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Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology.
‘Viewpoint Diversity’ Is Not the Answer
Viewpoint diversity treats the symptoms of dogmatism, but curiosity treats the disease, John McHugh writes.
What Is Behind FIRE’s Attacks on AAUP?
FIRE is no defender of academic freedom, Joan W. Scott writes.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Overtime Expansion
The order means that tens of thousands of college and university staffers are no longer guaranteed either a raise or overtime benefits.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Appointment Would ‘Put Americans at Risk’
Trump’s pick for health and human services secretary aims to disrupt the National Institutes of Health, the country’s top funder of academic research. Doctors and public health officials have condemned the choice.
Oregon State University Graduate Student Workers Strike
Scholarly Publishing World Slow to Embrace Generative AI
As the technology’s reach into the information sector expands, a recent report from Ithaka S+R shows that academe is still grappling with how best to integrate it into the scholarly publishing process.