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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) arrives at the Pentagon for the first time since being confirmed Jan. 27, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. He was greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q Brown (R). Hegseth subsequently called for Brown's dismissal and questioned whether he had gotten the job due to his race. Brown was dismissed by the president on Feb. 21.
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Hegseth to Military Academies: No New Tenured Civilian Jobs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed military academies to “cease appointing civilian employees to tenured positions,” according to a memo...
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Many 2026 ‘Genius’ Fellows Have Ties to Higher Ed

The MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 20 winners of this year’s “genius” fellowships, more than half of whom have ties...
A photo, taken in 2019, of a sign for the Literature, Science, and the Arts Building signage at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Citing Misconceptions, University of Michigan Pauses Pass–No Credit Pilot

Less than two months after announcing a pass–no credit grading pilot program, the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science...
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Opinion
Career Advice

5 Lessons Learned in 5 Years Out of Academia

Life and work on the other side might be quite different than you think.

By Katherine Ann Wiley

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Opinion
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Publish and Perish

Our metrics for measuring faculty productivity are fueling a crisis in scientific integrity.

By Ritu Agarwal and Prabhudev Konana

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Vanderbilt Places Divinity School Into Receivership

Vanderbilt University has placed its divinity school into receivership, a move that officials told The Nashville Banner is intended to...
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AI Slop Coming to a Library Near You

Librarians must hold the gates against machine-generated titles.

By Daniel M. Gross

Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, during a tour of the Broad Institute on Dec. 5, 2025.
Government Science & Research Policy

NIH Plans $174M for Research Replicability, Reproducibility

The National Institutes of Health’s five-year R3PEATS program comes alongside a new tool that seeks to help researchers identify connected scientific publications.