track women and men in STEM receive comparable grant funding, journal acceptances and recommendation letters—and that women have an edge over men in hiring.
Readying Students for the AI Revolution
To prepare students for coming changes in the workforce, we are recommitting to three pedagogical practices, Molly Vollman Makris, Nate Mickelson and Ryan Coughlan write.
British Scholars Split on Funds From Russia
Law firms offer money to experts who can say a person isn’t close enough to Putin to justify sanctions.
‘The Floating University’
In 1926, an NYU professor took 500 students on a tour around the world. Now a professor considers what they learned—and what they didn’t learn—on the voyage.
New College Board Denies Tenure for 5 Professors
In the latest maneuver to remake higher ed in the vision of Ron DeSantis, New College of Florida trustees voted to deny tenure to five applicants due to “extraordinary circumstances.”
‘We’re Not Slowing Down,’ Student Workers Say
Undergraduate workers are winning collective bargaining rights, making student unions increasingly common. They’re driven by the pandemic, pro-union sentiment and each other.