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‘A Roller-Coaster Ride From Start to Finish’
Former Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks discusses his forthright new book, which recounts a tumultuous career in higher education on both coasts.
New Unions Represent Over 40K Grad Students, Postdocs, Researchers
Can an Academic Discipline Exhaust Itself?
Has U.S. history as an innovative field of academic research reached an endpoint? If so, where should junior scholars go from here?
In Defense of the Morality of Citation
Giving credit where it’s due is a moral issue, Susan D. Blum writes.
Professor’s Salty Suggestion Triggers Tempest in a Teapot
Her recommendation to put salt in tea spurs outraged British headlines, a U.S. Embassy statement and a flood of attention for Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
Bruised and Battered, Harvard Seeks a Smoother Path for Student Protests
After a fall semester of blistering criticism for its handling of campus protests of the Israel-Hamas war, the university wants faculty to adopt a “content-neutral” plan for addressing classroom disruptions this semester.
Why Did the Cal State Strike End After Just 1 Day?
California State University’s systemwide strike quickly ended with a tentative agreement. Some faculty members are urging a no vote on what union leaders say is an “excellent” deal.
Should Departments Make Political Statements?
The University of California is considering a policy to limit “personal or collective opinions” on department websites. Some say it violates academic freedom.