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Newly Tenured … at Brandeis, Clarkson, Furman, Indiana

Brandeis University Jerónimo Arellano, Romance studies Aparna Baskaran, physics Olivier Bernardi, mathematics Joel Christensen, classical studies Xing Hang, history Sebastian...
Opinion

An Inconvenient Adjunct

Barnard English instructor of 17 years, who helped bring a union to campus, no longer has a job there, and she blames the contract for allowing it.
Opinion

Portrait of Faculty Mental Health

New study of faculty members with mental health issues finds they disclose conditions selectively to trusted colleagues but are less trusting of and have worse reactions from staff members whose job it is to help them.

Case Against Tenure

Federal appeals court revives professor’s case against Texas Tech, which he says retaliated against him over his anti-tenure views.
Opinion

10 Challenges for Scholars Writing for Wider Audiences

Academics can -- and should -- speak to the general public, and they can do so without compromising their scholarly lives, argue Christopher Schaberg and Ian Bogost.

Collins Will Stay On at NIH

Trump keeps an Obama appointee who is widely respected by scientists.

Look for the Seal

Textbook publishers announce new measures to curb counterfeiting of physical books, including certification seals on book covers.

Young, Promising and Underfunded

New analysis suggests that age bias is at play in a reduction of federal funding to early-career researchers and recommends addressing it by redirecting grant monies.