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Going Off List
Should faculty members be concerned if administrators check references who were not supplied by job candidates?
'Simple and Seamless' or 'Significant Obstacle'?
A coalition of academic, library and technology associations criticizes Elsevier's new sharing and hosting policy, saying it undermines open-access initiatives.
Cluster Hiring and Diversity
Hiring faculty around interdisciplinary themes appears to have a positive impact on diversity and scholarship, report finds.
Mentoring Scholars, Not Just Filling Sections
If visiting assistant professorships get a bad rap, one college says it does them better.
Which Groups Are Favored?
In hiring of tenure-track STEM instructors, female, black and Latino academics have an edge, while Asians are at a disadvantage. But the picture for tenure is more nuanced -- and women with young children lose out.
Fight for 15K
Adjuncts across the country participate in a national day of action for a living wage. How do their interests align with low-wage workers from outside academe?
Advantage Women
New study suggests STEM hiring favors women over men, in contrast to lots of other research suggesting otherwise. But is there more to the story?
More Routes to T.A. Unions
N.L.R.B. revives bids for collective bargaining for graduate students at Columbia and the New School, potentially permitting new challenges to ruling that has limited unionization.