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Full-time Faculty Raises Finally Beat Inflation … Just Barely

With the dollar’s declining value taken into account, new data shows that real wages grew by half a percent. But pay remains well below pre-pandemic levels, and full-time women and part-timers continue to receive less than others.

Opinion

Whither American Studies?

Is there still a place for the interdisciplinary, holistic study of American culture in an age of globalization?

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Opinion

Why I’m a Convert to Diversity Statements

Diversity statements proved surprisingly helpful to our red-state university search committee, Suzanne Penuel writes.

GAO Finds Faculty Diversity Lacking, Discrimination Complaint Processing Slow

College faculty don’t reflect the diversity of the students they teach, according to a new study the Government Accountability Office...
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Opinion

Sometimes the Right Is Right

Universities should work with right-leaning critics who want to strengthen academia’s distinctive culture, Jenna Silber Storey and Benjamin Storey write.

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Academic Success Tip: Interdisciplinary Art Collaboration Creates Diverse Course Materials

Music education students at Central College partnered with their visual arts peers to create story and song books for elementary-aged students.

Nontenure Track Harvard Lecturers and Researchers Unionize

Nontenure track employees who teach or conduct research at Harvard University voted last week to unionize, creating a new bargaining...
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‘Weaponization of Plagiarism’ or Rigorous Standards Behind Provost’s Ouster?

Anonymous tips about inaccurate citations on the CV of Clayton State University’s first Black female provost led to her firing. Some observers believe the complaints were motivated by more than earnest concern for academic integrity.