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Can We Trust Social Science Research?
Issues of bias, credibility, politics, reliability and reproducibility.
Stanford Misinformation Group to Keep Going Despite Reported Cuts
The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), one of the largest academic groups investigating misinformation, is pledging to continue its work following...
UNC Fires Professor They Secretly Recorded
The university recorded Larry Chavis’s class without his consent for a professional review. Last week he was told his contract would not be renewed.
Universities of Wisconsin Wants to Fire Joe Gow—Again
The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse was fired last year for making and distributing porn. Now the UW system is coming after his tenured faculty job.
Opinion
The Roots of Anti-University Rhetoric
Bradford Vivian writes that growing anti-university sentiment can be traced to pro-authoritarian movements abroad.
Opinion
When Language Is a Weapon
Social scientists should resist the distortions of language that are (mis)shaping perceptions of the war in Gaza, Michel DeGraff writes.
University of Minnesota Pauses Search for Holocaust Center Director
The University of Minnesota announced Monday that it would pause the search for a new director of its Center for...
Why Grade Complaints Are Misunderstood
Spoiler alert: Students are not solely to blame, Rebekah Peeples writes.