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Not Just ‘A Place to Park Our Offspring’
Mount Holyoke pulls rug out from under faculty parents in announcing closure of its campus childcare center.
Tackling Racism in Textbook Publishing
New guidelines from textbook publisher Pearson aim to dismantle systemic racism in higher ed. Do they go far enough?
Opinion
Averting Catastrophe, or Not
Scott McLemee reviews Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds, by Cass R. Sunstein.
‘Tweaking’ Which Adjuncts Can Form Unions
Trump-appointed labor board majority potentially limits which private-institution adjuncts can form unions, based on whether or not they have meaningful -- not majority -- involvement in faculty governance bodies.
Academe's Sticky Pay-Parity Problem
Women make up just 24 percent of research universities' top earners, according to a new report urging action on pay parity in academe. Women of color are just 2 percent.
More Professors Ditch Print
A majority of faculty members say the pandemic affected their course structures last year. Only 15 percent thought changes were for the better.
Opinion
Just 1 Book
Christopher Schaberg describes how he learned to slow down and enjoy learning with his students.
Not Going Quietly
These four professors aren't giving up their tenured positions at Canisius College without a fight -- in court.