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Clearing the Shrapnel
Gender-based discrimination in the academic workplace isn’t always overt, but the “shrapnel” of small indignities stays with you. That’s the premise of a new book on this kind of bias, and how to alleviate it.
Lafayette Board Reaffirms Tenure Denial
Lafayette College has reaffirmed its decision to deny tenure to Juan Rojo, the assistant professor of Spanish who launched a...
No Rooney Rule for Colleges
NCAA calls on college leaders to sign pledge promising to recruit and interview more women and ethnic minorities for top sports positions, but stops short of requiring institutions to do so.
Academics Win MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowships
A number of academics were among those announced today as winners of the MacArthur Fellows Program, widely called the "genius"...
Prime Minister Weighs In on Racist Posters at U of Alberta
Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, on Tuesday commented on racist posters targeting Sikhs found on the University of Alberta campus...
Robot-Written Peer Reviews
Computer-generated gobbledygook can pass for the real thing with many faculty members, study finds.
Academic Minute: Mixed-Aged Children in Preschool
Today on the Academic Minute, Kelly Purtell, assistant professor in the department of human sciences at Ohio State University, explores...
The State of Undergraduate Education
The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education releases its first report, using data to lay out a broad picture of students at today's two- and four-year colleges.