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Making Service Visible
Asking faculty to submit a service portfolio could move the needle on “service slacking” and bring individual and institutional benefits, Beth Mitchneck writes.
Right-Leaning Faculty Likelier to Be ‘Hostile’ to Jews, Report Finds
On the other hand, non-Jewish faculty who identified as “extremely liberal” were more likely to be hostile to Israel, a survey found. But 90 percent of all non-Jewish faculty were hostile to neither Jews nor the country.
Test Analysis Worksheet Encourages Student Metacognition
A community college professor found that requiring students to complete a reflection exercise correlated with improved scores on the next exam.
This Summer, Make a Plan to Prepare Grad Students to Defend Academic Freedom
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill offers suggestions for a summer action plan.
Conservative Group Requests Materials for Over 70 UNC Courses
The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.
They Attack Because We’re Strong, Not Weak
A longer-term view makes clear how strong U.S. higher ed actually is—though the rules are now being reset, Frank Fernandez writes.
Study: Tenure Doesn’t Slow Average Research Output
However, tenured researchers who work in a lab had more publications than those in fields that don’t typically conduct lab-based research, according to a new paper.
Kentucky Professor Calling for Global War to End Israel Removed From Teaching
The professor’s website urges nations to attack Israel to stop a genocide. His university president suggested he was “calling for the destruction of a people based on national origin.”