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Why Are People Antiscience and What Can We Do About It? Academic Minute
Changing a person’s attitude on a subject can be tricky. In today’s Academic Minute, Simon Fraser University’s Aviva Philipp-Muller explains...
Who’ll Pay for Public Access to Federally Funded Research?
The White House painted an incomplete economic picture of its new policy for free, immediate access to research produced with federal grants. Will publishers adapt their business models to comply, or will scholars be on the hook?
‘U.S. News’ Changes Policy on Testing
Magazine announces that it won’t punish colleges where few students submit scores; Columbia admits to providing incorrect information for past rankings.
‘Unraveling Faculty Burnout’
Author charts her way back from severe faculty burnout in new book. While the work includes individual coping strategies, it’s also a wake-up call to institutions to stop perpetuating a culture of overwork.
Michigan State President May Be Forced Out
Michigan State president Dr. Samuel Stanley has been given until tomorrow to resign or to possibly be dismissed by the...
Antiscience Sentiment and How to Combat It: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Aviva Philipp-Muller, assistant professor of marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser...
Emporia State May Get Rid of Some Tenured Faculty
Emporia State University is planning to get rid of some tenured faculty members and others in a reorganization plan to...
Mastriano’s Dissertation, Plus Corrections, Released
The University of New Brunswick, in Canada, has released Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s 2013 doctoral thesis about Alvin C...