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Peer Review Should Be a Dance, Not a Duel

Frank Argote-Freyre and Christopher M. Bellitto offer ideas to help authors avoid time-wasting situations.

100-Plus Tufts Lecturers Strike for Better Pay

Some classes at Tufts University were canceled Monday and Tuesday as dozens of full-time lecturers carried out a two-day strike...
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Opinion

We Need New Ways to Protect Academic Freedom

Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin Sarat writes.

Fired for Making Porn, Joe Gow Sues for Reinstatement

After being fired twice, first from his chancellor post and then from his tenured faculty role at the University of...
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As Data Goes Off-Line Under Trump, Environmental Researchers Are Uploading Backups

A team of scholars has worked since November to archive resources that are valuable to themselves and the public—just in case they were taken down.

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Planning the Sabbatical You Need

The sabbatical you need may not be the one you think you should take, Bethany Wilinski writes.

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Opinion

Teaching Well Is Harder Now

Reflecting on her first 20 years in the classroom, Rebecca Vidra identifies six key ways students and their needs have changed.

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NSF Cancels Grant Reviews to ‘Ensure Compliance’ With Trump’s Executive Orders

Scheduled review panels for National Science Foundation grant applications are on pause until Feb. 1. Some researchers believe the pause may be connected to the new administration’s anti-DEI crusade.