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Is Automation ‘Distorting’ the History of Scientific Research?

Automation might be to blame for Springer Nature’s retraction of two papers that a Nobel Prize winner published more than...
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We Know the Ph.D. Job Market Is Broken

Do we know what could help?

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Opinion

AAU Should Do Its Part to Defend Academic Freedom of Member Universities

If the AAU’s core academic principles are to mean anything, the organization must sanction member universities that are in violation.

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California Adjuncts Sue for ‘Uncompensated Work’

A group of part-time faculty from colleges in California have filed at least five lawsuits against the California Community Colleges...
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Texas Law Dean Pushes Socratic Teaching Amid Rise of AI

The dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law has called on faculty to rethink their teaching...
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Female Academics ‘Increasingly Delay Motherhood’ Until Age 35

“Pronounced penalties” for those early-career staff with children may explain why Ph.D.s postpone becoming parents, a recent study finds.

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Opinion

The Big Impact of Small Telescopes

In an era of big data and big telescopes, college observatories remain essential.

The Key Podcast: Historians and American Exceptionalism

Historians are finding it hard to carry out research. Museum exhibits have shuttered, presidential records have been discarded and public...